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I I ! Mr. Be~'e& stated that the Northerly expansion that Waste Mana, g~..,~=n~ni ts~ proposing will be completed in a period of 5 yea~s 'L~'~d lthe area to the South will be in operation for a period !ofi3 years. Waste Management, as a company, needs to unde~tl~nd~ the concerns so we can react to them; in this industry ~t is important that companies maintain a high profile and do ~th~ Job right. I I I I Mr. Be=res stated that Waste Management, Inc. is the parent company o~ Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. Waste Management Inc. ig~ a~ international service company exclusively dedicated to the ~n~ronmentally secure management of modern urban waste. WastelMan~gement Inc. has been selected as coordinator of solid waste~dis~osal at the Olympic games and Company has annual sales in ex~ss, iof one billion dollars. Waste Management Inc. is divid~ i~to two groups; Waste Management of North America inclu~ngi200 operating divisions and over 7000 employees and WasteiManagement International which employs over 8000 persons. Mr. Be~re~ presented slides of sites in other parts of the Country. ~ I I Mr. H~k Cook stated that he is District Engineer for Waste Manag~men~ of Minnesota and has been designing landfill sites for I~!~ye~rs. Mr. Cook stated that Waste Management is proposing an envirof~nental improvements plan and a Southerly horizontal expanSion!to the existing landfill site. Mr. Cook presented a slide Of the existing site showing three parcels of land: the central 160 acre parcel (existing operation), the North 80 acre parcel and the South 70 acre parcel. Waste Management is asking~fo~ a conditional use permit for the North 80 and the South,?0.' It is not Waste Management's intention to fill all of tha~ a~reage; we need a conditional use for all the acreage becau~ there will be certain sedimentation basins that need to be constructed, there will be fencing, drainage ditches and ma~y ~he~ aspects to this landfill site. Life of the Northern expam~ton~would be 5 years and Southern expansion would be 3 years.~ The Northern expansion includes a number of environmental improyeme~ts. Both of these facilities would be total containment facilitieS; they will be designed with a liner and a leachate colleleti°~ system to totally contain any leachate generated within that l~nd~ill site. Another aspect of the North expansion is to provide ¢~rtain environmental improvements to the existing landfill site~; !.th~ north slope is presently experiencing some settlement that i~ r~sulting in poinding of water and that ponding results in lea~ha~e. The existing site does not have a liner and Waste Manage~en~ is proposing to put in an infiltration barrier over that pbrt~on of the site and substantially reduce the amount of infiltration producing leachate. Over a 20 year period we are talkin~ w~ll over 80 million gallons of potential leachate that woUld be'generated that this site would prevent from being gene=a~e~ with these environmental improvements. In addition, these ~mp~ovements will provide better drainage on the site and they lW~l~ recontour the site to provide more aesthetic appearance on the! s~ope. Mr. Cook presented slides showing base grades, final !co~tours, leachate collection system and engineering cross section ~f the site. Mr. Cook stated that currently there are somei~a~es as steep as 3 to 1 and this would be recontoured to a 4 ~o i~iislope. Total elevation will be increased by 20' in a Council/P & Z Public Hearing