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• ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING JULY 18, 2001 DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES : July 18, 2001 : 4:48 P.M. : 8:18 P.M. : Constance Grundhofer, Rod Kukonen, Scott Lanyon, Theresa O'Connell, and Mike Trehus (arrived at 6:27 p.m.). : Amy Donlin and Dave Mach. Staff members present: Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson, Community Development Director Michael Grochala, and Economic Development Director Brian Wessel. CALL TO ORDER Chair Lanyon called the meeting to order at 4:48 p.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved unanimously. ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD BUSINESS A. Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for Ryan Cotnpanies/Marketplace project — Grochala reviewed the background of the project timeline and the rationale for the Environmental Assessment Worksheet. The Worksheet was not an approval process, but a means of identifying issues on the impact a particular project in several areas including traffic, noise, and biological factors. The ;;.City Council was the Regulating Governmental Unit (RGU) and would either approve or deny the project. The 30 -day reviewal period ended on July 114,42991 , and , the City had 30 days to act. Comments were received from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Minnesota Historical 4Society, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. There were four factors that evaluated significant environmental effect: • The extent and reversibility of thetenvironmental effect. • The cumulative potential effects of future projects, according to a defined area and time frame. 4 , • The extent the project was subject to mitigation by a public regulatory authority, and the rationale for not'requiring an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). • The extent the =environmental effects could be controlled. Grochala explainedsthat there were three options for the Environmental Board to recommend. • Motion to - recommend a finding of no significant impact. • Motion to recommend a finding to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement. • Motion to recommend tabling the decision until additional information was submitted.