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