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<br />CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
<br />LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LID.
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<br />5129488949
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<br />P.03/07
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<br />Mr. Clark Arneson, Manager
<br />November 5, 1997
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<br />On March 24, 1986, the City Council approved the Revised Preliminary Development Plan and Final
<br />Development Plan for the 8500 Tower. Related platting approvals were granted shortly thereafter.
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<br />B. Normandale Lake Office Park EA W.
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<br />In February 1982, Trammell Crow prepared and submitted to the City an environmental assessment
<br />, worksheet for Normandale Lake Office Park ("Nonnandale Lake EA W"). At that time, Normandale Lake
<br />Office Park consisted of903,000 square feet of office space, a 12-story, 275 to 300-room hotel on the
<br />Phase IV Site, and up to 186 multi-family residential units. At that time, an EA W was required because
<br />the project involved construction of a facility or integral use of facilities with at least 250,000 square feet
<br />of commercial or retail floor space, 'Or at least 175,000 square feet of industrial space, or a mixture of
<br />commercial, industrial and retail floor space totaling at least 250,000 square feet unless located in an
<br />industrial park for which an envirorunental impact statement has already been prepared. In 1982, the
<br />Minnesota Environmental Quality Board C'"EQB") Environmental Review Program Rules CEQB Rules")
<br />did not include mandatory environmental impact statement thresholds.
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<br />After a 30-day comment period, on March 19, 1982, the EQB advised the City rhnt no objections to the
<br />Nonnandale Lake EA W's negative declaration that an environmental impact statement was not needed for
<br />the project were received by the EQB. The City was further authorized to take final action to approve or
<br />commenc~ the project. .
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<br />C. Normandale Lake Office Park Indirect Source Permit.
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<br />In September 1982. Trammell Crow applied to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ("MPCA") for an
<br />indirect source pennit ('"ISP") for Normandale Lake Office Park. Under MPCA rules, an ISP was needed
<br />because NonnandaIe Lake Office Park was a new indirect source with an associated parking area which
<br />had a new parking capacity of2,000 cars or more. Minn. Rules, Pt. 7001.1270, subp. 2(A).
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<br />In July 1983, MPCA issued ISP 83-5 to construct Normandale Lake Office Park. ISP 83-5 authorized the
<br />following land uses: 8300 Tower - 300,300 square feet and 975 parking spaces; 8400 Tower - 323,300
<br />square feet and 975 parking spaces; 8500 Tower - 288,000 square feet and 900 parking spaces; Phase IV
<br />Site - 300-room hotel and 400 parking spaces; and 186 multi-family units and 410 parking spaces.
<br />ISP 83-5 did not require construction of any new roadway improvements. As described in Section 1.8-
<br />above, in the mid- to late 19805, Trammell Crow received City Council approval to increase the density of
<br />the originally proposed Phase II and Phase ITI office buildings, now referred to as the 8400 Tower and the
<br />8500 Tower, respectively. In October 1990, a formal request to modify ISP 83-5 to transfer and apportion
<br />Trammell Crow's rights and obligations under the permit to and among the new owners and, further, to
<br />modify the type and intensity of land uses specifically enumerated in the permit to conform to the type
<br />and intensity of land uses actually approved by the City was submitted to :MPCA. The October 1990
<br />request to modify ISP 83-5 was supported by a September 1990 updated traffic and air quality analysis
<br />prepared by BRW.
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<br />On March 25, 1992, MPCA issued ISP 92-5, a modification ofISP 83-5 to construct Normandale Lake
<br />Office Park, to Minnesota ND Properties, Frederick Wall, Jostens, and the City. ISP 92-5 authorized
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