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COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 27, 2005 APPROVED 0136 A. Consideration of Resolution No. 05-86, Approving New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC 137 Antenna Lease Agreement 138 139 City Administrator Heitke summarized the Staff report, noting that the agreement calls for a term 140 increase of 7 %2 percent, rather than an annual increase. 141 142 Councilmember Carlson moved to adopt Resolution No. 05-86, Approving New Cingular Wireless 143 PCS, LLC Antenna Lease Agreement. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 144 145 Motion carried unanimously. 146 147 Resolution No. 05-86 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 148 149 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 150 151 A. Consideration of Resolution No. 05-85, Authorization Distribution of I -35E Corridor 152 Draft AUAR for Public Comment, Jeff Smyser 153 154 City Planner Smyser summarized the Staff report, and introduced John Shardlow and Ciara 155 Schlichting. 156 Mr. Shardlow stated one recommendation from the work session was to review what an AUAR is, .157 158 and why the City is preparing this, as well as the difference between an EAW, and EIS, and an 159 AUAR. He explained the rules that determine when each type of document is needed, and which 160 governmental agency is responsible for ordering the preparation, and reviewing the document for 161 comment. He discussed how the I -35E corridor AUAR is different than a standard AUAR. 162 163 Ms. Schlichting reviewed that traffic played a big factor in all three scenarios reviewed in the AUAR. 164 She stated all three scenarios would result in significant traffic increases, and in intersections that 165 would be rated F, which is less than ideal. She reviewed the figures shown in the AUAR, noting that 166 these depict graphically where the problem areas are located. She stated that to mitigate these traffic 167 problem areas, traffic lights and turn lanes would be needed in several locations. 168 169 Ms. Schlichting stated there are also ecologically sensitive resources that need to be preserved, and 170 there are several ways to mitigate these resources. She reviewed a graphic that depicts the 171 Conservation Design Framework, which serve three purposes; stormwater conveyance, connecting 172 wildlife, and connecting humans. She advised the Stormwater Management Plan will control how 173 much run-off there is from the property. She noted when they reviewed the AUAR with the 174 Environmental Board, they were supportive of both the Conservation Design Framework and the 175 Stormwater Management Plan. 176 177 Ms. Schlichting reviewed that the AUAR looked at the regional sanitary sewer capacity, and the 178 interceptor is already underway. She stated that unfortunately the worst case scenario requires more 0179 capacity; however there should be sufficient capacity until 2030. She reviewed the cultural resources 4