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I I. I I I I I I I I- I I I I I I I Ie I ,ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SE~TEMBER 11~1995 8 Mayor Probst noted there are three options available to the Council; 1) the item could be deferred to a later date, 2) Council could establish the need for an EIS, and 3) the Council could establish no need for the EIS and if so publish the responses to the comments made during public comment of the EA W. Councilmember Aplikowski wished to assure the residents that the Council is listening to the concerns of the citizens, and indicated many hours of reading, meeting and reviewing the issues goes into the Council's decisions. She noted, even though it may at times be difficult for the residents to listen to the Council's actions, they are acting on behalf of the community as a whole. Councilmember Keirn indicated, in her opinion, there are three issues to address; first, the archeological survey, which she believes is not warranted due to lack of evidence, if there were to be a settlement it would have been on the hilltop to the north of the site, which sits slightly higher than the knoll on this site; secondly, there is not an e...nrn..t...d significant increase in traffic from the development; thirdly, the issue of drainage which is still a difficult one, but she indicated many questions can be answered without the EIS. Councilmember Keirn inquired if it was Mr. Ringwald's opinion that the increase oflake level was mostly due to the significant development between the 1950s and 1970s. Mr. Ringwald felt that was a fair statement, the requirements for drainage have changed since the 1970s. Councilmember Malone indicated he has read reports, and listened to comments, and the issue has been a difficult one. He believed the EA W answers all the questions the Council had. He did not see a reason to proceed with an EIS. Councilmember Aplikowski agreed, and felt any additional questions could be answered without an additional study. Councilmember Hicks concurred with Councilmembers Aplikowski and Malone. Mayor Probst inquired if one motion could contain all five requests of staff. City Attorney Filla indicated item number one should contain identification of the memo ofRLK Associates Ltd. MOTION: Keirn moved, and Aplikowski seconded a motion to adopt the responses to the public comments in the report ofRLK Associates, Ltd; adopt the Findings of Fact; adopt a negative declaration on the need for an EIS; authorize staff to distribute the responses to the public comments; and authorize staff to distribute the decision of the City Council on the need for an BIS. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). Mayor Probst noted this issue has been a difficult one, but felt questions had been answered in the EA W and an BIS would not address any additional questions.