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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION D A T E: 02/ 12/O 1 TTF,M Nn� F-2 D�r; n,� Approval: Manag� I�pproved: Agenda Section: REPORTS Itein Description: Twin Lakes �1Vlaster Plan AUAR (PF3232) 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION 1.1 On January 8,200 1, the City Council approved a master plan concept far the Twin Lakes Business Park The next step in the redevelopment of Twin Lakes is to determine the "environmental impact" course of action. The Council is asked to decide on whether to begin the environmental analysis work Attached to this document are the wark plans and the estirnated costs of a State Environmental Quality Board Alternative Urban Area Review (AUAR). 2.0 RENEWAL STRATEGY PROCESS 2.1 Previously, the staff prepared both visual and technical reports necessary to evaluate the land use and financial impacts to the community of the 270 acre redevelopment master plan, including 46 parcels. The technical plan amendment described the possible redevelopment of between 2.1 and 3.5 million square feet of building area and the addition of 5,000 or more jobs. 2.2 After the Planning Commission recommended approval of a Renewal Strategy, and the Council approved of the revised Twin Lakes Business Park Plan, an Alternative Urban Area Review (AUAR) process is the next step in early 2001. The purpose of the AUAR is to review all environmental issues (for all redevelopment properties) in Twin Lakes such as traffic, water storage and drainage capacity, air quality, infrastructure improvements, landscaping, design plan, parking, etc. This process will develop environmental mitigations to control impacts to the City. It is a progressive, up front method of redeveloping brownfield areas; it identifies the potential impacts in the entire redevelopment area while the City is still in the `planning" mode. An AUAR benefits property owners because it also reduces the number of studies and warksheets that individual property owners or developers must complete to begin their redevelopments. 2.3 Upon completion of the AUAR, which requires the review and comment by several regulatory agencies in a format similar to an Environmental Assessment Warksheet (EA�, the community should ha�e a better understanding of the development potential in Twin Lakes, the impacts and ways to provide assurances for quality, environmentally sensitive development through specific mitigation measures. If, after the AUAR is approved, a development proposal is submitted that does not meet the environmental thresholds established, additional environmental review will be required at the expense of the applicant. 2.4 Staff is hopeful that a renewed plan, with the background detail completed to support it, will position the City to more realistically (and more quickly) respond to corporate expansion project(s), such as Veritas, and provide the framework for a more practical mixed used business park. PF3232 — RCA(021201) Page 1 of 3