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• • • COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 14, 2002 Council was given copies of said the developer has not been forthcoming on the balance of their future building plans. Eagle Brook Church has informed the petitioners that an environmental assessment worksheet process was not required for their plan. A staff member of the EBC, Scott Anderson, stated the City of Lino Lakes City Planner told the church it was not necessary. So on this reason for preparation, Councilmember Carlson stated the Council was looking at the initiation of the process on one end and the submission of the final part of the process on the other end. She stated she believed it would be more correct to mark it both "proposer volunteered" and "citizen petition." City Planner Smyser stated he did not see a problem with that. Mayor Bergeson stated that before the Council moved on, perhaps the representatives from the consulting firm that prepared the document would like an opportunity to respond to that. Ms. Ann Hopkins, SRF Consulting Group, stated she managed the preparation of the EAW for EBC. When they were beginning the EAW preparation it was clear there was not a mandatory threshold exceeded for preparation of an EAW so it wasn't necessary to prepare it, but the church had decided to hire them to prepare an EAW, so that is what is reflected here;.; She did not think that technically there was a reason it would have to be marked in a particular way She felt that was how the group had understood it at the time. Councilmember Carlson stated she had a comment on page 2B, regarding the complete description of the proposed project, but she would come back to this. She directed the Council's attention to page 4 where it referred to future phases of this development including development of any outlots planned or likely to happen. And also on page 4 where it asked for the number of residential units. She stated those two somewhate tie in because the answer to D describes the possible expansion of the church in the future. It does not refer to the senior housing that was to be part of the project. City Planner Smyser stated the applicant has drOlipeddropped the plans for senior residential housing. If in the future the church were to include residential development, a whole new EAW would be required. As far as he knew there was not an interest in doing senior residential and that is why it was not reflected in the EAW. Councilmember Carlson stated senior residential housing would be a terrific project. Her only concern was that in so many ways it would not coincide with the information as far as the shoreland ordinance for instance, how far into the shoreland ordinance this project would go. So if the church was dropping plans for housing than that was correct. But if it was coming back in the future she felt it should have been included here, because they have stated it in the brochure in the RFP and they have stated at the Council work session they need 60 acres for development and the proposal did not include 60 acres or a minimum of 60 acres. She indicated she was just asking the question because she would like to feel assured this is complete and it seems that in three ways there are contradictory statements. City Planner Smyser stated there is nothing within the EAW that is contradictory. There is no information that he had been furnished that was not supported by the information in the EAW. At one time, they were contemplating including senior residential housing as part of the development. That 13