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CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 21, 1998 Mayor Gehrz convened the meeting at 4:00 p.m. ~ ~` PRESENT Gehrz, Gibson Talbot, Hustad, Jacobs, and Kuettel. Also present was Asleson, Maurer, and Knutson. MINUTES OF AUGUST 12, 1998 Minutes were approved by unanimous consent. POLICY AGENDA CANCELLATION OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY PAYMENT IN LIEU OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT Mayor Gehrz explained that a public hearing had been scheduled to assess the University of Minnesota for their share of costs for the Hoyt Avenue street reconstruction project. The University of Minnesota has indicated that they would prefer to make a voluntary payment to the city in lieu of a special assessment. The University has already been billed for their share of the streetlight replacement along Hoyt Avenue. • Councilmember Jacobs moved to cancel the public hearing on a supplemental special assessment and to instead accept a S 13,125.000 voluntary payment in lieu of the special assessment from the University of Minnesota for the Hoyt Avenue improvement project. The motion passed unanimously. DETERMINATION OF THE NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET (EAW) ON THE PLANNED UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCCER STADIUM FACILITY Mayor Gehrz explained that a citizen's group had petitioned the state Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to require that the University of Minnesota prepare an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the proposed Women's Intercollegiate Soccer Stadium at Cleveland and Larpenteur Avenues. The EQB has designated the City of Falcon Heights as the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) to determine if an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) is warranted. City Attorney Knutson reported that the University of Minnesota has contended that the University should have been named the Responsible Governmental Unit rather than the City of Falcon Heights. The Environmental Quality Board has since stated that they will be standing by their decision that the city is the appropriate entity to be the RGU. Knutson stated that the standard for whether to order an Environmental Assessment • Worksheet is whether based upon the location and nature of the project, there may be potential for significant environmental effects. If the council concludes that there is this potential, the city council should order the preparation of the EAW. If the council finds