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City ~ <br /> l iver <br /> <br />13065 0rono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> Mayor and City Council <br /> <br /> Stephen Rohlf, Building and <br /> Zoning Administrator <br /> <br /> November 18, 2002 <br /> <br />Item # 6.1. <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Environmental Assessment Worksheet for <br /> Elk River Station <br /> <br />Included in your packet is a copy of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) <br />for the mixed residential-commercial development of Elk River Station. The purpose of <br />the EAW is to describe the project and gather information to identify any potential <br />environmental effects. <br /> <br />For Elk River Station, the City Council for the City of Elk River. is the Responsible <br />Governmental Unit (RGU) charged with determining from the information gathered <br />through the EAW process, whether or not this project has significant potential to cause <br />irreversible environmental effects. If the Council feels there is a significant potential to <br />cause irreversible environmental effects, they shall order an Environmental Impact <br />Statement (EIS) be prepared for the project. To make their decision the Council will <br />consider the following information: the EAW itself, comments received on the EAW, and <br />the responses to the comments received. The Planning Commission reviewed the" <br />pertinent information concerning the EAW and they are not recommending the <br />preparation of an EIS. <br /> <br />The Council shall order an Environmental Impact Statement be prepared, if they <br />determine that the impacts that may reasonably be expected by the project have the <br />potential for significant environmental effects. The Council shall consider the impacts of <br />the project under the following criteria: <br />· type, extent, and reversibility':of the environmental effects; <br />· cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects; <br />· the extent to which the environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing <br /> public regulatory authority; and <br />· the extent to which environmental effects can be anticipated .and controlled as a result <br /> of other environmental studies. <br /> <br /> RESPONSE TO COMMENTS <br />The following are staff's responses to comments received on the EAW: <br /> <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) - letter dated October 16, 2002 <br />from Kathleen A. Waliace. ~' <br /> <br />Phone: 763.441.7420 <br />Fax: 763.441.7425 <br /> <br />www. ci.elk-river, mn.us <br /> <br /> <br />