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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
• RESOLUTION
Date May 4, 19$7 Resolution No. 87"42
Motion By Enright Seconded By Harvey
RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSION
REGARDING THE CHAPEL HILL AND CEDARGLEN ADDITIONS
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 Chapel Hill and CedarGlen plats, 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
published in the EQB Monitor on March 23,.1987,. and
WHEREAS, the thirty (30) day comment period. has closed,.
and
WHEREAS, the.. City Council has received and considered
letters and other comments onthe EAW.
NOW THEREFORE., BE 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 day
of 1987.
CITY OF AKEVILLE
BY.
A ES ~ D ane R. uan,.Mayor
atr ck E. Mc arve City Cl
FINDINGS OF FACT
CHAPEL HILLS AND CEDAR GLEN ADDITIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposed project consists of 305 tot single-family plats 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 Chapel Hills and Cedar Glen Additions, pursuant to the
rules of the Minnesota Environmental 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 March 23, 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
March 3, 1987. The thirty {30) day comment period ended on April
22, 1987..
CRITERIA
• 1. Type, extent and reversability of environmental ,impacts:
The EAW describes the project and analyzes the possible environ-
mental impacts associated with the project. The results of this
analysis are that no irreversible adverse impacts will occur
as a result of thsproject.
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 envirorunental studies have been undertaken in Lakeville.
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COMMENTS
Four (4) letters were received in comment to the EAW or the project.
1. Minnesota Historical Society, April 14, 1987.
This letter contained no comments or question requiring a response.
2. Metropolitan Council, March 11, 1987.
The letter contained no comments or questions requiring a response.
3. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, April 23, 1987.
The letter contained no comments or questions requiring a response.
4. Minnesota Department of Transportation, March 27, 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.