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Response to Draft Scoping EAW Comments <br />January 9, 2018 <br />Page 7 <br />HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMENTS <br />1) Thanks for the "heads up". We did receive your previous transmittal on November 3rd. Jason Gottfried and David <br />Jaeger will be assisting in assembling our formal comments once the Scoping EAW is published. <br />Based on the magnitude of the potential development, we expect that significant impacts will be identified, and <br />hopefully reasonable mitigation measures can ultimately be identified. Some items we will likely comment on <br />later: <br />• We believe the list of intersections to be evaluated needs to include CSAH-13 (Brockton Lane)/ CSAH- <br />81 and CSAH-12 (Dayton River Road) / TH-169. <br />• The future traffic analysis should focus on a 20-year time period after build -out. <br />• Background traffic growth should be assumed at an average of 2% per year consistent with current <br />trends. <br />Response: These comments will be considered in the assessment of traffic impacts that will be discussed in the <br />AUAR. <br />METROPOLITAN COUNCIL COMMENTS <br />1) Item 6 - Project Description: <br />Environmental Duality Board guidance states that the AUAR document must review at least one development <br />scenario based on and consistent with the City's comprehensive plan update (CPU) in effect when the AUAR is <br />officially ordered, which we assume is the 2030 CPU. <br />Additionally, at least one proposed development scenario should be consistent with the City's draft 2040 CPU, <br />should its land use guidance for this area be different from the 2030 CPU, to minimize the need for a <br />comprehensive plan amendment (CPA) following the environmental review process. <br />The SEAW indicates the City's 2030 Comprehensive Plan's future planned land uses are being re -guided through <br />the City's official planning process for the 2040 CPU. The project description indicates that approximately 1,500 <br />to 1,700 single-family residential homes and approximately 28 acres of mixed -use development are anticipated <br />in the project area (see Figure 4). Mixed use is only briefly mentioned in this context. Please provide additional <br />context for this area and its mix of uses in the AUAR. Also, please note the referenced Figure 4 did not appear <br />to be in the SEAW. <br />12800 Whitewater Drive, Suite 300, Minnetonka, MN 55343 i 763.476.6010 <br />2401 46th Avenue Southeast, Suite 202, Mandan, ND 58554 1701.204.6845 www.sambatek.com <br />