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T7 <br />vo IF AN EIS IS ORDERED <br />(C) The city assesses, the reasonable costs to the outside pro- <br />ponent of the pro3eict. (Withion the limits of the law and <br />city ordinalnicies) . <br />The ERB prepares the draft EIS and holds a public meetinj; <br />to receive commentis, <br />Based on the comments,, the ERB prepares and distributes Urt <br />f I <br />inal EIS <br />(F) The council reviews the EIS and makes the final decision on <br />its adequacy <br />if inadequate, the ERB corrects the EIS within 60 days, <br />(2) If adequate,, proceed, with permit decisions within 90 <br />days <br />VIM, APPEALS <br />Court, appeals may be processed on decisions made by the RGU as per <br />0 <br />Miinnesolt,a �Statutes 116 D.04. This is the only form of appeal which <br />a . <br />Ais can be seen, from the above,, and theaccompanying proposed pro- <br />cledurie f or deal ing with the law, . the city now has a f ar larger and <br />complex role to carry out on environmental issues Several acti ons <br />A <br />should be taken at thl' s time on this matter. <br />The law provides the option of passing a local ordinance to <br />sim,pl,a.f'y the process somewhat, establish that designated staf f have <br />authority to make and e <br />carry out clertain decis' a <br />lons nd r <br />a quire that <br />all city costs of an EAW would, be paid by the proposer of the pro- <br />jeict. The city attorney should then be authorized to propose such <br />an ord inance . <br />(2) Staff should be used where practical to speed up the process <br />I <br />znd relieve the council of some of the time consuming and burden d%ft <br />some,, requirementis'. This can be provided for in the ordinance and <br />spelleid out in a city procedure to clarify the process. The accommme <br />