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As amended by the Metropolitan Council at its meeting on 01/09/86. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 612-291-6359 55101 TO: Metropolitan and Community Development Committee FROM: Long Range Planning Department (Barbara Senness) SUBJECT: Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) Scoping Document Northfork Planned Unit Development in Ramsey Metropolitan Council District 9 Metropolitan Council Referral File No. 13363-1 North Fork, Inc. is proposing to develop 255 single family residential lots in several phases on a total site area of 1,253 acres. (Of the total lots, 42 are already platted.) The average lot size is 2 1/2 acres and the overall density is roughly one unit per five acres. The developer is also proposing a maximum of 140,000 square feet of commercial use and 700 associated parking spaces along Highway 10. The project is located along the western border of Ramsey in the city's Rural Service Area. Under Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (MEQB) regulations, since the project involves more than 100 unattached units in an unsewered area, it requires the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). AUTHORITY FOR REVIEW MEQB rules require a public scoping process-for any EIS. The'scoping process is used to reduce'the scope and bulk of an EIS; to define the form, level of detail, content, alternatives, time table for preparation and preparers of the EIS; and to determine the permits for which information will be developed concurrent'with the EIS. The rules further state that an EAW will be the basis for the scoping process. EAWs prepared 'under the Minnesota Environmental Review Program must be submitted to the Metropolitan Council and other a.~encie~. Any recipient of an EAW or member of the public may make comments and recon~endations to the responsible agency{ies). The responsible agency for this project i%the city of Ramsey. BACKGROUND In December 1985, the Council reviewed a related referral (File No. 133!5-1) for FHA Subdivision approval that would make the proposed housing units in the first phase of the Northfork development eligible for federal mortgage insurance. The first phase consists of 42 lots on 136 acres with outlots totaling 1,120 acres. The Council stated that with the outlots undeveloped, the proposal was consistent with Metropolitan Development Framework policies. However, the Council also recommended that further phases of this development be reviewed again for consistency prior to approval.