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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 20, 2006 No action items. 6. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. EAW Jeff Smyser, City Planner, was present for the Nature's Refuge Review. Mr. Smyser stated that the comment period for the Environmental Assessment Worksheet ended Nov. 22. The EAW stands for Environmental Assessment Worksheet. The City of Lino Lakes is required to respond to the comments. The EAW will be presented to the city council on Jan. 8th. A decision on the EAW is not an approval or denial of the project itself. The document addresses environmental issues from an environmental standpoint. The document is an approach to get issues on the table and go from there. Ms. O'Dea asked if the neighbors would be notified of the January 8th, City Council meeting. Mr. Smyser stated as of this time, no. The meeting is posted in the City's legal newspaper, the Quad Press. He also stated we did send out notices to neighbors regarding the EAW as to where they could get a free CD or pay for hard copy of the document. We have received comments from a few of the neighbors. Mr. Smyser stated he will check into a notification mailing to the neighbors. Ms. O'Dea stated the Board will go through the document page by page. Page 4, Rare Species — The impact does not talk about what birds may be on site stated Ms. Grundhofer. Mr. Asleson stated he did not know of a list of birds. Ms. Grundhofer handed out her list of birds to be looked at. Mr. Husveth stated there are no known state or federal birds that have been listed on the property. There has been no formal survey conducted on the property regarding birds. Mr. Husveth stated that if there were state or federal birds, he would have noted it in the hundred of hours that were spent on the property. Ms. O'Dea asked if we could add a sentence to state this. Mr. Husveth stated yes. Mr. Husveth stated it does not mean there has never been or will never be any state of federal birds on the property. At this time, the answer is no, none to our knowledge. Mr. Husveth stated we can add to the EAW that there has not been an avian survey done as of September. Page 6, second paragraph - Mr. Bor questioned the impact to the school and the HVAC systems infiltration. Ms. Bor stated that perhaps the school children could be outside during the noon hour when development/construction would be less likely. Mr. Bor added she would like an awareness of wind born particles. Mr. Asleson stated that MPDES requirements have gone up as to wind born erosion. There are things the city does to prevent air born particle counts. 2 DRAFT MINUTES • • •