HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 428-14 428-14 D31
• RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Rochester has completed the environmental review process for
the South Branch Cascade Creek Stream Restoration Project to be completed on land that
was formerly the Meadow Lakes Golf Course (South Branch of Cascade Creek); and
WHEREAS, this process included:
1. Preparing an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) to meet the
Minnesota Environmental Policy Act requirements;
2. Receiving comments from interested parties during the 30-day public
comment period; and,
3. Preparing the requisite Responses to Comments, Findings of Fact, and
Conclusions; and,
WHEREAS, comment letters were received from the Minnesota Department of
Transportation and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Neither Agency had comments or
requested an Environmental Impact Statement; and,
WHEREAS, the EAW and subsequent responses to Comments, Findings of Fact, and
Conclusions indicate that the environmental review process was adequate to evaluate, avoid,
• minimize, and mitigate environmental impacts from the proposed South Branch Cascade
Creek Restoration Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City does hereby make this Negative Declaration on the potential for
significant environmental effects for the South Branch Cascade Lake EAW.
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