96-70 CITY OF CHANHA$$EN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DA TE: Au.qust 12~ 1996
RESOLUTION NO: 96-70
MOTION BY: Mason
SECONDED BY: Dockendorf
A RESOLUTION DECLARING NO NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE VILLAGES ON THE PONDS
MIXED USE 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 EA W was published in the EQB Monitor on July 1,
1996; and
WHEREAS, copies of the EA W were mailed to all of the agencies and
organizations on the EQB official EA W distribution lists; and
WHEREAS, the thirty-day comment period for the Villages on the Ponds EAW
ended on July 31, 1996; 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", Villages on the
Ponds Project, 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 EA W is not needed based on application of the following criteria to the
factual information contained in the EA W.
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 ElS previously prepared on similar projects.
Passed and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 12~h day of August,
1996.
ATTEST:
Don A,~hworth~nager
Do'nald J. Chmi~, Mayor
YES NO
ABSENT
Chmiel
Berquist
Senn
Dockendorf
Mason
None
None