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I I I ,I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I I CASE # / REQUEST FOR ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET (EAW) FINDINGS OF FACT AND ISSUE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR NEED OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON 153RD AVENUE N.W. BETWEEN VARIOLITE STREET N.W. AND ARMSTRONG BOULEVARD N.W. (COUNTY ROAD g83) By: James Gromberg, Project Manager Background: At the June 8, 1993 City Council meeting, the City Council approved and authorized the submittal of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (F_.AW) for the .69 mile segment of 153rd Avenue N.W. between Variolite Street N.W. and Armstrong Blvd. N.W. (County Road 83). Pursuant to Minnesota Rules, the City has submitted the EAW to the required agencies as fief'reed on the EQB distribution list. The following agencies received a copy of the EAW for review and comment: Environmental Quality Board Department of Public Service Department of Natural Resources Pollution Control Agency Department of Transportation Legislative Reference Library U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Department of Health Department of Agriculture Office of Waste Management Board of Water and Soil Resources Historical Society Environmental Conservation Library U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Metropolitan Council The notice of EAW availability was published in the July 5, 1993 issue of the EQB Monitor and the Anoka County Union, July 2, 1993. The thirty (30) day-:comment period ended on August 5, 1993. The City received replies from the following agencies: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Metropolitan Council Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota Historical Society The questions and concerns raised by these letters have been addressed in the findings of fact. Attached for your review are copies of the letters received and the corresponding replies. The City Council conducted a public hearing for citizen input on August 24, 1993. At this public hearing, no new issues with regard to the EAW were presented. The proposed alignment calls for the mitigation of the removal of 1.31 acres of wedand. As shown on the attached map, over 6.1 acres of land to the south of the proposed alignment would be available for mitigation purposes. For your review of the entire 153rd Avenue N.W. project, I have included the following exhibits: 1) Existing Land Use from Comprehensive Plan 1973 2) Section I/Goals-Objectives-Planning Assumptions Comprehensive Plan Amendment 1976