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RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO GRANT THE PETITION FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET (EAW) FOR A HOTEL AT SUNDBY ROAD AND WEST PAGE STREET.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the city council finds as follows:
(a) Pursuant to City Code Section 50-18.1, on July 18, 2022, Kinseth Hotel Corporation submitted an application requesting the City review and concur with a wetland boundary and type delineation for property at Sundby Road and West Page Street in Duluth; and
(b) The wetland application included a wetland delineation report for the property completed by a Minnesota certified wetland delineator (Note: The wetland delineation report text stated the parcel identification numbers for the property as 010-2710-04594, 010-2710-04590, 010-2710-04593, but failed to state that parcel 0101-2710- 04575 was also included in the delineation as shown in the "Delineation Area" on Figure 3 of the report); and
(c) Upon review of the wetland application and following consultation with the wetland technical evaluation panel, on August 24, 2022, the city issued a Notice of Decision approving the wetland boundary and type delineation; and
(d) Pursuant to City Code Section, 50-37, on August 10, 2022, Kinseth submitted an application (PL 22-143) for planning review for a hotel on the property, with final information constituting a complete application being submitted on September 7, 2022; and
(e) At its October 11, 2022, regular meeting, the planning commission, after considering public testimony and information from the applicant, approved the planning review with a vote of 7 yeas, 1 nay, and 0 abstentions; and
(f) On October 21, 2022, the city received a notice of appeal requesting the city council reverse the planning commission's approval; and
(g) At its December 19, 2022, meeting, the city council heard the appeal and found that the application for planning review met all applicable provisions of Chapter 50 of the city co...
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