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Regular City Co�a�cii Meeting I1�onday, �uly 23, 2007 Page 41 1 Councilmember Pusi sought cla�rxficatzon on mitigation plans and �hez� 2 timeframe: what was needed now to accommoda�e improvements a�i 3 the college and what was scheduled io take p�ace by 2D18 — 2030; and 4 the infient a� ihe college �o particzpate in or fund traffc mitigation is- 5 sues. 6 7 Mr. Lindgren responded �hat mitigation was pxovided for immedia�e 8 imp�rovement� as well as aver time ta fi�I� build-out; and would be 9 driven by �raffie engineers for bacl�ground traffic growth ather than 10 the Co�lege, as well as impravements on campus. 11 12 1V�r. Schwartz advised that, from his reco��ect�on of discussions with 13 �he Minnesota Department of Transportation {MnDOT), the reviewing 14 Ci�y consultan�, and �h� College's eonsultant, miizgat�ons strategies 15 wou�d be arequired upon the addi�ion of the f rat tra�fic--generating fa� I6 cility; and specific language would be incorporated in�o th� PUD � 'i Agreement. 18 19 I1�ayor Klausing re�ocused discussion �o whe�her �he �AW was suffi- 20 cient or if �'urther study through an E�� was required. Mayor Klausing 2�. not�d �hat sp�cific i��ms could be addr�ssed as part o� the PUD 22 Agreement, and wauld co�ne befare the City Council for ref nement at 23 a future date. 24 25 Counei�member Pust noted thai she understood the proeess and steps; 26 however, she was analyzing whether miiigation steps and their �iming 2'7 were sufficient as part o�'her cons�dera�ian a�the EAW. 28 29 Mr. Paschke noted that he was uncertain whe�her the EAW could ,spe- 30 cifical�y identi�y time and da�e, and �riggering mechanisms to achieve 3� comp�ianee with mitigation �actors; however, he nated tha� �he EAW 32 la�d out p�ans to addres� thas�; and that the PUD was the �and use ap- 33 proval document that solidified achievement of those mitigatic�n fac- 34 iors, whiie �he EAW served as a genexa� dacumenfi or guzde. 35 35 City Attorney Anderson advised that during ihe in�ormation gathering 37 process and a detennina�ion that potential envzronmenial a�fects are 38 subject io mitigat�on by ongoing xegulafory efforts, and when de�azls 39 are avai�abl� indicating such mitiga�ion strategies, they can be in-