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O1 2? Oo VO0� 1J . J ._�` 1 .123;02644 U0RSE1' i,; C', 1 .002 <br /> �z <br /> • DoRSEY & WHITNEY <br /> Psors9a2oxAL IixnsD L%Assurr Pwnrxaaaxsr t <br /> NEW YORE. PI=SHURY ORNTER SOUTH e' ZIT <br /> WA.SHINOTON, D. C. 220 SOUTH SIXTH ST$B$T <br /> MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-1498 <br /> DENVER MINNEAPOLIS, <br /> 040-2600 `�9q 44H2 LL8i <br /> OBA.XGR COUNTY, CA PAX(619) o4o•9aes OfiiU4 <br /> LONDON M}SSOULA <br /> 13RUSSBLS 819V=M.C==7BN8ON DES MOINES <br /> (8111540660.9 <br /> HONG XONO FARGO <br /> January 29, 1996 <br /> Mayor Ranallo and Members <br /> of the City Council <br /> City of St. Anthony <br /> 3301 Silver Lake Road <br /> St. Anthony, MN 55418 <br /> Re: Apache Plaza Renovations <br /> Honorable Mayor Ranallo and Members of the City Council: <br /> In anticipation of the City Planning Commission meeting on January 30, 1996, <br /> this letter briefly responds to two legal issues that apparently have been raised with <br /> respect to the Apache Plaza renovations. <br /> 1. surface Water Management, The Environmental Assessment <br /> Worksheet (EAW) describes in detail the proposed multi-phase development plans <br /> and the surface water management components (including stormwater retention <br /> ponds) that will be included as part of the project. A citizen has asserted that all <br /> surface water management plans and construction for the entire project must be <br /> completed in the first phase of development. This assertion is incorrect. <br /> The statutory basis for this argument appears to be Minn. Stat. § 103B.3365, but <br /> this statute does not apply to the "reconstruction, repair, reconditioning, or <br /> resurfacing of existing roads or impervious surfaces" like those at Apache Plaa : A <br /> surface water management plans for a multi-phase project Mist bd cbi�§ideret a� <br /> part of the EAW process under the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEPA)i <br /> Minn. Stat. ch. 116D. The City's EAW properly addresses those ffiture phases, and <br /> the stormwater management plan, grading; and erosion control plain submitted to <br /> the Rice Creek Watershed District should address surface water concerns- In 'sum, <br /> there is no legal requirement to implement the second or third phase of stormwater <br /> • management before the developer actually undertakes those later project phases. <br />