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• AGENDA ITEM 6 A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Smyser C. C. MEETING DATE: September 26, 2005 TOPIC: Resolution 05 -144 Authorizing Distribution of the Final AUAR ACTION: 3/5 BACKGROUND The City has been working on the I -35E Corridor Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) for over a year. We distributed the draft AUAR for comments. The 30 -day comment period started on July 4, 2005 and ended on August 3, 2005. The City received comment letters from a number of state agencies and local units of government as well as some private parties. These are listed in the information distributed to the City Council on September 16. As required by Minnesota Rules, City staff and the AUAR consultant team has completed the "Response to Comments" element of the Final AUAR, which provides responses to substantive comments received. The Response to Comments document is included in the meeting packet. Responding to the comment letters warranted revisions or additions to Items 17 and 21 in the AUAR. The Final AUAR document also includes a Mitigation Plan. The mitigation plan takes on the nature of a commitment by the City to prevent potentially significant impacts from occurring from specific projects within the AUAR area. The Lino Lakes Environmental Board and AUAR Advisory Panel met on September 22, 2005 to review and comment on the city's Response to Draft AUAR Comments and the Mitigation Plan. The City Council discussed the Final AUAR materials at its September 21, 2005 workshop. The request before the City Council is to authorize distribution of the Final AUAR to persons on the EQB's distribution list as well as to any persons who commented on the Draft AUAR. State agencies and the Metropolitan Council have ten days to file an objection to the Final AUAR. If no objections are filed, then the City Council is required to adopt the Final AUAR.