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AUTHORIZE PREPARATION oEEAw FOR PULTE HOMES PROJECT <br /> By: Leonard Linton, Civil Engineer II <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Pulte Homes is proposing to dev_elop ia largo parcel west of Armstrong Boulevard into a mixed <br />neighborhood of single family homes and tOwnhomes. An area map is attached for the project. The <br />site is inside the Urban:Service Area;!howCVer municipal services have not been extended to the <br />site. The development.will require an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) as prescribed <br />by the rules of the Mi~mesota EnVironment~al Quality Board. The sanitary sewer extension will also <br />require an EAW and submittal ora permit .application to the Milmesota Pollution Control Agency <br />(MPCA). : <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The City is the Local Unit of Government (LGLD responsible for preparing the EAW. A request for <br />proposal was sent to B°lton & Menk, Inc. for preparation of an EAW for the project and the sewer <br />extension. Bolton & Menk, Inc. has submitted a proposal to perform the EAW for the project for a <br />fee not to exceed $10,000. The seWer extension permit and EAW fee will not exceed $3,500. The <br />developer' will be required to pay for the studies; however the City must order the studies. <br /> <br />Staff Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends the proposal from Bolton & Menk, Inc. be accepted for preparation of the EAW <br />for the Pulte Homes DeVelopment, at a costlnOt to exceed $10,000 with a not to exceed fee of $3,500 <br />for' the sewer extension EAW and .preParatilon of the MPCA permit. Authorization to proceed wilt <br />not be issued until receiPt of the $13,500 fe~ from the developer. <br /> <br />Action <br /> <br />Motion to authorize preparation of EAWs and MPCA permit application for Pulte Homes for a fee <br />not to exceed $13,500 by Bolton & Menk, inc after receipt of the fee from the developer. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br /> <br />Director of Public Works <br />Assistant Public Works Director <br /> <br />CC: 02/22/05 <br /> <br /> <br />