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strategies for effectively mitigating the potential impacts of such a “worst case” 77 development. Attachment D also identifies the location of the proposed Wal-Mart 78 development as Block 4 for the purposes of the AUAR’s analysis. 79 3.5In addition to high levels of development throughout the Twin Lakes redevelopment area, 80 Scenario A evaluated Block 4, the location of the proposed Wal-Mart development, for 81 240,000 square feet of a land use referred to as “service mix.” The AUAR defines 82 “service mix” as consisting of “retail, a hotel, a day care facility, a health club facility 83 and restaurant uses that would be complementary to the other uses in the Twin Lakes 84 Business Park,” and noting that “Service Mix [was] analyzed from a retail perspective as 85 retail generates greater impacts than the other potential uses described within service 86 mix, thus providing the ‘worst case’ development scenario.” Since the proposed 87 development comprises a 160,000-square-foot retail store, Block 4 could still 88 accommodate another 80,000 square feet of retail, hotel, day care, health club, restaurant, 89 or other uses without exceeding the capacity assumed in the AUAR analysis. 90 4.0C ONCLUSION 91 Based on the preceding analysis and the following findings, Planning Division staff 92 believes that the proposed Wal-Mart development is exempt from the citizens’ petition 93 for preparation of an EAW: 94 a. The Twin Lakes AUAR was properly established and updated, and continues to be a 95 valid environmental review instrument. 96 b. The proposed Wal-Mart development, along with all of its associated infrastructure 97 improvements, lies within the geographic area analyzed by the Twin Lakes AUAR. 98 c. The proposed 160,000 square feet of retail floor area comprised by the proposed 99 development is within the “worst case” assumptions for development of Block 4, as 100 analyzed in Scenario A of the Twin Lakes AUAR. 101 d. The proposed 160,000 square feet of retail floor area comprised by the proposed 102 development is below the threshold for mandatory EAW or EIS review. 103 e. Under Minnesota Administrative Rule 4410.3610, proposed commercial projects and 104 associated infrastructure that fall within the geographic and analytic limits of a valid 105 AUAR, that comply with the AUAR’s plan for mitigation, and that do not exceed the 106 threshold for mandatory preparation of an EAW are exempt from EAW requirements. 107 5.0SA UGGESTEDCTION 108 5.1Adopt a resolution documenting the exemption of the proposed Wal-Mart development 109 from the citizen’s petition for preparation of an EAW. 110 5.2Direct Planning Division staff to notify the petitioners’ representative and the EQB of the 111 exemption of the proposed Wal-Mart development from the citizen’s petition for 112 preparation of an EAW. 113 Prepared by: Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd 651-792-7073 | bryan.lloyd@ci.roseville.mn.us Twin Lakes Master Plan future land use Attachments: A: Citizen’s Petition for EAW D: Twin Lakes AUAR, less appendices maps B: Twin Lakes AUAR boundary map Draft resolution C:E: PF12-001_RCA_EAW_052112 Page 3 of 3