HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-235-04/01/2013Prepared by Carol Failor, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo,
715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703.
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-235
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING A PRELIMINARY IMPACT
AREA TO OBTAIN NEPA CLEARANCE FOR THE IOWA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S UNIVERSITY
AVENUE/IOWA 934 PROJECT IN THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA.
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo recognizes that University
Avenue/Iowa 934 is an Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT)
owned and maintained roadway; and
WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Transportation recognizes
its duty and responsibility to properly maintain, repair, replace
and finance the reconstruction of University Avenue/Iowa 934 by
undertaking the necessary studies to reconstruct the roadway; and
WHEREAS, the IDOT has completed a corridor study and is
currently undertaking an environmental assessment as required by
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); and
WHEREAS, the NEPA requires the completion of an
environmental assessment to help communities identify the best
way to meet future needs and avoid or minimize impacts to both
the natural and man-made environment; and
WHEREAS, an environmental assessment is currently being
developed and will utilize the recommendations from the
University Avenue Corridor Study as a baseline for refining and
evaluating corridor alternatives and assessing their impacts to
the natural and man-made environment; and
WHEREAS, the NEPA process requires that various alternatives
be identified and a preferred alternative be selected, and the
IDOT has requested that the City of Waterloo review the
alternatives identified and recommend a preferred alternative;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo has not yet selected a
preferred alternative, but it is desired that adequate impact
area or "footprint" be cleared within the study area to
accommodate the widest range of final design options; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the final design process,
following public input, public hearings and design review by the
City Council and IDOT, will determine the ultimate final design
of the corridor including each intersection based on traffic
characteristics, proper engineering design criteria,
consideration of all environmental impacts, and financial
constraints.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, that the City of Waterloo has not
selected a preferred alternative but recommends that the IDOT
proceed forward in the NEPA process to clear a preliminary impact
area or "footprint" as identified on preliminary plans prepared
by the IDOT as "Alternative 4" plus additional preliminary impact
.
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areas to be cleared as identified on "expanded impact area" plans
prepared by the City of Waterloo and submitted to the IDOT on
3/20/13, including: 1) expanded impact areas at the southwest
corner of University Avenue and Progress Avenue, 2) expanded
impact areas along Progress Avenue north of University Avenue, 3)
expanded areas on the north and south sides of University Avenue
at "Tunis Dr" (unofficial street name of the intersection in
front of the former Platt's Nursery and McDonald's), and 4)
expanded impact areas along a frontage/backage road on the south
side of University Avenue between Falls Avenue and Sager Avenue
and extending east of Sager Avenue.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA, that this recommendation does not represent an
endorsement of specific intersection improvements or other
corridor improvements, including traffic lanes, trail or bike
lane configuration specific to "Alternative 4", as all final
design elements will be analyzed in greater detail based on
traffic characteristics, proper engineering design criteria,
consideration of all environmental impacts, and financial
constraints during the next phase of the design and public input
and hearing process leading to the final design.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this lst
day o
April,
2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk