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Wed, Oct. 21
Environmental Quality Board meeting
Topic: Variance for early demolition and cleanup of the existing buildings
Time: 1 to 4 p.m.
In-person: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Rd, St. Paul, MN 55155
Virtual: Meeting registration will be posted when available—check back for updates.
Agenda: we will share the link when available—check back for updates.
About this meeting
The developer, Maplewood Development, has requested a variance from the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to begin early demolition and cleanup of the existing buildings on the Hillview site before the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is complete. Public comments for that request closed on September 14th.
The Met Council recommends that the EQB deny the variance because the application ignores risks of disturbing toxic soil into nearby drinking water supply, fails to protect the Rice Creek area and directly contradicts findings that demolition could cause serious environmental harm. You can read Met Council’s full comment as well as the rest of the public comments online.
We are looking for a few people to attend the meeting in person and online to provide additional public comments and listen to the discussion. If you are interested in attending in person, let us know and we can look into carpooling.
Want to provide public comments and don’t know what to say: use our public comment guide. If you can’t make the meeting you can submit written comment to EQB by emailing your comments to info.EQB@state.mn.us by noon the day before the meeting (Oct. 20).
Learn more about the EQB meetings online.
Read more about the variance request:
- Announcement in the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) Monitor
- Aug 10 Arden Hills Council meeting agenda (under 11. New Business)