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• • • AGENDA ITEM 6 A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C. C. MEETING DATE: June 27, 2005 TOPIC: Resolution 05 -85 Authorizing Distribution of I -35E Corridor Draft AUAR for Public Comment VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 BACKGROUND The City Council authorized the preparation of an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) with Resolution 05 -51 on April 11. The Environmental Board and the AUAR Advisory Panel have seen a preliminary review draft and provided suggestions for improving the document. The document has been revised to address those comments. The result is the Draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review (DAUAR) document. The next step is for the City Council to authorize the distribution of the draft for public comment. The vote to distribute the document for public comment is not a commitment to any of the development scenarios that are analyzed in the document. The vote to distribute for comments is not a commitment to anything in the document, nor is it a commitment to any other action or project in the study area. Once distribution is authorized by the Council, the document will be sent to the Environmental Quality Board, which will publish a notice in its newsletter. This notice will signal the beginning of the 30 -day public comment period, which will run from July 4th to August 3rd. After the public comment period, the consultant team and staff will analyze the comments and prepare responses, including any necessary revisions to the document. We also will prepare the complete mitigation plan, which is only summarized in the DAUAR. We will bring the Final AUAR, which includes the mitigation plan, to the City Council for authorization to distribute it. The Final AUAR will be distributed, providing a 10- day opportunity to present any objections.