EAW PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DRAWS 45 RESPONSES

Emily City Clerk Pat Kestner said the recently-ended public comment period for an environmental assessment worksheet drew 45 replies from people and state agencies. The council requested the EAW for the Northern Lights Over Roosevelt Lake project and responses have come from the Minnesota DNR, Department of Transportation and Pollution Control Agency as well as others. The Emily Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, January 2nd at City Hall to review the replies and decide what to do next. One possible action would be to require the developer of the 90-acre project to complete a more exhaustive and expensive environmental impact study. The meeting starts at 2pm.