2000-40.DOC CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE:
May 22~ 2000
RESOLUTION NO: 2000-40
MOTION BY:
Senn SECONDED BY: Jansen
A RESOLUTION DECLARING NO NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT FOR ECKANKAR RELIGIOUS CAMPUS
MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was prepared for the
Eckankar Religious Campus Master Plan according to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB)
regulations; and
WHEREAS, notice of the EAW was published in the EQB Monitor on March 6, 2000;
and
WHEREAS, copies of the EAW were mailed to all of the agencies and organizations on
the EQB official EAW distribution list; and
WHEREAS, the thirty-day comment period for the Eckankar Religious Campus Master
Plan EAW ended on April 5, 2000; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen,
Minnesota that findings in the document titled "Findings of Fact Regarding a Need for
Environmental Impact Statement", Eckankar Religious Campus Project, be incorporated herein by
reference.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a determination is herby made that the preparation of
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project, which is the subject of the EAW is not
needed by on application of the following criteria to the factual information contained in the
EAW:
1. Type, extent and reversibility of environmental effects;
2. Cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects;
3. The extent to which environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public
regulatory authority; and
4. The extent to which environmental effects can be anticipated and controlled as a result
of other environmental studies undertaken by public agencies or the proposer, or an
ElS previously prepared on similar projects.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 22nd day of May, 2000.
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Clerk/Manager
Nancy K. Mancino, Mayor
YES
Mancino
Engel
Jansen
Senn
NO ABSENT
None Labatt