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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 23, 2020 Item No.: 7.a Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Consider the Twin Lakes StationEnvironmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) Complete and ready for Public Comment. 1 B ACKGROUND 2 As the Council is aware, Dan Regan with Launch Properties and Logan Schmidt with Dominium 3 have been collaborating on a mixed-use redevelopment proposal for the former Boater’s Outlet 4 property located at 1705, 1717, 1743, and 1755 County Road C. The proposed project has already 5 secured funding in the form of tax-exempt bonds from the State and grant funds from DEED, Met 6 Council, and Ramsey County. The REDA has also supported redevelopment tax increment 7 financing and created the Twin Lakes II TIF district. 8 Over the course of the last eight months, while securing funding, the applicants have also been 9 refining their site plan. To date, the plan consists of 277 units of senior affordable housing, 228 10 units of family affordable housing, and seven smaller commercial buildings encompassing 55,000 11 SF. The project also includes a combination of underground and surface parking stalls and various 12 amenities. Because the project exceeds 375 attached housing units, per Minnesota Rules, part 13 4410.4300, subpart 19 and 32, a mandatory Environmental Assessment Worksheet is required. 14 The City is the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) in terms of conducting review of the EAW in 15 accordance with the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) rules, which requires the City to 16 determine when the Twin Lakes Station EAW is complete. 17 Since early December, City staff across all departments and the City’s consultant, SRF Consulting 18 Group, have reviewed multiple draft copies of the proposed EAW for Twin Lakes Station. Below is 19 a timeline of these activities: 20 December 4, 2019 – initial EAW submitted to City Planner 21 December 10, 2019 – submittal response letter sent by City Planner to Kimley-Horn and Launch 22 Properties (Dan Regan) regarding EAW and tentative process 23 January 31, 2020 –City receives Twin Lakes StationEAW review summary from SRF 24 Consulting Group 25 February 3, 2020 – City staff forwarded to Launch Properties and Kimley Horn SRF Consulting 26 Group’s EAW review summary on behalf of the City, for incorporation into the worksheet 27 March 3, 2020 – City staff receive revised Twin Lakes StationEAW from Kimley-Horn 28 March 6, 2020 – City staff provide comments to Kimley-Horn regarding draft Twin Lakes 29 StationEAW and requested additional revisions 30 March 11, 2020 – City staff received revised Rosedale Center EAW from Kimley-Horn. Page 1 of 2