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Agenda Number KA CITY OF HUGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PLANNING AND ZONING APPLICATION STAFF REPORT TO: Bryan Bear, City Administrator FROM: Rachel Juba, Planner SUBJECT: Adelaide Landing Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) DATE: April 13, 2017 for the City Council Meeting of April 17, 2017 ZONING: Single Family Detached Residential (R-3) BACKGROUND: The Planning Commission and City Council reviewed a concept plan for the proposed residential development, previously known as Terre De Leau, consisting of 324 housing units on approximately 217 acres of land. The concept plan included property north of 130th Street and east of Highway 61. Both the Planning Commission and City Council provided comments to the developer, which have been incorporated to the plan. The developer has submitted applications for preliminary plat and PUD approval and project is now known as Adelaide Landing. 2. EAW PROCESS: The developer is proposing 319 new homes on the property. The minimum threshold for a mandatory Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) per MN State Statute is 250 units, therefore, an EAW is required. The developer has been working with City staff to prepare an EAW for the development. An EAW is a document that analyzes, at a preliminary level, the effects a development has on the environment in regards to land use, geology, water resources, wildlife, air, noise, and transportation. If it is deemed by the City, due to comments and concerns about the impacts to the environment, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) can be required by the City Council before the project can proceed. An EIS is a more in depth analysis of the property and the impacts to it. An EAW has been prepared, is complete, and has been sent out for public comment. There was 30-day comment period, which ended on March 29, 2017. The EAW was sent out to a number of Federal, State, and regional agencies as required by State Statute. Some agencies have