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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RESOLUTION # LAYOUT APPROVAL — MUNICIPAL CONSENT I -35E MNPASS PROJECT # S.P. 6280 -367 WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Transportation has prepared a layout for improvements to I -35E from Maryland to Little Canada Road within the Cities of St. Paul, Maplewood, and Little Canada and seeks approval thereof; and WHEREAS, said layout is on file in the Minnesota Department of Transportation office located at 1500 County Road B2, Roseville, Minnesota, being marked, labeled, and identified as Layout No. lA S.P. 6280 -367 from Maryland to Little Canada Road; and WHEREAS, MnDot has agreed to indirectly provide reimbursement to the City for its cost to upgrade the Little Canada Road Bridge in 2010. The reimbursement to the City will be accomplished by MnDot paying for 576,961.20 in additional costs for Ramsey County that will be part of a cooperative agreement. Ramsey County will then provide an equal credit to the City for costs the City would have incurred on a 2013 Ramsey County /Little Canada project; and WI- IERIAS, MnDot has agreed via State Project #6280 -379 to repaint all wooden sound harrier and concrete retaining walls installed as part of the Unweave the Weave project within the City of Little Canada by no later than October 15th, 20I3; and WHEREAS, MnDot will evaluate noise sources and noise reduction options in the area of the Unweave the Weave flyover bridge that impacts the Twin Lake arca neighborhood in Little Canada, and WHEREAS, MnDot will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the City to cooperatively address local concerns not specifically addressed in the project layout including, but not necessarily limited to those items identified as follows: 1. The addition of turn lanes and pedestrian ramps at Little Canada Road interchange with I -35E to ensure traffic flow through this area is handled as efficiently as possible given this will be a key jumping off /jumping on point for I -35E. It is tentatively understood that MnDot will pay for pedestrian ramp modifications and Ramsey County will cover the costs of turn lanes /signal improvements. 2. The addition of turn lanes at Little Canada Road and Edgerton Street (specifically north bound Edgerton left turn on to Little Canada Road, east bound Little Canada Road right turn on to Edgerton, south bound Edgerton right turn on to Little Canada Road) given the increased traffic flow that will occur at this intersection due to the construction of the MnPass project. The City anticipates that MnDot will fund the cost for this work and the improvements should be made in the summer of 2013 and in coordination with other Little Canada Road Improvements contemplated by Ramsey County, 2