CC RES 94-057 RESOLUTION DENYING THE PETITION FOR PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET (EAW) FOR RENOVATION OF APACHE PLAZA

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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY RESOLUTION 94-057 • RESOLUDON DENYING THE PETITION FOR PREPARATION OF AN _ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET (EAW) FOR RENOVATION OF APACHE PLAZA WHEREAS, a Petition was duly filed on November 9, 1994, with the Environmental Quality Board of the State of Minnesota (EQB) by the required number of petitioners requesting that an environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) be prepared for the renovation of Apache Plaza proposed as Rice Creek Watershed District permit application No. 93-32; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Rules regarding the preparation of EAWs, by letter dated November 18, 1994 the EQB has appointed the City of St. Anthony as the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) to determine the need for an EAW; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of St. Anthony, pursuant to Minnesota Rules and the direction of the EQB, has as the duly appointed RGU, examined the allegations set forth in the Petitioner's Petition; and WHEREAS, the Apache Plaza project is not a new facility, and the renovation and repairs of Apache Plaza will result in a reduction (not an expansion) of net floor • space of approximately 40,800 square feet, such that the project is below the thresholds for the mandatory EAW and environmental impact statement (EIS) categories set forth in Minn. R. pts. 4410.4300, subpt. 14(B) and 4410.4400, subpt. 11(B); and WHEREAS, after consideration of evidence presented by the petitioners, proposers, city staff, and other interested parties, together with testimony presented at the regularly scheduled City planning commission meeting of November 15, 1994 and 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 that the Apache Plaza renovation may have the potential for significant environmental effects; and WHEREAS, the City Council specifically finds that: 1. Apache Plaza has been present for more than twenty years; 2. No additional impervious surface area will be added as part of the renovations; 3. The construction work itself is not expected to have an environmental • effect;