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<br />rmri <br /> <br />. c""u,"'.c"'""."" <br /> <br />Guidant Corporation <br />A/ternative Urban Areawide Review <br />Arden Hills, Minnesota <br /> <br />SRF Consulting Croup, Inc. \vorked \\"ith the City of.-\rden Hills in performing studies and preparing documentation for <br />an i\lternativc Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) for the proposec1 expansion of Guidant Corporation existing campus <br />'vvithin the eil:" of Arden Hills. The proposed campus is a 93-acre site located bet\-vccn Hamline and Lexington .-\venues) <br />approximate!;' t\\'o miles west of the ]-35\\' /'1-694 interchange. The AU:\R addresses potential cumulative social, economic <br />and environmental impacts and infrastructure needs related to the deyelopment of the Guidant Campus over the next 18 <br />Years. <br /> <br />Key components of the ,'\lI:\R anal;-sis included completing air quality studies and detailed noise 'ituclies (including noise <br />monitoring and modeling) 10 Jodress traffic noise impacts on residents adjacent to the proposed dcvelopment. Storm\vater <br />runoff and \,vater (lua!ity impacts were also analyzed and mitigation identified. An extensive analysis of existing and <br />future traffic volumes \vas also completed due to the sile's proximity to major road"\'v'a}'s that are already experiencing <br />tratlic operation problems. The traffic anal:,s!s was used to identify roadway irnproverm,:nts that \vQuld facilitate traffic <br />operations in the future, "....ith anJ without the proposed development. <br /> <br />Important dements of SRF's work were involvement in public meetings (neighborhood ....vorking group sessions, public <br />meeting presentations and City Council meetings) and "'v'orking efficiently as a team \,\'ith a technical consultant to <br />develop traffic forecast \'o\umes. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />.'~--:-~t _~-,,_,. <br />, ''!J <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />/ <br />,// <br />/, <br /> <br />":\.... <br /> <br />. <br />