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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD AGENDA ITEM 6A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director MEETING DATE: April 29, 2020 AGENDA ITEM: AUAR Update BACKGROUND The I-35E Corridor Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) is an environmental review document that analyzed potential impacts of development within a study area of 4,660 acres. The final document was originally adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council on October 24, 2005. The AUAR serves as a substitute environmental review. As long as a development project is consistent with the assumptions of the analyses in the AUAR, no additional environmental review is required. A key component of the AUAR is the mitigation plan that addresses cumulative impacts of development as the corridor develops. In order to remain valid, the AUAR must be revised under certain criteria. One of the criteria is the passing of five years. The City has previously approved updates in 2010 and 2015. The 2020 update identifies development or changes that have occurred during the last five years. The document has been updated to reflect changes including the modification of the three development scenarios investigated. These include: 1) Draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan Full Build Out Land Use 2) Modified Full Build Out with increase residential and commercial development and reduction in industrial development 3) The City's existing 2030 Comprehensive Plan WSB and Associates, the City's Engineer, completed the draft update in February of 2020. Notice of the documents availability for review was published in the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) Monitor and made available for public and state agency review. The City received comments from four agencies: • Metropolitan Council • Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • Minnesota Department of Administration/State Historic Preservation Office • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources A summary of the comments and the City's response is included in Appendix I of the document. A fifth agency, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, responded that they had reviewed the update and had no comment.