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TO;Mayor and City Council ‘=0t«vi <br />FROM;Ron Moorse, City Administrator ^0 <br />DATE;February 18,1997 07V <br />J997 <br />QF q <br />SUBJECT: Spring Hill Golf Club EAW - Special Council Meeting <br />Purpose of Special Council Meeting <br />The purpose of the special Council meeting is to identify any information that needs to be added to <br />the EAW and/or any changes to the language in the EAW necessary to make it complete and <br />accurate for publication. Based on comments from Councilmembers and review by the consulting <br />engineer, staff has developed a set of issues to be reviewed for potential additions or changes to the <br />EAW. The consulting engineer has provided a review of traffic issues in a separate memo <br />(attached). Also attached is a memo from Councilmember Flint with his comments regarding the <br />EAW. <br />The EAW is defined by state statute to be a "brief document which is designed to set out the basic <br />facts necessar>' to detemiine whether an EIS is required for a proposed action." The purpose of the <br />EAW process is to disclose infomiation about potential environmental impacts of the project. The <br />EAW process is not an approval process. <br />1.Big Woods <br />The proposed golf course will have an impact on a significant remnant of the big woods. <br />The portion of the golf course north of County Road 6 in Orono and Medina includes 42