[MPLS] EAW for DeLaSalle Stadium

[Elizabeth Wielinski]

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET FOR DE LA SALLE ATHLETIC FACTILITY =20=

AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
Public Comment Meeting -- Tuesday, November 15, 7 pm,
DeLaSalle High School, Florance Room (Main Entrance facing Hennepin =20
Avenue in center of the building, under the Clock)
Public comment period ends Wednesday, November 23, 4:30 pm
The Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) provides information =20
regarding the potential environmental effects of the DeLaSalle High =20
School Athletic Facility Project (Project). The Project is an addition =20=

of a regulation size football field at the School campus on Nicollet =20
Island. The use of the field will be shared by DeLaSalle and the =20
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB). The new field, when not =20=

used for football, will provide one regulation size soccer field or =20
three junior soccer fields. The use of this new football and soccer =20
facility will be shared by DeLaSalle and by the MPRB. The athletic =20
field will be built on two parcels of land presently divided by Grove =20=

Street, one owned by DeLaSalle, and one owned by the MPRB. The portion =20=

of the existing Grove  Street right-of-way between Nicollet  Street and =20=

East  Island Avenue dividing the parcels would be vacated for the =20
Project. The Project site is located within the St. Anthony Falls =20
Historic District. Copies of the EAW are available for review at the =20
downtown Minneapolis Public Library located at 250  Marquette Ave., the =20=

Southeast Community Library located at 1222 SE  4th St., and in the =20
office of the City Planning Division at 210 City Hall. It is also =20
available for review on the City of Minneapolis web site: =20
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/planning/docs/=20
DeLaSalle_Athletic_Field_EAW.pdf. Paper copies of this EAW and a =20
compact disk of the report can also be provided upon request to Michael =20=

Orange (refer to contact information below). Planning Division staff =20
will present the EAW and the comments on the document to the Zoning and =20=

Planning Committee of the City Council no earlier than Thursday, =20
November 15, 2005 (9:30 a.m. in Room 317 City Hall). Subsequently, the =20=

City Council will act on the Committee=92s recommendation. For further =20=

information, contact J. Michael Orange, Principal Planner, Minneapolis =20=

Planning Division, Community Planning and Economic Development =20
Department, City Hall Room 210, 350 S. 5th  Street, Minneapolis, MN =20
55415-1385, by telephone at (612) 673-2347, or E-mail at =20
michael.orange at ci.minneapolis.mn.us.
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