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RESOLUTION NO. 8968
RESOLUTION DETERMINING ADEQUACY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT AND APPROVING RECORD OF DECISION
BEST BUY CAMPUS
WHEREAS, Best Buy Corporation is the Proposer of a 42-acre office development
located between 76th and 78th Streets and between Penn and Knox Avenues in the City
of Richfield ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project is proposed to include 1.59 million square feet of office
space and total parking of 7,500 parking spaces; and
WHEREAS, the Project falls within the mandatory environmental impact statement
("EIS") category of Minn. Rules Part 4410.4400, subp. 11 b (3) because the Project
involves the construction of an office facility in excess of 750,000 square feet in a city of
the second class; and
WHEREAS, the City is the Responsible Governmental Unit ("RGU") pursuant to
Minn. Rules Part 4410.4300, subp. 14; and
WHEREAS an EIS was prepared by the City with assistance from the Proposer;
and
WHEREAS, the City with assistance from the Proposer has prepared a proposed
Record of Decision in the EIS for the Project for consideration by the City Council ("Record
of Decision"), which is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the City staff has reviewed the proposed Record of Decision and has
found the Record of Decision to be consistent with the evidence submitted to the City and
the applicable statutes and regulations, to the best of their knowledge, and has
recommended that the City Council approve the Record of Decision and determine that it
adequately studies the environmental impacts of the project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to make the Findings of Fact and Conclusions
which are contained within the Record of Decision and to conclude that the EIS is
adequate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby:
1 . Adopt and approve the Record of Decision on the Best Buy Project
Environmental Impact Statement in the form which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A and hereby makes the Findings of Fact and Conclusions which are
contained therein; and
2. Find and determine that, based upon the Record of Decision, the
Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the Best Buy Campus project
is adequate.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 11th day of
December, 2000. ~d ! 6~
Martin J. KI , Mayor
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