HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-119 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2019/10/07Resolution No. 19-119
Approving distribution of an Environmental Assessment Worksheet in the
Environmental Quality Board Monitor and to required agencies for review
Whereas, Sela Investments (“Proposer”) proposes to redevelop 12 parcels in St. Louis
Park to create 224 new residential units and rehabilitate 24 apartment units for a total of 248
residential units to create Parkway Residences; and
Whereas, the Proposer constructed Parkway 25, a 112-unit mixed-use building with
12,000 square feet of commercial space in 2017, immediately adjacent to the Parkway
Residences; and
Whereas, the Proposer requests an amendment to the city’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan to
reguide a portion of the site from medium density residential to high density residential; and
Whereas, the project crosses the threshold of a mandatory EAW by having a total of more
than 150 attached units in a development that also requires a change to the com prehensive
plan per MN Rules 4410.4300, subpart 19 C. Residential Development; and
Whereas, the project when combined with Parkway 25, falls within the mandatory EAW
per MN Rules 4410.4300, subpart 1, 3-year look-back requirement; and
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park is the Responsible Governmental Unit (“RGU”); and
Whereas, the EAW was prepared by Loucks Inc., on behalf of the Proposer, who
submitted completed data portions of the EAW to the City of St. Louis Park consistent with
Minn. Rules Part 4410.1400; and
Whereas, the EAW was prepared using the form approved by the Minnesota
Environmental Quality Board for EAWs in accordance with Minn. Rules 4410.1300.
Now therefore be it resolved that the city council does hereby approve the distribution of
an Environmental Assessment Workshop in the Environmental Quality Board Monitor and to
required agencies for review in accordance with Minn. Rules 4410.1500.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the City Council Oct. 7, 2019
Thomas K. Harmening, city manager Jake Spano, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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