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<br />Metl"opoUt.an Council ot t.1le MIl C1 U.. Are. <br />300 MIIt1"o Square ~ild1nI, 7th ~d Ilobert StI"aet.1 <br />St.. raul, M1ftDelota .$51011..1. ~,~ Z91-6359/tDD 291-090Q <br /> <br />. ., ~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. ~ t <br />May 13, 1986 . . <br /> <br />TOI MIIt1"OpoUt.In &lid ;Co~it.)' ~vdopment. Commutee <br /> <br />',I; .: ~'I' .' <br />FROM I Researoh and ,].....11\1 ('aul Balt.zerlan) <br /> <br />SUBJECT I Nort.btork 'lanned \)lit. Jlevelopment. Dratt. EnY1rOllmental <br />Impaot Statement, C1t.)' ot JlalllSey <br />Hetl"opol1t.an Counoil D1at1"1ot 9 <br />Jeterral F11. .Mo. '3363~2 <br /> <br />\ <br />I <br /> <br />. ..... .:.~. -~. .__.' ..... ...... ~'...- <br />Northtork is a planned UI11t. d_elopment proposed tor oonatrucUon in southwest <br />JlaIIIIIey in Anoka Count)' SlDed1atlllY lIorth ot TB 10/169 an4 the H1ss1asippi <br />J!ver. The lite covers 1,253 acrel. The project oonslata ot 250 single tully <br />reaidential units.ClD lotI avera&1nl 2.5 ~Cl'el each. Also planned are 125 acres <br />of oOlllDerc1al/inclultr1al481felopment,: 1nc~cl1q . soU Cew'le, ottice and <br />retail developlDmt &IId"l1abt. ~uatl"y.". 'D1.,,~~'1n!l1>>.des Lake Itasca, 111 <br />aores 1n lize, several vetlands and a proposed lIew 50-acre lake. The site 18 <br />outside the MIItropol1tan Urban Service Area an4 11 with1n the city'l rural <br />lervice area. Theretore, no oit)' SIlwer or .water will be pt'ovided to the site. <br />All development v1tb1ll the project. will ~ aerved by OI1lIite waste dlaposal <br />systems and wells. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />1\ <br />I <br /> <br />The pt'oject is proposed for construction oyer a 10-year period 1n five or six <br />phases. 'D1e colllllltl'cial developmmt w1ll tollow CODst.ruct1on of the <br />residential. <br /> <br />The draft tIS considers six alternatives. The)' 1nc1>>.de: the project as <br />proposed; two alternatives tor access from TB 10/169; alternative uses for open <br />! . space; design changes to avoid possible but unidentified archaeolo&1cal sites; <br />t . and no action. <br /> <br />AUTHORITY TO REVIEW <br /> <br />An EIS prepared under. t,p!!~uota ~v1r~ec.ta1, Review Program lII1st be <br />submitt.ed to t.he Metropolitan Councllancl o~ agmcies. An)' recipient ot an <br />tIS or member of the public _y make ClCmmllDt.!' and recoDlDendat.ions to the <br />responsible agen01(1el). 'lbe r..ponsib~ ag~cy for this project. is the cit.y <br />of RlUIllley. . <br /> <br />. I ::::_ <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />,!,:'::.' <br /> <br />. ... . -'"",~:::'.;. -. <br />The Council reviewed the ICOping eDv1r~~~, assellment worksheet in January <br />of 1986. The Council laid the major issues of reg1<1lal 1nterest. raised by the <br />project and which should be addreaaed ~ the .J1$ .are: 1) the densit)' of the <br />project as it. relates to use ~r. cm...1~ I!!.r., IYlStell!!I;' 2) d1rect land access to' <br />Highway 10; and 3) the densit.y of t.he project as it relates to Council densit)' <br />standards for the rural area. <br /> <br />-57- <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />