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e .- e ~ ~ EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: February 11, 2002 TO: Mayor and City Council Joe Lynch, City Administrator FROM: Aaron Parrish, City Planner If SUBJECT: Gateway Environmental Assessment Worksheet Overview As part of the approval process for the Gateway Redevelopment at the Northeast quadrant of I- 694 and I-35W, Chesapeake Companies is required to prepare an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EA W), The intent of an EA W is to more clearly define and identify any environmental issues associated with larger developments. The EA W process allows interested units of government such as MNDOT, the Metropolitan Council, MPCA, and others to assess the developments potential environmental impacts, Once the EA W has been distributed for agency review and eomments received, the City of Arden Hills, the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU), is required to make a determination on the acceptability of the EA W, If the EA W is determined to be acceptable, nothing further is required on the part of the City or applicant relative to this matter. If the City determines that the EA W is not aeeeptable, the City can require that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be eompleted, When evaluating the EA W, Minnesota Rules 4410.1700 Subp. 7 require the RGU to utilize the following criteria when evaluating whether a projeet will have significant environmental impacts: . Type, extent, and reversibility of environmental effects; · Cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future proj ects; · The extent to which environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public regulatory authority; and . The extent to which environmental effects can be antieipated and controlled as a result of other availahle environmental studies undertaken by public agencies or the project proposer.