HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 408-09 RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has prepared the Marion Trunk Sanitary Sewer
Alternative Urban Areawide Review Update #1 (AUAR Update #1); and
WHEREAS, the AUAR Update #1 was available for public comment between December
29, 2008 and January 28, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, the City received and addressed comments from two responders, including
a formal objection from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regarding needed
mitigation to protect wood turtle habitat;
WHEREAS, the City incorporated additional mitigation measures in the AUAR Final
Update #1 to the satisfaction of the DNR such that the objection was withdrawn.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that:
1. The Record of Decision for the Final AUAR Update #1 is accepted and
• approved;
2. The Hypothetical Development Scenario and the Mitigation Plan are being
met as development proceeds in the AUAR Project Area; and,
3. A Negative Declaration on the Need for an Environmental Impact
Statement is warranted.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Final AUAR Update #1 is hereby adopted such
that residential, commercial, warehousing, and light industrial projects and associated
infrastructure within the AUAR project area that are consistent with the assumptions of the
document and that comply with the Mitigation Plan are exempt from further environmental
review under MN Rules Ch. 4410.1100 to 4410.1700 and 4410.2100 to 4410.2800.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS ,::�/bT' DAY OF 2009.
PRE IDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
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CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS DAY OF 12009.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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