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1.4A.3 Perform Existing Conditions Assessment and Field Investigations (any document type). The Engineer shall make an initial assessment of existing environmental conditions and potential environmental impacts. Potential impacts shall be assessed on the basis of existing information available and site visits. Existing information used shall include soil maps, wetland/water resources maps, archeological site files, inventories of historic properties and sites, and other sources of available information relevant to the proposed transportation activity. The site visit shall be a preliminary reconnaissance of the study area to identify environmental concerns for which impacts are and are not likely to occur and for which environmental consideration is and is not needed. 1.4.A.4 The Engineer shall identify the environmental concerns for which impacts are and are not likely and for which environmental consideration is and is not needed. The Engineer will coordinate proactively with the City and TxDOT to provide information on environmental findings as they occur so that risks are identified early in project development. The Engineer will communicate environmental findings as they occur and Technical Memos will be produced for high risk environmental concerns. 1.4.A.5 Technical areas that will be investigated and documented according to the appropriate TxDOT Standards of Uniformity (SOUs) include the following: • Land Use: Existing conditions will be investigated. The effects of proposed project improvements will be discussed in coordination with local officials, evaluated and compared to local land use plans and policies. The document will discuss the Farmland Protection Policy Act and identify potential impacts. • Socioeconomic Impacts: Socioeconomic data for the project area will be collected from the U.S. Census and other data sources. This task will identify relocations and/or displacements, potential changes to local neighborhoods or communities, effects on community cohesion relating to travel patterns, pedestrian and/or bicycle facilities, access, and public safety, particularly as those changes may differently affect various social groups and minorities. The assessment will conform to FHWA guidance for compliance with Executive Order 12898, Environmental Justice and EO 13166 Improving Access to Services to Persons with Limited English Proficiency. • Cultural Resources: Historic Structures: The ENGINEER will conduct the cultural resource investigations and prepare the assessment for historic structures for this project, which will be incorporated into the environmental document. ■ For a PCE: The project architectural historian will conduct cultural resource investigations for this project. Archival and background research will be performed in the electronic and mapping files of the Texas Historical Commission (THC) Atlas Sites database, and/or any other relevant archives for information on previous cultural resource investigations conducted and previously recorded sites and historic properties in the vicinity of the project's Area of Potential Effect (APE). The results of this research will be summarized in the TxDOT -ENV Project Coordination Request (PCR) checklist and accompanying tech memo/background study, as required by TxDOT. An historic resources survey is not included. Kimley Horn — FM 2439 (Hunter Road)