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COUNCIL MINUTES AUGUST 9, 2004 APPROVED iik145 146 Motion carried unanimously. 147 148 C. Item 6C, West Shadow Ponds 2°d Addition, had been previously removed from the 149 Council Agenda. 150 151 No action was taken on this item. This item will be considered on a future Council agenda. 152 153 D. Public Hearing, Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance 03-04, Vacating Drainage and 154 Utility Easements and Accepting New Easements, Lot 2, Block 1, Oak Brook 155 Peninsula, Jim Studenski 156 157 City Engineer Studenski summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends continuing the 158 public hearing to the August 23, 2004 City Council meeting. 159 160 Councilmember Dahl moved to continue the public hearing on this item to the August 23, 2004 161 regular Council meeting as recommended by Staff. Councilmember Carlson seconded the motion. 162 163 Motion carried unanimously. 164 165 This item will be considered at the August 23, 2004 City Council meeting. 166 167 E. Public Hearing, Consideration of Resolution No. 04-116, Negative Declaration on the • 168 Need for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Pheasant Hills 12th Addition, 169 Jeff Smyser 170 171 City Planner Smyser summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval of 172 Resolution No. 04-116, which makes a negative declaration on the need for an Environmental Impact 173 Statement (EIS). He stated that a public hearing was not required by law. He also stated the action 174 recommended was not a decision on the merits of the plan itself, but merely on the need for an 175 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pertaining to the plan. 176 177 Councilmember Carlson inquired as to whether "fill" would be used in the plan, referring to the 178 Record of Decision. City Planner Smyser responded that dirt, or fill, would be brought onto the 179 island to raise the elevation of the road and the house pads, but there was no wetland fill in the plan. 180 Once the new bridge design was available, and location of abutments were known, adjustments might 181 be made, but there was no reason at this time to anticipate any wetland fill. 182 183 Mayor Bergeson opened the public hearing on this item at 7:00 p.m. There were two residents in 184 attendance who wished to speak, and the Council heard their testimony. 185 186 Jeff Shopek of Loucks and Associates, the civil engineer on the project, spoke to express support of 187 the Staff recommendation. Applicant Ed Vaughan was available to answer questions. 188 189 Kari Bornhoft, 6679 Ruffed Grouse Road, indicated the bridge was proposed to be at the end of her 190 street. She felt that requesting an EIS would allow more opportunity to consider moving the bridge 191 elsewhere, or to a different street. Therefore, she was requesting the EIS. She stated when her home 192 was built, they were not aware the development of this type on the island was a possibility, and she 4