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RESOLUTION NO.2014-30
RESOLUTION CONCERNING A PETITION FOR AN
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET
FOR THE FRED RICHARDS GOLF COURSE
WHEREAS,the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) received a petition requesting
that an environmental assessment worksheet be prepared;and
WHEREAS,the EQB has determined that the City of Edina is the appropriate governmental
unit to determine the need for an EAW.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Edina:
1. The Record of Decision is adopted.
2. The evidence presented fails to demonstrate that closing the Fred Richards Golf Course
is a"project" as defined by State law or Rule,or that if it is a"project" that it may have
the potential for significant environmental effect.
3. The petition for an EAW is denied.
Adopted this 18th day of March, 2014. I
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Debra A. Manger'',Ci'IF C la �—' ames B. Ho and, Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CITY OF EDINA
4801 West 50th Street•Edina,Minnesota 55424
www.EdinaMN.gov•952-927-8861 •Fax 952-826-0390
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-
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CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that
the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular
Meeting of March 18,2014,and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of , 2014.
City Clerk
CITY OF EDINA
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA RECORD OF DECISION
1. PETITION.
The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) received a petition requesting that an
Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) be prepared for the conversion of the Fred
Richards Golf Course in Edina. In a letter dated February 28, 2014, the EQB sent the petition to
the City and notified the City that the City of Edina is the appropriate governmental unit to
determine the need for an EAW. The City of Edina received the letter and petition from the EQB
on March 7, 2014.
2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION.
The City of Edina is considering closing the Fred Richards Golf Course ("golf course"). If the
decision is made to close the golf course, the City will undertake a planning process for the
future use of the property but no project or action has been decided upon, nor is one pending.
3. FINDINGS.
The Edina City Council makes the following findings:
3.1 Closing the golf course is not a "project" as that term is defined in Minnesota Rules
4410.0200, Subp. 65 because the closure will not "result in the physical manipulation of
the environment, directly or indirectly."
3.2 Closing the golf course is not within the mandatory or exempt categories listed in
Minnesota Rules 4410.4300, 4410.4400 and 4410.4600.
3.3 The City has received an application to rezone the adjacent Pentagon Park office complex
to Planned Unit Development (PUD). The rezoning application does not include any part
of the golf course. No part of the golf course property will be included in the Pentagon
Park office redevelopment. The golf course property will not be used for stormwater
drainage, retention ponds, trails, streets or anything else to serve the Pentagon Park office
redevelopment.
3.4 Closing the golf course and the proposed Pentagon Park redevelopment are not connected
actions as that term is defined in Minnesota Rules 4410.0200, Subp. 9c. One "project"
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does not induce the other, one "project" is not a prerequisite for the other, and both
"projects" stand on their own.
3.5 The Pentagon Park property is included within the scope of the 2007 Gateway
Alternative Urban Areawide Review,which was updated on June 1, 2013.
3.6 The City has considered the criteria in Minnesota Rules 4410.1700, Subp. 7 in
determining whether the "project" has the potential for significant environmental effects
and has determined that the "project" does not have the potential for significant
environmental effects.
4. CONCLUSION.
The City of Edina denies the petition for an EAW because the evidence presented fails to
demonstrate that closing the golf course is a "project" as defined by State law or Rule, or that
even if it is a"project"that it would have the potential for significant environmental effects.
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