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<br />Mar 1.5 '97 15 23
<br />; No. 3987~/P 12/13
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<br />Febnwy 26;' 1'997
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<br />Mr. Dennis WelSch:
<br />Community Development DireQtor
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<br />RoseviIle,' MinilesOt:a "$51:1-3 . .
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<br />RE: Centre Poiiate Bumiess Piuk 'Eo.virOiuneD.tal.A"sSessmentiWoiJc:sheet '. . i "
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<br />Dc=ar Mr. WelsCh:
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<br />Thank. you for .the oppo~ty,;to review: aDd caqnent on the abo~e ~fen::Dcc;d Envilouinent81'A:SsesSDleiIt
<br />Workshfiet.(EA VI):': The:~.'PoI1UtiQa.~l'~.~GA) En~:P~~~~cw.
<br />Ofiice (EPRO) Staff reView'foCused on the:'eaviroMiCAt&l'iS5~ for.whicb:.tDP- MPCA lJai:iegWato~: au~rity
<br />and expertise. Based on oui: re'liew'we'hav. the'following .cohcems:with ~mrorrnatioU.:co~: ~ ~. ',.
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<br />F~ it k~ou~(Unfcspt)n~'~: ~'4':ofthe E~~.~ the p~ti~ of.1he ~W:~~ ~91~~'. ::Wo~ ~ot
<br />the size of the p~scd '~elopment exceed. the .tbieshold fot. the: p~6n of a'mandaiory'EAW? :" ,/'
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<br />Second, 'the storm ,\\rater' m~t plau'm not',tboroughly described'~ 4hO;EAW. "The reader Cannot:'
<br />deduce wh~'tfie pOndS,: 8ie.;adequately'si7.cxfto ntaQ9 the, expectCd~. .: . ." . ',:",: "':::: ' : :';/ . '
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<br />Third, a traffic amUysis :was coDducted ~or this proj~ and haS been included in this 'EA W. H;owe.~er~ sorile of
<br />the traffic issuc$ ~'ma~~ly 8d4ressedin'1hc E:A W, ~ven thc.size'.'OCthc proposed~o~t. 'Pur,
<br />specmccimceins Withtheuaflic8Dalysfs:are as-follows: ;': .... " .;"..., ,;,'
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<br />· / The traffic .~ysis in: the EA W did Iiot use ~ ~per ~)"$is-year. 'If the full ~elo~;~ eX~ted to
<br />v be completed 10. late .1998" then the 1raffi.c ~~ shou1~ !mve aoaI~ the worst. .:eon~~AS:.OIle year
<br />after aompletiOn'oftb'project, ,The cotrect,dlrsis:year.should ha~ been'l999.:~'of:l~7..:' ':i' , '.
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<br />ji The EA W should have included. a descriptiQn of a: detailed trip gencrati<ni::witlnill iIsJum~o~ ~cl~
<br />any trip disco~n[ rate used. , ,
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<br />j/ The traffi~ .~n sho~d have inc1uded ~ ~1~ de~p~on of trip. distri~~ an~.~~~~~ ~~' .'
<br />~\\t1LUI ArId ~1Ue1tt tnftic data and taking into consuie~tlon ~\1er31Iocat1on-~jic ~~~ps,' ~Jud.ing
<br />tM size of the proposed project, the types of develop1;l1eRt propos~ me prc.veUms ~ci:!iti~~;:of~' c~ stiag
<br />street system, aDd the 'reasonable availabilitj' of data. '. i :' ',. .' :;. ~: ,'. I
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