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• <br />• <br />• <br />MEMORANDUM <br />February 9, 2000 <br />to: City Council <br />from: Jeff Smyser <br />subject: Schedule of Actions for Stadium <br />cc: Linda Waite Smith, Brian Wessel <br />At the January 19 work session, the City Council asked staff to address what actions the <br />City would need to take regarding the stadium. The Council also asked staff to address <br />impacts the stadium might have on the City overall. <br />Environmental Impact Statement <br />The most important thing to know is that an environmental impact statement (EIS) will <br />be necessary. By state law, an EIS is mandatory because the proposed stadium crosses <br />the size threshold for a mandatory EIS. When an EIS is required, a project may not be <br />started and a final governmental decision may not be made to grant a permit, approve a <br />project, or begin a project, until the EIS is completed. <br />The process for preparing an EIS is laid out in MN Rules 4410. The attached table <br />briefly summarizes the EIS process. <br />An EIS is a major endeavor. I estimate that the EIS process would require 15 months. <br />This is not unusual. The cost of an EIS is borne by the project proposer and typically the <br />cost is significant. Just preparing the scoping document and going through the scoping <br />process takes several months. <br />The EIS would be the method to determine what impacts the stadium would have. <br />Without a full study, we can only speculate. However, we should not underestimate the <br />impacts of a development such as the proposed stadium. Remember how the old stadium <br />in Bloomington supported or catalyzed development around it. <br />I'i) IU 631 -')£i 2- 24)O • F.�v: (> -i l -,)ti 2 -2400 • F{)1): (»1- 98? -_'-J I U <br />