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LaMotte Park is approximately 22.6 acres in size and features the following facilities: . Two soccer fields . Three softball fields with spectator bleachers . An ice rink (including both a hockey rink and a pleasure rink) and warming house in the winter . Wheels Skate Park in the summer . A play structure . A parking lot The City owned property contains the abovementioned facilities and open space. The proposed trail will cross the open space along the north side of the park, adjacent to the ball field and then travel along the parking lot. Approximately 0.34 acres of park property will be used temporarily during construction and 0.46 acres will be occupied permanently by trail. These impacts affect approximately 3.5 percent of the total park area. There are no park facilities in the area of LaMotte Park affected by the proposed project. Access to and parking for LaMotte Park will not be affected. No current or planned facilities within the park will be adversely affected by the conversion of this strip of open space to trail corridor. The proposed project is an independent bikeway/walkway project covered by the Programmatic Section 4(f) Statement for Independent Bikeway Projects. See attached written approval from the official having direct jurisdiction over the Section 4(f)/6(f) property in Appendix B. National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106) It has been determined that no historic properties eligible for or listed in the National Register of Historic Places will be affected by the project. See attached letter from the Mn/DOT's Cultural Resources Unit (CRU) in Appendix B. Federally-Listed Threatened or Endangered Species The project will have no effect on federally listed threatened or endangered species or critical habitat. The proposed action occurs in a county with no known federally listed endangered, threatened, proposed or candidate species, or final or proposed critical habitat. In addition, the proposed action does not have the potential for influence outside of Anoka County. As a result, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Environmental Services acting as the nonfederal representative for the Federal Highway Administration has made a determination of "NO Effect", completing the consultation requirements defined in Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended."