HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2004-53 RESOLUTION NO. 2004-53
CITY OF COLUMBIA [IEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING TltE RECORD OF DECISION REGARDING THE
NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF THE NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PARK REDEVELOPMENT
W!iEREAS, Minnesota Rules Chapter 4410 contah~s the requirements for the Minnesota Enviromnental
Quality Board ("EQB") Environmental Review Program; and
WHEREAS, the scope of the Industrial Park Redevelopment required a mandatory Environmental
Assessment Worksheet ("EAW") pursuant to Minnesota Rules Chapter 4410.4300 subp. 14; and
WTIEREAS, on August 9, 2004, the City of Columbia Heights, as the Responsible Governmental Unit
("RGU") for preparation of the Industrial Park Redevelopment EAW approved the EAW for distributiOn
to the Environmental Quality Board ("EQB") distribution list and interested parties; and
W-It-EREAS, the EAW was published in the August 16, 2004, edition of the EQB Monitor, which started
the required 30-day public comment period that commenced on August 16 2004 and ended on September
15, 2004; and
WTtEREAS, the RGU received four comment letters that are provided in Appendix B to the Record of
Decision and the comments received do not support a need for an EIS on the proposed project; and
WlqEREAS, responses were prepared for comment letters received and these responses to comments are
provided in Appendix C to the Record of Decision; and--
WTIlgREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Rules, Section 4410.1700, the RGU shall base its decision regarding
the need for an EIS on the' information gathered during the EAW process, the comments received on the
EAW, and the criteria established by the EQB to determine whether a project has the potential for
significant environmental effects as provided in Appendix D to the Record of Decision; and
WlCl-EREAS, the RGU has prepared a Record of Decision (Attachment 1) that has been considered and
reviewed by the City Council documenting the f'mdings of fact and decision regarding the negative
declaration of/he need for an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for the Industrial Park
Redevelopment.
BE IT FURTI:IER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of City of Columbia Heights hereby
approves the negative declaration of the need for an EIS and approves the Record of Decision.
Passed this 27m day of September 2004.
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Ericson
Nawrocki
Ayes: Wyckoff, Williams, Nawrocki, Ericson, Kelzenberg
Patri~ia Musc°vitz, C~C /
Deputy City Clerk/Council Secretary
T~°r ' Y' ~/ C)L/