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HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-060 CITY OF LAKEVILLE • RESOLUTION Date June 1, 1987 Resolution No. 87-60 Motion 8y Enright Seconded By Sindt RESOLUTION. ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSION REGARDING WALNUT RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET. WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville, as the responsible governmental unit, has directed the preparation of an Environmental Assessment Worksheet ("EAW") before granting final approval for the Walnut Ridge plat, and WHEREAS, the..City has received. and reviewed the EAW and has forwarded it for comment to various groups,..organizations, and individuals as required. by law,:and • WHEREAS, the Notice of .Availability for Review was publfished in the EQB Monitor on April 20, 1987, and. WHEREAS, the thirty (30) day comment .period has closed, and WHEREAS, the City Council has received and considered letters and other comments orr the EAW. NOW THEREFORE, 8E IT RESOLVED by the Lakeville City Council: The Findings of Fact and Conclusion attached hereto as Exhibit "A" are adopted by the Lakeville City Council. Adopted by the Lakeville City Council this 1st. day of June, 1987.. CITY OF AKEVILLE • BY: D one R. Zua Mayor A TE a rick E. McGarv y, City erk w FINDINGS OF FACT WALNUT RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET PROJECT DESCRIPTION The. proposed project consists of a 350 lot single-.family plat with sanitary sewer, storm sewer, watermain, and street construction. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION The City of Lakeville prepared an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for Walnut Ridge, pursuant to the rules of the Minnesota Environ- mental Review .Program. The EAW was .distributed to all persons on the Minnesota Environmental Review Program distribution list, the notice of availability for review .was published in the EQB Monitor on April 20, 1987,. and .the RGU provided a press release to a local newspaper. The Natural Resources Committee conducted a :public. informational .review of the EAW on April 7, 1987. The thirty (30) day comment :period ended on May 20, 1987. • CRITERIA 1. Type, extent and reversabillty of environmental impacts: Ths-EAW describes the project and analyzes the possible environ- mental impacts associated with the .project. The results of this analysis are .that; no `i rrevers:ble adverse. impacts will occur as a result of this .:project. 2. Cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects:.. No related ,projects are planned as part of this project. 3._ Extent to which the environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public regulatory authority:. The Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, .and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency .will maintain ongoing authority-'over the project as a result of permit applications. 4. Extent to which environmental effects can be anticipated and controlled as a result of other environmental studies undertaken by public agencies or the project proposer, or of EIS's previously prepared on similar .projects. No similar environmental studies have been undertaken in Lakeville._ EXHIBIT ..A.. • COMMENTS Two (2) letters were received in comment to the EAW or the project. 1. Metropolitan Council, April 27, 1987. The letter contained no comments or questions requiring a response. 2. Minnesota Department of .Transportation, May 18, 1987. The letter contained no comments or questions requiring a response. CONCLUSION The City of Lakeville acting as the responsible governmental unit makes a negative declaration. The proposed project does not require. the preparation of an environmental impact statement..