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Mounds View City Council May 23, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 10 were received noting that most of the issues were with the transportation. He explained that the 1 focus of the AUAR was to look at how they could mitigate the impacts. He stated that as a result 2 of the discussions and meetings an amendment was prepared and provided to Council on April 3 22, 2005 for their review. He stated that they had a second comment period and received 4 comments back noting that RLK’s response to the comments are included in the packet for 5 Council review. He stated that the AUAR is complete, final and ready for adoption at this point. 6 He stated that Staff is requesting that this action be delayed noting that Council’s acceptance and 7 adoption of the AUAR document does not obligate the City. 8 9 John Dietrich, RLK, stated that he worked with Staff to prepare the AUAR and amendment. He 10 stated that the AUAR does require that a public agency reviews every five years and provides a 11 status, over a 20-year period. 12 13 Director Ericson explained that this document would guide the redevelopment process if they 14 want to redevelop the property in twenty years. He stated that with whatever the Council 15 determines, this document would serve a valid purpose for the next twenty years adding that they 16 should address the Comprehensive Plan. 17 18 Mayor Marty opened public hearing at 8:42 p.m. 19 20 John Dietrich, RLK, indicated that Director Ericson’s summary was brief in terms of the amount 21 of the study and analysis for these two documents. He stated that the AUAR document should go 22 forward whenever a development is considered. He clarified that the AUAR does not obligate 23 the City to proceed, it only studies the broad range for environmental impacts and provides a 24 working document that allows subsequent applications/documents the ability to move forward 25 based on the findings. He stated that it was a prudent choice to do this, as it provides the 26 opportunity to weigh what would happen with developments. He stated that it would also allow 27 the City to know what would happen if a certain amount of development went into this area. He 28 noted that the AUAR is not user specific or site plan specific. 29 30 Bob Glazier referenced the transportation plan and asked if the plan considered the amount of 31 traffic this would generate through the City. 32 33 Mr. Dietrich explained that the Transportation plan reviewed the area of potential impact noting 34 that they worked with the City, MnDOT, Anoka and Ramsey County to determine what 35 intersections should be reviewed. He stated that there was a tremendous amount of area 36 reviewed and factors considered included what they are today; what would happen if there were 37 no development in the area; and what would happen if Phase 1 or Phase 2 moved forward. 38 39 Mayor Marty noted that in a letter dated May 20th that addressed transportation issues it was 40 found that Anoka County’s transportation projections were incorrect and because of this they 41 decided to go with MnDOT’s numbers. 42 43 Ms. Haake asked if they addressed transportation as it relates to the airport today and the 44 projected use by Medtronic. Mr. Dietrich confirmed that they did and reviewed. 45