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City Council of Vadnais Heights Meeting Minutes Excerpts Dec. 16, 2003 8. MN/DOT should promote and encourage support for providing alternative transit routes and /or means for commuters and regular users of this roadway system during construction. This support should also include assistance for providing temporary `park and ride' facilities within or near our community. The City Planning Director stated this is a long -term project, and there will be significant traffic delays. They are suggesting temporary `park and ride' locations or alternative routes, with financial assistance for these requests, if possible. Mayor Banovetz asked if #5 is in response to Mr. Burger's concerns about drainage. The City Planning Director stated it is, to some extent. He indicated that area has had problems for a number of years. He stated there are several reasons possible for the drainage issues, and there are some things they can look into. Staff feels it is better to do it now while they will have the equipment available, and MN/DOT is willing to help. Frank Pafko, North Metro Project Manager for MN/DOT thanked the city for their cooperation throughout this project. He indicated that as the City Planning Director explained, they would be willing to work with the city on these suggestions. He stated that to address the noise walls on land that is undeveloped, MN/DOT has a limit on where they can spend money. He indicated the policy dictates in this case that if a plat is approved by May l `, they will consider that when determining where noise walls will be placed. He stated staff had asked if that had to be preliminary plat or final plat, and it does not specify, but since a developer can do work on the property after preliminary plat is approved, they would accept a preliminary plat. Mayor Banovetz opened the public hearing at 7:32 p.m. Mr. Burger, 537 Vadnais Road stated he has submitted a letter and photographs, and he feels strongly the drainage problems he has will get worse with this project, so he would like to express his concerns. Upon motion by Johannsen, seconded by Gaston, it was 03 -12 -285 "RESOLVED, to accept the letter from Erwin Burger, 537 Vadnais Road, Vadnais Heights dated December 3, 2003 concerning the Edgerton/Vadnais Road Bridge." Ayes — 3 Nays — 0 Mr. Burger presented the Council with pictures of his property, demonstrating the water problems experienced three or four times a year under normal rain conditions. He showed pictures of the ditch that used to run along his property before it was filled in due to lack of maintenance. He also presented pictures of the area from 1989, 1995 and 2003, Mr. Burger stated the photos show the ponding of water from heavy, normal rains. He indicated there was a ditch along the road in front of 537 which carried the rainwater 900 feet west to a culvert and kept the ponding to an acceptable level, however several things changed which created the current water problem. He advised the ditch, because of poor maintenance 6