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MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Blesener & Members of City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: November 28, 2012 RE: MnPass — Revised Draft - Potential Conditions of Approval The Council has set a public hearing for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28th to consider granting Municipal Consent to the proposed MnPass project on I -35E from Little Canada Road to Maryland. The City may impose conditions on our approval. MnDot can choose to accept the conditions or reject them and move to an appeal process. Here is a listing of conditions that have been discussed for consideration: A. Remove brush from fence and established plantings on I -35E right -of -way along Country Drive from Water Works area to Little Canada Road B. In coordination with the City and work on MnDot's storm sewer pipes transversing under Country Drive and I -35, address necessary repairs to the City's 15" storm sewer inlet on Country Drive to eliminate the cause of the sinkhole in this area. C. Reimburse the City for its cost to upgrade the Little Canada Road Bridge in 2010. (Reimbursement to the City may be by direct payment or some other improvement that results in a dollar offset equal to or greater than the amount indicated below. Background: MnDot claimed this bridge was not in the Unweave the Weave project area and required the City to enter into a Cooperative Agreement (No. 95132 — S.P. 6280 -357) to have the outdated fencing removed from the concrete sidewalls and to paint the bridge & abutments. Given all of the work that has been done in this corridor and paid for by MnDot, it isn't fair to the residents of Little Canada that they had to fund 50% of the costs for basic bridge improvements that should have been part of the. The total costs for the project totaled $126,961.20 less the $50,000.00 reimbursement from MnDot for a City share of $76,961.20.