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City Council Special Meeting Minutes • November 29, 1994 Page 4 1 run-off from the parking lot. There has been substantial improvement made in the 2 drainage system proposed for this project. He determines from the literature he has 3 received from Barr Engineering and other sources that there is no significant impact to 4 the environment. He stated that there is in fact less ground cover now and that the 5 water quality of Silver,Lake would improve with the project. 6 7 Motion by Marks, second by Wagner to adopt Resolution 94-057, Denying the Petition 8 for Preparation of an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for Renovation of 9 Apache Plaza. 10 11 Ranallo reported that only 35-37 residents had signed the petition that had been 12 presented. He then read aloud the resolution that had been prepared by the City 13 Attorney as follows: 14 15 Resolution Denying the Petition for Preparation of an Environmental Assessment 16 Worksheet (EAW) for Renovation of Apache Plaza. 17 18 WHEREAS, a,Petition-was duly filed on November.9, 1994,_with.the 19 Environmental Quality,-Board of the.State--of;Minnesota (EQB) by the required number of petitioners requesting that.an environmental assessment-worksheet-(EAW) be it prepared for the renovation,of-Apache--Plaza,proposed_as Rice lCreek Watershed District 22 permit application No. 93-32; and 23 24 WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota-Rules-.regarding the preparation of EAWs, by - 25 letter dated November 18, 1994 the EQB has appointed the City of St. Anthony as the 26 Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) to determine the need for an EAW;--and 27 28 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony, pursuant to Minnesota 29 Rules and the direction of the EQB, has as the duly appointed RGU, examined the 30 allegations set forth in the Petitioner's Petition; and 31 32 WHEREAS, the Apache Plaza project is not a new facility, and the renovation 33 and repairs of Apache Plaza will result in a reduction (not an expansion) of net floor 34 space of approximately 40,800 square feet, such that the project is below the thresholds 35 for the mandatory EAW and environmental impact statement (EIS) categories set forth 36 in Minn. R. 4410.4300, subpt 14(B) and 4410.4400, subpt. 11(B); and 37 38 WHEREAS, after consideration of evidence presented by the petitioners, 39 proposers, city staff, and other interested parties, together with the testimony presented 40 at the regularly scheduled City Planning Commission meeting of November 15, 1994 and 41 the City Council meetings of November 22, 1994 and a special meeting of November 29, 1994, the City Council has determined that the evidence presented does not demonstrate 10 that the Apache Plaza renovation may have the potential for significant environmental 44 effects; and 45