HomeMy WebLinkAboutMatter (Letter entered into public record)6649 Inskip Avenue South
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
March 24, 2025
HAND DELIVERED - PUBLIC MEETING 3-24-2025
Ms. Tamara Anderson,
City of Cottage Grove City Clerk
12800 Ravine Parkway South
Cottage Grove, MN 55016
Dear Ms. Anderson:
Subject: PUBLIC MEETING 3-24-2025: Staff Report Case TA2025-009, Item 6.2
Title 11: Zoning Regulations
11-2-10: Environmental Assessment Worksheets and Impact Statements
The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board provides detailed instructions on the process for
handling environmental documents such as an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW), an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR).
Following are document locations:
Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB)
https://www.eqb.state.mn.us/
Statutes and Rules of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
Link: https://www.eqb.state.mn.us/statutes-and-rules-environmental-quality-board
Chapter 4410 Environmental Review (Index)
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/4410/
Minnesota Administrative Rule 4410.1500 provides instructions on Publishing and Distributing an
EAW
Link: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/4410.1500/
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Please update the City regulation to incorporate the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB)
instructions following the Minnesota Statutes and Rules provided. For example, the EQB has a
distribution list as well as these statements that go beyond the property owners within 500 feet:
“B. The RGU shall promptly publish notice of the completion of an EAW by:
(1) publishing the notice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the geographic
area where the project is proposed; or
(2) posting the notice on a website that has been designated as the official publication site for
publication of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in which the
project is proposed.
§C. Within five days of the date of submission of the EAW to the EQB staff, the RGU shall
provide a press release, containing notice of the availability of the EAW for public review, to at
least one newspaper of general circulation within the area where the project is proposed. The
press release shall include the name and location of the project, a brief description of the
project, the location at which copies of the EAW are available for review, the date the comment
period expires, and the procedures for commenting. The RGU shall publish legal notice or
advertisement of the availability of the EAW if the proposer requests and agrees to pay for the
notice or advertisement. The notice or advertisement shall contain the information required in
the press release.”
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Hopefully, the “other governmental units” distribution list would include the South Washington
Watershed District and any adjacent Cities that may be impacted.
I would appreciate the following:
1) A written response to this letter
2) The updated regulation copy
3) Inclusion of this letter and the City’s response in the meeting minutes
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you.
Bonnie Matter
Letter with attachments:
Ms.Tamara Anderson
● Statutes and Rules of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board
● Minnesota Administrative Rule 4410.1500 - Publishing and Distributing an EAW
Copy of Letter Only to:
Max Erickson, Planner
Chair Frazier, Cottage Grove Planning Commission
Korine Land, City Attorney
Emily Schmitz, Cottage Grove Community Director
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