HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2008-15 - UnitedHealth Group - Alternative Urban Areawide Review - 01/22/2008 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-15
A RESOLUTION ORDERING PREPARATION OF AN
UPDATE TO THE ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE REVIEW
FOR UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PROPERTY
WHEREAS,UnitedHealth Group has proposed to develop certain Property it owns in Eden
Prairie for office, commercial, and housing uses; and
WHEREAS,the development would take place on approximately 71 acres located South of
Crosstown 62, east of Shady Oak Road, and north of City West Parkway and would consist of
480,000 square feet of corporate headquarters, 630,000 square feet of general office, 50,000 square
feet of specialty retail, 125-room hotel and restaurant, and 324 multiple housing units; and
WHEREAS, UnitedHealth Group prepared an Alternative Urban Areawide Review
(AUAR) document that was adopted by the City Council on April 9, 2002 and expired on April 9,
2007; and
WHEREAS,UnitedHealth Group is preparing an Updated to the AUAR; and
WHEREAS,the City of Eden Prairie is the Responsible Governmental Unit(RGU)for the
development and is therefore responsible for conducting appropriate environmental review under the
Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) and applicable Minnesota Environmental Quality
Board (EQB) rules; and
WHEREAS, the development is eligible and appropriate under EQB rules for Alternative
Urban Areawide Review; and
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Eden Prairie City Council directs that an
Update to the Alternative Urban Areawide Review be prepared for the proposed UnitedHealth Group
Property.
ADOPTED by the City Council on January 22, 2008.
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ATTEST:
Kathle n Porta, City Clerk