Agenda - Council - 07/22/1997 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I 6 $ FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSION REGARDIN~ DETERMINATION ON NEED FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET FOR THE APPLE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT That on June 24, 1997 the city received a citizen petition (the "Petition") for an Environmental Assessment Worksheet ("EAW") for the proposed subdivision of Apple Ridge which property is legally described in the Petition as follows: The South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying west of the west right-of-way line of State Highway No. 47 and Lot 2, Block 1, inclusive J.P.J.V. ADDITION, a plat of record, Anoka County, Minnesota. ( "Proposed Subdivision") That pursuant to a letter from the Environmental Quality Board ("EQB") dated June 24, 1994, the City has been designated as the Responsible Governmental Unit ("RGU"). That the Proposed Subdivision is a residential subdivision of 127 single family homes (the "Project") and is therefore lower than the threshold for the mandatory preparation of an EAW (250 unattached units per Minn. Rules §4410.4300, subp. (4)). That the Project exceeds the number of units which would automatically be exempt from an EAW. (80 unattached units per Minn. Rules §4410.4600, subp. 12.19 (4). That the Project falls within a discretionary EAW category that grants to the City discretion to determine that because of the nature or location of a proposed project, the project may have the potential for significant environmental effects. That the Petition requests the preparation of an EAW and states that the potential environmental effects which may result from the Project are: "Potential for significant environmental impacts of this type of high density development." "... there is evidence of oak wilt on the property and by cuttings (sic) and clearing this area there is a real risk of oak wilt spreading to existing healthy oaks both on the site and neighbors' property bordering the proposed development."