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Minnesata �mphasized ihe impor�ance of the area around L�ngion L.ake as an oasis ior <br />migratory songbirds. <br />5. Th� AUAR pn Page 61 fails to ide�tify any scer�ic views. E�ocuments supplied during th� <br />Twin Lakes litigation capture many scenic �iews. �'o those whn enter this park, locatec! in a <br />first-rir�g suburb and or�ly bloefcs frnm Rosedale and lnierstate 35W, ail the natural vi�ws <br />unencumbered i�y man mada artifacts are sc�nic. This area is a beautiful haven and should <br />be described and preserved as such. <br />6, Although there was rnuch discussion of th� t�oise, ligh�, and air pollution thai would be <br />creaied by tl�e increased le�els of iraffic #rorn the unn�cessary and ill-conceived propos�d <br />Twin t�a[tes Parkway durir�g pr��ious litigation, an ar�alysis af that environmental i�pact on <br />the wi�dlifie and residents in the area is nan-exisfen�. �f is air�ost as ff�ough in fh�: case of t�te <br />area surrounding 'Twin Lakes, the City Government has no interesi in protecting t�e health, <br />welfare and safety af ihe residersfs. <br />7. This is the third year af waier q��ality monifarir�g of Langton Lake. Fo[lowing the eompletian of <br />the first two years, Langton Lake has beer� forwarded by the Metropoiitan Council scientists <br />to the D�1R to I�e listed as an it�paired wat�r. As an impaired water, other regulations ga into <br />effeef to safeguard t�e water quality and aquatic habitat and watershec�. This information �as <br />not been included or ever� acknowledg�d '€n t�is AUAR. <br />8. As �x�lained ea�lier, tl�e significa��i claazzges ta the subareas and cnnseque�t <br />recalculatioz� of tra��c voluines takes a gaod c�eal aftizx�e �o fuliy analyze. Hawe�er, <br />i� is krzown and docuinent�d t11at 1he a�gixaa� motivatioz� for Twi�� La�es �'ar�vay was <br />�o create a rc�ad lk�at wou�d c�rry freew�y tra��c thraug� the area �o High�way 51. In <br />tl�e 2001 AUAR, MND4T made it very cl�ar tlzat sucl� a road co�ld not enter <br />Snelling Avex�ue (Highway S�) bet-wcez� Cauz�ty Road C a��d Cou�xty Road C-2. This <br />is sti1l tr�e. Since tlxis proposed Parkr7vay z-eamai��s i� p�ace, it serves r�o p�zrpose than <br />to take �raf�'ac frorn tlie Cnu��ty R.aad G exit of �5W a��d c�zst�bu�e it i�to �eszden�ial <br />neighbor�ioods, iznpactin:g the I�ealih, safety, a�d weI£a�e nf �IZOSe residen�s. <br />Mitigation strategies for th�s unanecessary t�ra�£'ic influx are expezasive a�d unp�a��taed. <br />Althou�il �raffic sigr�als are suggeated �'or Lydza a�d �airviev�, �he cnwaty l�as no <br />�la�1s to wider� Fai�-view. MTIDOT has just s�ated in cain�nents on the proposed <br />Northr�vestez-� College expansion t�at i�that expaz�sio� does z�at ga faa.�vaz�d, the�r� <br />wo�ld �e na nec�sszty for li�h�s a� Fairview and Ly�.ia and �here are no pla��s ta either <br />r�do tlae zniersection or €nsta�l tra��c �ig�ts. Widening the raad wauld z�e�atzvely <br />zz�z�pact �he ho�zes o� z•es��e���s alarzg Fazrvzev� arzd ex�ansion wott�€� be imposszh�e <br />beyn��d Caunty Road D on �`ai:rview. <br />This AU�R as �aot a�� "update" i�or is it con�pl�te or accurate. It is yet anothex ihiz�ly vezled <br />attelaapt to infl�ct �nassive traff c im�acts axa t�e s�zz7raundi�g residez�tial s�eig�boz-�oads, <br />jeopaxdizi��g the r�sidents' healt��, sa£ety, az�d welfare. Tt is alsp an obv�ous attez�apt tQ <br />circu�nven� t�xe "e�avironmei�tal revzevv" az°dered by the co�rt a�zc� to atte�.pt ta put retail into <br />a�a az°ca uTl�e�-e it is specifcally �arred by �he Con�prell�nsive P1ax, <br />� <br />