 For release: April 3, 2014
Contact:
Kayla Bromelkamp, Public
Affairs, 612-348-8536
Brent Rusco, Public Works, 612-543-0579
News release
The public is invited to a series of public hearings in May for the Bottineau Transitway Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS). An open house will be held in conjunction with each formal public hearing.
Federal and state environmental rules require an environmental impact statement (EIS) be prepared for the proposed Bottineau Transitway project. The process includes the preparation of a draft EIS which must be made available for public review and comment. The draft EIS discusses the purpose and need for the project, the alternatives considered and the impacts, and the agencies and persons consulted.
The Bottineau Transitway is a proposed project that will provide for transit improvements in the highly-traveled northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities. The Bottineau Corridor generally follows Bottineau Boulevard (County Road 81), extending approximately 13 miles from downtown Minneapolis through north Minneapolis to the northwest suburbs of Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Brooklyn Park.
The public hearings will be hosted by the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority.
Meeting dates and locations
Wednesday, May 7
Golden Valley
City Hall
7800 Golden
Valley Road
Golden Valley,
MN 55427
6 to 7 p.m. public
open house
7 p.m. formal public
hearing
Thursday, May 8
Urban Research
and Outreach/Engagement Center (UROC)
2001 Plymouth
Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN
55411
4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
public open house
5:30 p.m. formal
public hearing
Tuesday, May 13
Brooklyn Park
City Hall
5200 85th
Avenue North
Brooklyn Park,
MN 55443
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
public open house
5:30 p.m. formal
public hearing
Wednesday, May
14
Crystal
Community Center
4800 Douglas
Drive
Crystal, MN
55429
5 to 6 p.m. public
open house
6 p.m. formal public
hearing
All meeting locations
are accessible for persons with disabilities.
Comments
on the draft EIS will be accepted from April 11 through May 29 and may be
submitted the following ways:
- By speaking in person at a public hearing
- Filling out a comment form
at a public hearing
- Sending written comments by email to bottineau@co.hennepin.mn.us
- Sending written comments by mail using the address:
Hennepin County
Housing, Community Works &
Transit
Attn: Bottineau Transitway
701 Fourth Ave. S.,
Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN
55415
Documents available for review
The draft EIS document
is available for online review at www.bottineautransitway.org. Copies of the draft
document will also be available for public review at the following locations by April 11:
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Hennepin County – 701 4th
Avenue S., Suite 400, Minneapolis
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Metropolitan Council – 390 Robert
Street North, St. Paul
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Maple Grove Library - 8001
Main Street, Maple Grove
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Osseo Library - 415 Central Avenue, Osseo
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Brooklyn Park Library - 8600
Zane Avenue North, Brooklyn Park
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Brookdale Library - 6125
Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center
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Rockford Road Library - 6401
42nd Avenue North, Crystal
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Golden Valley Library
- 830
Winnetka Avenue North, Golden Valley
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North Regional Library - 1315
Lowry Avenue North, Minneapolis
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Sumner Library - 611
Van White Memorial Boulevard, Minneapolis
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Hennepin County Public Library
– 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
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Minneapolis City Hall –
350 South 5th Street, Room 203, Minneapolis
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Golden Valley City Hall –
7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley
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Robbinsdale City Hall –
4100 Lakeview Avenue North, Robbinsdale
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Crystal City Hall –
4141 Douglas Drive North, Crystal
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Brooklyn Park City Hall –
5200 85th Avenue North, Brooklyn Park
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Maple
Grove Government Center – 12800 Arbor Lakes Pkwy North, Maple
Grove
Auxiliary
aids, services and communication materials in accessible formats and languages
other than English can be provided by contacting Brent Rusco at 612-543-0579 or
via email at brent.rusco@hennepin.us.
Please make requests no later than two weeks prior to the public hearing date.
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