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F u-wxrsnuncnmmdveanudwxpmzoaou ‘ TH E CITY OF [5] ~ Waterloo WWW City oi I 100 Regina St. South j ' Waterloo, Ontario N2) AM i l n P 519-886-1550 i r memento i TTY l-866-786-3941 E _ wwvv.vvaterloo.ca E m m m i Notice ofStudy Commencement and ~ . - as; sJ cwi ' , . E Invitation to Public Information Centre \ W ._ « at" . i Schedule ‘C” Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Study my 6? N . i Columbia Street/ Lexington Road from King Street North to Davenport Road. . fl - ‘0’ g, a f‘ - i The City of Waterloo has retained HDR Corporation (HDR I iTRANS) to undertake a $ . d” f ' ‘e’ ’ \ . : Schedule "C' Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) for improvements to Q ’ m. ‘d ’ x JJXJVO XQ [ Columbia Street Lexington Road from King Street North to Davenport Road. City ' Q" Q‘ " » - o 0 i and Regional traffic growth forecasts show the need andjustification for operational fl JJ ., ‘J . '. ~ J $ and capacity improvements to the Columbia Street Lexington Road corridor. i PM JJ ..-'._ . ‘ K improvements are being developed to serve the existing and forecasted movement of v S ‘ than,” f". .-" ~ ’. ‘ . motor vehicles, public transit. cyclists. and pedestrians along this corridor; Forwell ’ - M70“ w w. m ‘ Creek and associated wetlands are the primary natural environment features within ' N 3." 0a". “$5 33. L J the study area. .. J a“): ' \~. J ’ J ' ,.~ J_.-" J‘fi'w" ‘ “2.4.3 . " The Process 53; m J - J F: , g- z . was; ‘ ‘ The study is being conducted in accordance with the planning and design process for , ' ' "" 5?“ ' - . OI. it; .J u .. Schedule ‘C ’ projects as outlined in the Municipal Engineers Association “Municipal onene- no. ' ~ E}; J one 51:51“? ’ Class Environmental Assessment" document (June 2000. as amended 2007), as f i J li‘fi j j-LJ" J C? ., i approved under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. The Class EA process 4 . J. is: 5 g - J.‘ J .. " if“; 5 includes public and agency consultation, evaluation of alternatives, assessment of .' “mmw'h‘fw- f ,. i 1" -'. i it, potential impacts associated with the proposed improvements and development of “ fl \ 4-# ._,.-" 0’ “a”... . j - measures to mitigate identified impacts. Upon study completion, an Environmental , fi“ ’ '\ if". J J 17 ‘ J ' Y) ' ' Study Repon (ESR) will be prepared and made available for public review for a peri- ‘ J , ‘ ‘J °ij J» ,J ‘ . - ’ .~ R" J \ 0d of 30 calendar days. The public will be notified of the date, time, and location of . | i = = my.“ ‘JJ x L ‘ ~ the filing ofthe ESR through newspaper notices and letters mailed to those in the ‘ _ * 5:5, , :' RJ . u " “ t. project 5 mailing list. from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the City of Waterloo Works Centre on Lexmgton' Public information Cm“ Court. to solicit public input and comments. The format of the PIC will include a Public Input '5 a very important aspect “the Class EA st' Members Of the pub- drop-in centre from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. City and Consultant staff will be available Iic are invited and encouraged to comment on the project at any time during the to address any of your questions study. A Public information Centre (PlC) will be held on Thursday April 28, 201 1. Comments Comments and information regarding this project are _ being collected to assist the Project Tm in meeting the } «- requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. We are interested in hearing any comments or concerns that _ at & you may have about this study. with the exception of woierloo 5; personal information, all comments will become part of ‘ _ a». the publiorecord. Members of the public, agencies, and ‘ other interested persons are encouraged to participate J actively in the study by attending consultation sessions _ or by contacting staff directly with information, com- _ ». ' ments. or questions. information on this project will be An ela Vieth ‘ available on the City of Waterloo‘s website. 2 ’ j J _ For further information. to provide comment. or to your Ward Three Councrllor, mvrtes you to * J s .; be nddedtothe project mailing list. please contact .-'- ‘ a . ' v' either: Join her on Saturday, April 30, 2011 for her Town Hall/Family Fun 5 ' . Mr. Glenn Davis. P. Eng. Day at Albert McCormick Community Centre. Festivities kick off at _ \ Senior Project Engineer ‘ 9:30 am. and run until 5:00 p.m. Activities include Bike Polo (10:30 " i City of Waterloo . a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), Lakeshore Optimists Bike Safety Rodeo (9:30 265 Lexington Court ' i am. to 12:00 noon), crafts, Food Bank Food Drive (please bring erloo, ON N2) m non-perishable food items) and more. Councillor Vteth will host her T: (519) 147.9533 Town Hall in the Rotunda from 10:00 to 11:30 am. Please come and F: (519) 335.5733 ‘ talk to her about what is happening in the neighbourhood! g; °mn_d.yimngfioo_a Hope to see you therel Mr. 5m" Keen Senior Project Manager "DR l TRANS For additional inlorrrutton, please contact: 2“ mm m m' Building A' Suite 23 um Vandenakker via telephone lawn-am; or Cambridge ON, NBC 45! mil (ikvdaxmdermowstedoo cu). - T: (519) 551.31” F: (519) 651-3374 ' E: stephcn.lteen0hdrinc.eom