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RESOLUTION NO. 12-046 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION ORDERING AN UPDATE OF THE CITY'S ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE REVIEW ("AUAR") FOR THE NEW BRIGHTON EXCHANGE PROJECT WHEREAS, A. The City wishes to continue redeveloping the area formally known as the Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment Area [New Brighton Exchange]. B. The New Brighton Exchange (NBE) is an area approximately 100 acres in size and is located at the northwest quadrant of Interstate Highways 694 and 35W. The site is located in the Southeast Quarter of Section 20 and the Southwest Quarter of Section 21 of Township 30, Range 23, City of New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota. The Site is generally bounded by Interstate 694 to the south, Interstate Highway 35W and First Street NW to the east, the Minnesota Transfer Railway spur line to the west and the Minnesota Transfer Railway spur line and Old Highway 8 to the north. The Redevelopment area is depicted on the attached Exhibit A. C. The City adopted an AUAR for the NWQ [NBE] in 2002 and updated the analysis in 2007, which facilitated land acquisitions, cleanup of contaminated sites, and outlined strategies for redeveloped of the area into town homes, multi -family residential, office, office -showroom, and commercial uses together with parking structures and surface parking lots. The 2007 AUAR was updated using in-house resources and is available by clinking on the link below: I:\New Brighton Exchange\Environmental\2007 AUAR\Final AUAR 2007\City of New Brighton Final AUAR 2007.htm D. The Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, Minnesota Chapter 1161), requires the city, as the responsible governmental unit, update the AUAR at a minimum of once every five years for the AUAR to stay valid. The benefit of updating this analysis is it allows current and future developers the opportunity to build without writing their own Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as long as