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undeveloped open space, and !he Council finds that thi** 'and use conversion docs not have a potential for significant environmental effects. iii. The Project w ill generate minor amounts of additional trafific. The ininsporation analysis indicates that the existing ro;.Jway system can readily accomodate the expected traffic volumes, and the Council finds that additional traffic does not have the potential for significant environmental effect. iv. Golf course use of agricultural chemicals has a potential to impact surface and groundwater. Hewever, extensive water quality modeling performed to satisfy fiA W requirements, including a nutrient budget analysis for Long Lake, indicates that die proposed NURP ponds and related site design elements provide a system which is predicted to result in an overall reduction in the pollutant loadings to Long Lake ns compared to runoff associated with the current land use. Ttie Proposer has indicated and the City will likely require a commitment to sound environmental management of the golf course, including implementation of such practices as turf management, integrated pest management, use of Best Management Practices including use and management of grass swales, and recycling of runoff via a pond-based irrigation system. The Council finds that the presence and use of agricultural chemicals docs not have a potential for significant environmental effects. b. Cumulative potential effects of related or anticipated future projects. i. The City of Orono anticipates future rural residential growih throughout the surrouiKiing area, 'fhe cumulative environmental effects of the Project combined with other nearby developments, will be typical of urbanization: increased land use, higher traffic volumes, increased water use, etc. c. Extent to which environmental effects are subject to mitigation by ongoing Page 6 of 8 public regulatory authority. i. The Council finds that impacts to wetlands, and the mitigation of those impacts, arc subject to review and pcmiit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Minnest^ia Department of Natural Resources, and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. ii. The Council finds that should the golf course cause degradation of surlacc or groundwater, the Minnesota Pollution Control AgcrKry, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Health, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and the City have the authority to order corrective action and or rcr' xiialion of the problem. iii. The City will continue to have the ability to mitigate any impacts through its Conditional Use Permit authority. d. Extent to which environmental effects con be anticipated and controlled as a result of other environmental studies undertaken by public agencies or the Proposer. i. The Council finds that the Project docs not limit the options for further mitigation of impacts available to other regulatory agencies. CONCLUSIONS AM) DETERMINATIONS NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RF^OLVED by the City Council of Orono. Minnesota that based up^m the foregoing Findings of Fact which incorporate the EAW, the comments to the E.^W and the subsequent responses, public testimony and the other materials submitted to Uk public record, the Council as tlie Responsible Government Unit makes the following determinations: Page 7 of 8