99-30 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: ADril 12, 1999
RESOLUTION NO: 99-30
MOTION BY:
Mancino SECONDED BY: Jansen
A RESOLUTION DECLARING NO NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR CHANHASSEN LAKES BUSINESS PARK 7TM ADDITION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, an Environmental Assessment Worksheet was prepared for the Villages on
the Ponds project according to the Environmental Quality Board regulations; and
WHEREAS, notice of the EAW was published in the EQB Monitor on February 22,
1999; and
WHEREAS, copies of the EAW were mailed to all of the agencies and organizations on
the EQB official EAW distribution lists; and
WHEREAS, the thirty-day comment period for the Chanhassen Lakes Business Park 7th
Addition EAW ended on March 22, 1999; 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 Decision
on Need for Environmental Impact Statement", Chanhassen Lakes Business Park 7th Addition, be
incorporated by reference into this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a determination is hereby made that the preparation
of an Environmental Impact Statement (ELS) for the project which is the subject of the EAW is
not needed based 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;
The extent to which environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing public
regulatory authority; and
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 April, 1999.
ATTEST:
Todd Gerhardt, Acting City Manager
YES
Mancino
Jansen
Labatt
NO
None
Nancy K. Mancino, Mayor
ABSENT
Senn
Engel