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RECORD OF DECISION <br />ON THE <br />SPRING HILL GOLF CLUB PROJECT <br />ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET <br />WHEREAS, the Environmental Assessment Worksheet ("E AW") for the Spring Hill <br />Golf Club Project ("Project") has been reviewed by the City Council of the City of Orono, <br />Minnesota ("City") to determine whether an Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") is required <br />for the Project; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the record in this matter, including the <br />EAW, comments from governmental agencies and members of the public, responses to these <br />comments, and reports of meetings between its staff and governmental agencies. Based on this <br />review the City Council makes the following findings of fact and conclusions. <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br />1. The EAW was prepared in compliance with the procedures of the Minnesota <br />Environmental Policy Act and Minnesota Rules Parts 4410.0200 to 4410.6500 (1993) as follows: <br />a.The Proposer of the Project is Spring Hill Golf Club, a Minnesota Corporation <br />(the "Proposer"). <br />b. The project involves the creation and operation of an 18-hole private golf <br />course. <br />c.The Project falls within the mandatory EAW category of Minn. Rules Part <br />4410.4300, subp. 28 because the Project involves the permanent conversion <br />of 80 or more acres of agricultural, forest or naturally vegetated land to a more <br />intensive, developed land use. <br />d.Tlie Responsible Government Unit ("RGU") is the local governmental unit, <br />the City of Orono. Minn. Rules Part 4410.4300, subp.l4 (1993). The City <br />Council of the City of Medina, in which a small portion of the Project is <br />Page 1 of 8 <br />! <br />]