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Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS Affected Environment Figure 3.49. Key view 10: Third Avenue toward Ingra and Gambell Streets, facing east Figure 3.49, the tenth key view, is of the 3rd Avenue and Gambell Street intersection. A vacant lot behind chain-link fencing in the foreground is the remnant of a hospital that was razed in the early 1990s. Beyond the open lot is a greenbelt of trees that follows the contours at the top of the bluff that frames the south side of the Ship Creek valley. The lot shown in the photo is atypical of the general area because almost all land within the immediate vicinity have been developed over many years, while this lot has remained undeveloped, in anticipation and accordance with the Official Streets and Highway Plan (MOA 1996b), that a roadway improvement project will extend Gambell and Ingra Streets into the Ship Creek area. The general area fronting 3rd Avenue, as shown in Figure 3.37, is typified by residential buildings transitioning to commercial use, as well as by small commercial structures that have in-filled where residences had been. Five-foot-wide sidewalks are located on both sides of 3rd Avenue. Visual quality is low-to-moderate, owing to the residential character of the general neighborhood and the distant views to the Chugach Mountains. Views are diminished in quality by the presence of overhead powerlines and the chain-link fencing with barbed-wire top. 3.7 Section 4(f) Resources This section provides information on properties known as Section 4(f) resources, which include parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and publicly or privately owned historic properties. Section 3.6.1 provides greater detail on archaeology and historic preservation. Section 3.6.2 has more information regarding recreation resources, parks, and wildlife refuges in the Study Area. 3-162 12/18/07
Knik Arm Crossing DraftFinal EIS Affected Environment Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (1966) (as amended), 23 U.S.C. § 138, states: The Secretary shall not approve any program or project (other than any project for a park road or parkway under Section 204 of this title) which requires the use of any publicly owned land from a public park, recreation area, or wildlife and waterfowl refuge of national, State, or local significance as determined by the Federal, State, or local officials having jurisdiction thereof, or any land from an historic site of national, State, or local significance as so determined by such officials unless (1) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use of such land, and (2) such program includes all possible planning to minimize harm to such park, recreational area, wildlife and waterfowl refuge, or historic site resulting from such use. A separate Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation, located at the back of this Draft EIS, responds to the Section 4(f) requirements. This section summarizes information on the Section 4(f) resources. The Study Team investigated all parks, recreation areas, and wildlife and waterfowl refuges in the Study Area and focused on those that would be affected by implementation of the alignments and their proposed access-controlled rights-of-way. In addition, Study Team history specialists reviewed the Study Area with a complete literature search, “windshield surveys,” and follow-up field research and investigations of hundreds of buildings, properties, and sites. FHWA, in consultation with SHPO, has concluded that four areas of Government Hill qualify as historic districts and that there are six individually eligible properties on Government Hill. Figure 3.50 shows the Government Hill Historic Districts and eligible properties, and the multiple parks considered. See Sections 3.6.1 and 4.6.1 of the Draft EIS regarding historic properties and applicability of NHPA Section 106 and EO 13175, which requires consultation and coordination with Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments. See also Sections 3.6.2 and 4.6.2 of the Draft EIS for related information regarding park, recreation, and wildlife refuge resources in and around the Study Area. FHWA has determined that two parks, one recreation area, one residential area that qualifies as a historic district, and one building individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places would be affected by implementation of the project alternatives and would be subject to Section 4(f) protection. These are listed in Table 3-25 and shown in Figures 3.51 and 3.52. 12/18/07 3-163
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