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RESOLUTION NO. 95-08 <br />Minnehaha Creek Watershed District <br />Determination by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District of <br />the Necessity of an Environmental Impact Statement for <br />the Long Lake Improvement Project <br />August 10, 1995 <br />Manager LaBounty moved, seconded by Manager Maple, that the following be <br />adopted by the Board of Managers as the Negative Declaration on the need for an <br />Environmental Impact Statement for the Long Lake Improvement Project. <br />The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD), as the Responsible Government <br />Unit (RGU) under the Minnesota Environmental Review Program, Minnesota Statutes §§ <br />1 16D.04 and 1 16D.045 and Minnesota Rules 4410.0200 et seq., is responsible for making a <br />determination of the necessity of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Long Lake <br />Improvement Project (Project). This document and the documents listed below constitute the <br />determination by the MCWD on the necessity of an EIS for the Project. <br />The record of decision for the EIS determination includes, but is not necessarily limited to: <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />6. <br />7. <br />8. <br />9. <br />10. <br />11. <br />12. <br />this document <br />the Feasibility Repon for the Project dated September 15, 1994 <br />the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) prepared for the Project and <br />submitted to the Environmental Quality Board on June 9, 1995 <br />comments submitted to the MCWD on the EAW <br />the MCWD’s responses to the comments received on the EAW <br />the minutes and proceedings of the MCWD Board of Managers meetings <br />information contained in the permit applications submitted by the MCWD to <br />regulatory authorities <br />draft and final Design Reports and Design plans for the Project <br />correspondence between the MCWD and any regulatory authority or individual <br />regarding the Project <br />information presented and discussed at public presentations/informational <br />meetings <br />any and all documents referred to or referenced in the above listed documents <br />the Diagnostic Study and Feasibility Study for the Project dated October 1993. <br />SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT <br />The overall purpose of the project is to improve the water quality in Long Lake and <br />downstream receiving waters by reducing phosphorus loadings to Long Lake. The Long Lake <br />066/22090508 8/11/95