HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-12-03 PACKET 04.C. REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL AGENDA
MEETING ITEM #
DATE 12/3/14 .
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PREPARED BY: Community Development Jennifer Levitt
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT STAFF AUTHOR
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COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST
Consider authorizing the preparation and publication of the update to the 2006 East Ravine
Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the resolution authorizing the preparation and publication of the update to the 2006 East
Ravine AUAR.
BUDGET IMPLICATION: $ $
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ADVISORY COMMISSION ACTION
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SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
� MEMO/LETTER: Memo from John M. Burbank dated 11/25/14
� RESOLUTION: Draft
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TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Ryan Schroeder, City Administrator
FROM: John M. Burbank, Senior Planner
DATE: November 25, 2014
RE: East Ravine AUAR Update
Background/Discussion
A part of reviewing developments is environmental review. State statutes include several
tracks that can be taken to accomplish the required public review, including:
• Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAVt/) — to determine the need for
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) — to provide information about the
extent of potentially significant environmental impacts and how they may be
avoided or mitigated.
• Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) — to review incremental envi-
ronmental impacts accumulating from a series of sequential projects.
Based on the scope of the East Ravine Master Plan, the AUAR option was exercised by
the City. The East Ravine AUAR was adopted in 2006. State statutes require mandatory
updates to approved AUARs every five years. The Community Development Department
is requesting authorization to prepare the first update to the 2006 East Ravine AUAR.
Recommendation
Adopt the resolution authorizing the preparation and publication of the update to the 2006
East Ravine Alternative Urban Areawide Review.
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-XXX
RESOLUTION ORDERING THE IJPDATE OF THE
CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE'S ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE
REVIEW (AUAR) FOR THE EAST RAVINE
WHEREAS, it has been five years since the City of Cottage Grove's
Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) for the East Ravine was completed;
and
WHEREAS, AUAR's should be updated every five years.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of
Cottage Grove, County of Washington, State of Minnesota, hereby orders that the
update process for the City of Cottage Grove's Alternative Urban Areawide Review
for the East Ravine is initiated and submitted to the Environmental Quality Board
(EQB) and the public as required.
Passed this 3rd day of December 2014.
Myron Bailey, Mayor
Attest:
Caron M. Stransky, City Clerk