HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-079 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2017/05/01RESOLUTION NO. 17-079
APPROVING RECORD OF DECISION AND THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF
NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE PLACE ST.
LOUIS PARK REDEVELOPMENT
Southeast Quadrant of Highway 7 and Wooddale Avenue
and Northeast Quadrant of Wooddale Avenue and 36" Street
WHEREAS, PLACE (`Proposer") proposes to redevelop nine brownfreld parcels in St.
Louis Park into a mixed-use environmentally sustainable, transit oriented community. The project
will include 299 mixed -income living spaces, including live/work space for artists; a 110 -room
hotel; retail space; structured and surface parking; and neighborhood amenities like an urban
forest; and an e -generation facility that would digest all compostable materials generated on the
site (`Project'); and
WHEREAS, the Project falls within the mandatory environmental assessment worksheet
("EAW") category of Minn. Rules Part 4410.4300, Subpart 32; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park is the Responsible Governmental Unit ("RGU");
and
WHEREAS, an EAW was prepared by Stantec, 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 Part 4410.1300; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park submitted a copy of the EAW to all public agencies
on the EAW distribution list and published EAW availability in the EQB Monitor on March 6,
2017, in accordance with applicable State laws, rules and regulations; and
WHEREAS, the EAW comment period lasted from March 6 to April 19, 2017 and 16
regulatory agencies and members of the public submitted written comments during the comment
period; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park acknowledges the comments received from
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota
Historical Society, Metropolitan Council, and Minnehaha Creek Watershed District; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park acknowledges the comments received from Steve
May, Claudia Johnston, Daniel Kriete, Patrick Wells, Jackie Doyle, Judy Wells, Daniel Kriete on
behalf of the Sorenson Neighborhood Steering Committee, Laura Jensen, Renee Klemetsen,
Douglas Mezera, and Pam Reierson; and
WHEREAS, City staff reviewed the proposed Record of Decision and finds it to be
consistent with the evidence submitted to the City and the applicable statutes and regulations, to
the best of their knowledge, and recommends the City Council approve the Findings of Fact and
Record of Decision dated April 2017 and determine that no environmental impact statement
(`EIS") is necessary, reasonable or warranted with respect to the Project under the circumstances;
and
Resolution No. 17-079
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to make findings of fact and a record of decision
that no EIS is required with respect to the Project ("Negative Declaration").
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby:
1. Adopt and approve the Findings of Fact and Record of Decision on the PLACE St.
Louis Park Environmental Assessment Worksheet in the form which is attached hereto
as Exhibit A and hereby makes the Findings of Fact and Conclusions which are
contained therein; and
2. Find and determine that, based upon the Findings of Fact and Record of Decision, no
vironmental impact statement is required for the Project pursuant to the Minnesota
vironmental Policy Act or Minnesota Rules Parts 4410,0200 to 4410.6500.
Reviewed o Ad inistration: Adopted by the City Council May 1, 2017
Thomas nin , ity Manager /J e Spj, ayor
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