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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I In 1985, Woodbridge Properties, Inc. proposed constructing Centre Pointe, which included 647,080 square feet of office and garden/office/service space. As part of the approval process, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet was prepared for the City of Roseville in December of 1985. In February 1986, the City of Roseville adopted a negative declaration on the need for an Environmental Impact Statement. Woodbridge constructed supporting infrastructure for Centre Pointe (internal roads, stormwater ponds, and utilities) and three buildings. Due to market conditions, Woodbridge did not complete the project. In January of 1997, Ryan Companies US, Inc. became the developer of Centre Pointe and submitted an EA W; additionally; an Indirect Source Permit w~ issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The Ryan proposal included a total of619,600 SF; this total did not include the three buildings already constructed by Woodbridge. In March 1997, the City again adopted a negative declaration on the need for an Environmental Impact Statement for the revised Centre Pointe. In February 2000, in accordance with City ordinances the PUD was administratively amended to allow an increase in building square footage by 10% (61,464 square feet) in Centre Pointe. The southern 16 acres of Centre Pointe was sold to Veritas in 2000. Veritas is experiencing exponential growth and needs more office space than was approved in the amended PUD. The 121,836 square foot increase in the PUD now proposed would be accomplished by redesigning two proposed buildings and adding a parking structure. If approved, the Veritas property will become a fully integrated corporate campus. This redesign for the Veritas property is an expansion of 183,330 square feet of office space to the existing Centre Pointe project described in the 1997 EA W. The additional office space proposed by Veritas does not exceed a mandatory threshold for EA W preparation. Nevertheless, Veritas and Ryan volunteered preparation of this EA W for, among others, three principal reasons: (1) assure Roseville as the other RGU, other EA W reviewers, and itself that the proposed expansion does not have the potential for significant adverse environmental effects; (2) present the proposed expansion in the context of prior Centre Pointe approvals and status of construction in EA W format so that the community may fully understand the environmental effects of the expanded Veritas corporate campus; and (3) achieve certainty that all Minnesota environmental review requirements have been met. s. Project Location: 1/4 Section: County: Cityrrownship: Township 29N Range 23W NE 'l4 NE 'l4 Section 5 Ramsey County City of Roseville Page 3