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agency and MnDot, modifications may be made permanent or returned to their condition prior to the MnPass project at the completion of the project. 9. MnDot is to provide active support and outreach to Little Canada businesses and residents during the construction project. At a minimum, this encompasses timely construction updates and advance notification of traffic changes and detour routes. 10. The City reserves the right to add any additional items in the Memorandum of Understanding prior to execution for issues that arise during the design of the project in order to protect the interests of the City, County or the general public. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that said layout for the MnPass improvements within the Interstate 35 -E corridor and within the corporate limits of the City of Little Canada are hereby approved subject to the following conditions: • MnDot will remove brush from the fencing along Country Drive and the planting areas along Country Drive from the Waterworks Right -of -Way to Little Canada Road. • MnDot will provide the City the opportunity, in association with MnDot's work on the existing storm sewer pipes traversing Country Drive and I35 -E, to address necessary repairs to the City's 15" storm sewer inlet on Country Drive to eliminate the cause of the sinkhole in this area with the cost associated with this work to he the City's responsibility. • Coordinate sound barrier construction at Little Canada Road & I -35E southbound on ramp to meet differing concerns Australian Avenue area residents and that of Gopher Electronics and the Clark gas station. To resolve this issue, a neighborhood meeting shall be scheduled with the affected parties to discuss design options. MnDot and the City shall host the meeting. This meeting will also address the construction of the wall on the east side of the freeway interchange with residents and business along the south side of Little Canada Road to also be invited. • Evaluate the source and potential removal of the sand plume from northeast corner of Savage Lake where it is believed an old MnDot storm sewer pipe discharged. Input from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will be considered in determining whether removal shall occur or not assuming it discharged from MnDot's pipe. • Install visual barrier from south end of existing sound barrier wall on the east side of I- 35E to a line that would intersect with McMenemy Avenue. This is to be done with significant plantings funded by an additional allocation of project money that does not reduce landscaping allotments available to the overall project area nor limit other landscaping work that will take place in Little Canada. MnDot shall coordinate this effort with the City and neighborhood to ensure planting is significant and feasible in the designated area. • Eliminate the proposed sound barrier on the west side of I -35E located south of the existing wall located between Demont Avenue and County Road 132. In lieu of this wall, install an evergreen planting arrangement with appropriate density and evergreens of at 4