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6. Minnesota Rules Part 4410.1700, subpart 7 also requires the following factors to be considered when determining whether the Project has the potential for significant environmental effects. Each of these factors is considered by the City Council in the findings below: a. Type, extent, and reversibility of environmental effects. Type, extent and reversibility of environmental effects. The City recognizes that adding mountain bike trails to Sunfish Lake Park will have some environmental effects with the minimal grading, tree removal, loss of habitat and trail construction. None of these activities will be significant and if needed, their minimal effects could be reversed with restoration if the City was to close the mountain bike trails. b. Cumulative potential effects, The RGU shall consider the following factors. whether the cumulative potential effect is significant; whether the contribution from the project is significant when viewed in connection with other contributions to the cumulative potential effect, the degree to which the project complies with approved mitigation measures specifically designed to address the cumulative potential effect; and the efforts of the proposer to minimize the contributions from the project: There is nothing in the design of the mountain bike trails or in the EAW petition showing any si nificant environmental effects from the construction of the mountain bike trails. In fact, the City has designed the proposed trails to minimize their potential environmental effects by taking into account the slopes and the waterbodies in the trail design. As discussed above, single- track mountain bike trails have minimal impact on the environment and their effects are on par with a hiking trail. c. The extent to which the environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public regulatory authority. The RGUmay rely only on mitigation measures that are specific and that can be reasonably expected to effectively mitigate the identified environmental impacts of the project; and The City may need to mitigate the environmental effects of the trail as they are used - especially in regard to erosion. This is a responsibility the City acknowledges and accepts as part of the Project. d. The extent to which environmental effects can be anticipated and controlled as a result of other environmental studies undertaken by public agencies or the project proposer, including other EISs. " Resolution 2019-078