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Regular City Council Meeting Minutes Monday, April 23, 2007 Page 9 sponsibilities, thus their designation of Roseville rather than Arden Hills. Discussion included the role the City of Arden Hills would play in proposed development; the City of Roseville Planning Commission's role in requesting EA W as part of the requested amended Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Northwestern College; the purpose of the EA W as a scoping document, to hold a Public Hearing and make findings to make a negative or positive declaration to determine whether an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is necessary; and whether the City's Community Development Department would be reimbursed for staff time by the developer as part of their reimburs- able costs. Mayor Klausing opined that the EA W won't recognize political boundaries, but general impacts to contiguous properties; and may also provide the City with some authority as the reviewing entity by providing greater control over environmental impacts of the PUD. Councilmember Ihlan opined that she wasn't prepared to vote on ac- cepting the designation without contacting the City of Arden Hills and obtaining additional information. City Attorney Anderson, when questioned regarding time constraints, clarified that time constraints for the EA W review period would only commence upon publication of the EA W, allowing response time for agency review. Mr. Stark opined that, since the City's Planning Commission had re- quested the EA W, staff had assumed there would be City Council support for the EA W process. Councilmember Pust opined that, with a project of this size and its po- tential impacts, she was supportive of an EA W; and was willing to ac- cept the RGU role and designation.. Councilmember Pust noted that, since the City of Roseville was most impacted by access points, traffic concerns and other impacts, the City should retain their designation as the RGD.