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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-P&DB-1995-03-19 Cty /P//K Approved 6/27/95 Planning and Development Board MINUTES Special Meeting March 19, 1995 Present: David Kay, Chair;Susan Blumenthal;Anne Clavel(arrived at 3:00); Carolyn Peterson;Denise Rusoff;John Schroeder;Sarah Adams. Staff. H.Matthys Van Cort;Herman Sieverding. Scott Chatfield, attorney for Planning Board;other interested parties. 1. Chatfield informed the Board that they should make every possible effort to produce the required FEIS within 45 days after the completion of the public hearing on March 1. Staff was directed to send the preliminary Clough Harbour report to Sear Brown. Sieverding explained the roles of Sear Brown and Clough Harbour in the approval process. Clough Harbour is to review the public hearing record and written comments and from these prepare a list of significant comments requiring further analysis. The Planning Board will then review the list which will then be submitted to Sear Brown. Sear Brown will provide supplementary technical materials for use by Clough Harbour and the Planning Board in preparing the FEIS. Clough Harbour will then prepare a draft FEIS. Staff was directed to send copies of all written comments and hearing transcripts to Clough Harbour and Sear Brown. David Kay asked that he be given a copy of the transmittal letter. Sieverding was directed to prepare a schedule of the remainder of the environmental review and site plan review process. The Board asked that in addition to the full copy of written comments they would like to receive a separate set of the lengthy comments submitted,particularly those from the County Environmental Management Council, City Traffic Engineer and George Frantz. The Board asked that Chatfield prepare a written opinion stating whether the BZA action is controlling with respect to zoning. The Board asked that staff draft a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers asking them for an opinion or ruling regarding flooding and the impact of the proposed development. The Board also asked that a representative of the Army Corps of Engineers be invited to address the Board regarding this proposal. A lengthy discussion followed regarding the draft comments on the DEIS prepared by John Schroeder. At the conclusion of the meeting, Schroeder agreed to prepare an amended draft for final consideration by the Board at its March 21 meeting.