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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION 2020-092
A R ESOLUTION D ECLARING A F INDING OF “N O N EED” FOR AN E NVIRONMENTAL
I MPACT S TATEMENT (EIS) R ELATED TO THE E NVIRONMENTAL A SSESSMENT
W ORKSHEET (EAW) FOR H OLLYDALE R ESIDENTIAL D EVELOPMENT (2019 086)
WHEREAS, Minnesota Rules (4410.4300, Subp. 19. D) require preparation of an EAW for
single-family residential projects with 250 or more units; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth is the responsible governmental unit (RGU) for the
EAW; and,
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2020, an EAW was completed for Hollydale Residential
Development, which would consist of up to 319 single-family units; and,
WHEREAS, by January 27, 2020, the EAW was distributed to all persons and agencies on
the official Environmental Quality Board (EQB) distribution list and other interested parties; and,
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2020, the EAW was publicly noticed in the EQB Monitor,
commencing the 30-day public comment period; and,
WHEREAS, a public notice was submitted to the Sun Sailor newspaper announcing the
completion of the EAW, its availability to interested parties, and the process for submitting
comments on the EAW; and,
WHEREAS, the 30-day comment period ended at 4:30 p.m. on February 26, 2020, and
the City of Plymouth accepted and responded to all written EAW comments that were received
within the comment period, and to all oral EAW comments that were received at the February
19, 2020 Planning Commission meeting; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the EAW materials and has considered the
EAW comments made by agencies and other interested parties; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has finds that the proposed project does not present a
potential for environmental impacts of such significance that an EIS would be required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that:
1. The EAW was prepared in compliance with the procedures of the Minnesota Environmental
Policy Act and Minnesota Rules, Parts 4410.1000 to 4410.1700, and
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2. The EAW and the Response to Comments made on the EAW satisfactorily address the
environmental issues; and
3. Based upon the criteria established in Minnesota Rules 4410.1700, the project does not
have the potential for significant environmental effects that that cannot be mitigated and
that are not reasonably expected to occur from the project; and
4. All mitigation measures or conditions of project approval identified in the EAW materials,
including but not limited to the Response to Comments, Findings of Fact, and Record of
Decision, shall be incorporated into any future development plans for the site.
5. The city, acting as RGU, makes a “negative declaration” on the need for an EIS; and
6. The City adopts the Response to Comments, Findings of Fact, and Record of Decision for the
Hollydale Residential Development EAW, and the City Council directs city staff to maintain
the Record of Decision and distribute it in accordance with EQB rules.
APPROVED by the City Council this 10th day of March 2020.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Plymouth City Council on March 10, 2020, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the
same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this ________
day of ____________________________, ____.
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City Clerk