7B, US 10 Highway 96 Grade Separation Project Environmental Ass

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proposed projecf wil{ need to be tandutted in accardance with the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Act of 1970, as amended by the 5urface Transpartation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 and 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 24, and effecti�e April 1989 trevised January 20�5j. Please revise the text in this section to incfude reference ta the Uniform Reiocatian Act. Per this Act, relocatian assistance cannot dictate where residents must relocate (i.e., within the existing park�. Please modify this text accarcfingly as well. Please also make this change to text in ftern #6.4. c. Other i. Itern #5.�.9 lGeala�ic hazards and Soil Conditions] —There is a typo in the first sentence. Round Lake and wetlar�ds adjacent to the corridor represent the 70 feet to ground water (not O feet as the text currently states). ii. Item #5.22 (Air Qualitvl — Q�aiitative analysis was nat conducted for US �.0 since the prajected AADT is below the benchmark for a four lane freeway. While the praject does remove the only traffic signal on the US 10 diagonal, it does not can�ert it to a freeway. Qualitati�e analysis wauld be required if a four lane arteria[ roadway benchmark is used. Th� following summarizes aspects of the proposed project that the City would like to re[ognize and acknowledge, �ut has n4 specific requested additions ar carrections to the text of the EA. 2. Other Items of fVote for tf�e City of Arden Hills a. ltem #5.6 (Descriptionl—The project will grade separate the CSAH 96 and U510 intersection. Interim ramps wifl be constructed to pro�ide local access. The projeci will also reconstruct CSAH 96 frorn [-35W ramps to future Rice Creek Parkway as a four-lane divided roadway, with intersection impro�ements and a bike trail (sauth side of CSAH 96) and sidewalk (north side of CSAN 96y along the entire corridor. Figure 3 shows the proposed projett. b. Item #5.1.3 (Water Use1— Due to t�e deep cut being made ta lower CSAH 96 beneath US 10, this project will require the relocation of an existing watermain. No disruption to water senrice is expected and no permanent changes to #he public water suppfy are anticipatecf. c. Item #5.17 (Water qualitv: surface water runoff� — No water quality treatment is current�y pro�ided under existing cor�ditians for the road runoff. The project will include construction of a new storm sewer system that routes runoff from tf�e iwo roadway law points ta the proposed water quality ponds. The water quality ponds are to be canstructed in the northwest quadrarot of CSAF� 96 and US 10.