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<br />Dennis Welsch'
<br />Community Develbpp1ent Director '
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<br />Roseville, MN 5~11,3
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<br />Re: RyanlVeritas Software'~PhaseIt
<br />Centre' Pointe Business Park
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<br />Dear Mr. Welsch: '
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<br />The folI()wing,isa brief su~mary of the key devdopment.issues fh~' the above referenced'
<br />site and how they ~elate to tl}e original environmental assessment worksheet (EA W). .
<br />RLK-Kuusisto,Ltd (RLK) prepared theo~ginal EAWand in March of i997 the City
<br />Council made a "neg~tive declaration'~ on the EA W.' This decision indic'ated that the,
<br />, Centre Pointe Business developmeht did not ~ave the "potential for significant ,
<br />environmental effects~'. The intent of this letter is to,assure the City <>fI"toseville that the
<br />proposed development of Lots 5, 6, & 7 Block .1,ofthe Centre Point Busines~ will be in
<br />accordance with,fh~ original EAW and the anticipated,changes in h~nd use will.res~lt in
<br />, no. potential for significant environmental effects.~ubstantiaJiy"the cont,ext~ofthis letter
<br />wilU'oc1,l,S oIl'the "Scopirig' Deci~~on" s~ction of the, ~rjgi~al EA Wi ..' ',., '
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<br />Traffic Analysis"" " ' ,
<br />'A traffic study ~asconducted aspm:1 of the original EAW.fo,r the ,Centre Point Business '
<br />Park. The study concluded that Cleveland Avenue cOuld effectively'accomIDodatethe '
<br />traffic generated by the developed Business Park ' The original development did not
<br />assume a deveIopfuent such,as the proposed, Veritassite~, )'
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<br />RLK has reviewed the, original traffic study prepared by BRW. The following is a
<br />comp,arison of the proposed Cen,tre Poirite Busine~s 'Park development with the, BR W
<br />base line tra,ffic study conducted March.24, 1997 forCleveland Avenue. Att,achedare .
<br />tables that compare'the BR W traffic generation estimates to'the proposed V eritas~ '
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<br />Proposed changes that .differ. rrom the BR W study include;, an, increase in Genetal Office
<br />space, elirp.ination, of the showr60mIW arehouse use~ and a decrease ih the size of the
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<br />(61~) 933.0972 " 6nO Blue ~ircle Drive " Suite ,106 . Minnetonk'a, MN 55343 . FAX (612) 93'3:1153
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