2001-13A.DOC CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: March 12~ 2001
RESOLUTION NO: 2001- 13A
MOTION BY: Peterson SECONDED BY: Labatt
A RESOLUTION DECLARING NO NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT FOR ARBORETUM VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was prepared for the
Arboretum Village according to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) regulations; and
WHEREAS, notice of the EAW was published in the EQB Monitor on September 4,
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 Arboretum Village EAW ended on
October 4, 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", Arboretum Village 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
EIS previously prepared on similar projects.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 12th day of March, 2001.
ATTEST:
Scott A. Botcher, City Clerk/Manager
Linda C. Jansen, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT
Ayotte None
Jansen
Kroskin
Labatt
Peterson