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SUMMARY OF ISSUES <br /> <br />Wetlands and Wildlife Habitat <br /> <br />Figure 3 illustrates the alignments which were considered for <br />the proposed construction of 153rd Avenue. A ranking of the <br />proposed alternatives is presented in the following table. <br /> Based on factors of safety, impact on adjacent homes, number <br />of parcels affected and other considerations, the City Council <br />determined that Alternate iA combined with 2B was the <br />preferred alignment. <br /> <br />The westerly segment of Alternative 2B (west of Sunfish Lake <br />Blvd) traverses wetland 657W. The alternative route skirts <br />the northerly edge of this wetland. In doing so, however, it <br />would create double frontage lots of four parcels and create <br />two corner lots at the intersection of 153rd and Sunfish. All <br />of these lots are currently developed. The proposed alignment <br />crosses wetland l14P. Alternative 2A also crosses the wetland <br />as would any other alternative which links to County Road 5. <br />There is no practical alternative to crossing this wetland. <br /> <br />The permanent loss of at least 7.5 acres of wildlife habitat <br />to road construction cannot be avoided. As a part of the <br />developing metropolitan region, loss of wildlife habitat is <br />virtually unavoidable. The effort, thus, will be to mitigate <br />to the extent practicable by creating a new wetland basin <br />and/or enhancement of existing wetlands on a "no net loss" <br />basis. Preliminary discussion with DNR's area hydrologist <br />indicates that a potential project would be creation of a <br />wetland basin west of the right-of-way in the severed parcel <br />as the road turns north (See Figure 7). As previously <br />indicated, the City will coordinate efforts with DNR, the <br />Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service to <br />identify an appropriate mitigation project. (See attached <br />letters). <br /> <br />Dust, Noise <br /> <br />As indicated in Item 23, the project will be designed and <br />administered with sufficient controls placed on the Contractor <br />to avoid significant impacts during the construction period. <br />Noise impacts from construction activity will be limited by <br />requiring that the Contractor use equipment in good <br />operational condition and that they comply with OSHA, State <br />and local requirements. <br /> <br />Long term impacts from noise associated with traffic are <br />expected to be well within acceptable levels. No significant <br />impacts are expected and no special measures are anticipated. <br /> <br />xxiv <br /> <br /> <br />