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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. Response: MnDOT acknowledges the City investment of $76,961.20 for upgrades to the Little Canada Road Bridge in 2010. MnDOT is unable to make a direct reimbursement to the City for those costs. in discussions, MnDOT will consider as one option $77,000 of enhanced landscape plantings within the City as part of the future year 2017 Iandscape project. This additional budget for the enhanced plantings will be in addition to the $300,000 already programmed for the 35E MnPASS project corridor. The $300,000 is greater than the normally programming amount. Typically, the budget is established by multiplying the estimated project cost for grading and surfacing by 0.5 %. For this project, the estimate is $40 million therefore with a resultant budget of $200,000. 1 have added an additional $100,000 for a total of $300,000. If this option is accepted, the preliminary locations identified for enhanced plantings above the normal landscape plantings are the northeast quadrant of 1- 35E and TH 36 and the northwest quadrant of I -35E and TH 36. Neighborhood and City involvement will be requested by MnDOT in development of the landscape plans. Item 4: Repaint all wooden sound barrier and concrete retaining walls installed as part of the Unweave the Weave project within the City of Little Canada by no later than October 15`", 2013. The paint on these walls started peeling within the first year. We have been told that the reason this is occurring is due to faulty specifications that required pressure washing the walls before painting. This added moisture has resulted in the premature paint failure. The failure of the paint creates a negative impression of our community and needs to be corrected now. Little Canada should not have to wait while MnDot finds another funding source to address this type of problem. (We have been assured that that a contract for this work will be let before June 30, 2013. With appropriate documentation, this item can be removed from the listing.) Response: MnDOT has programmed State Project Number 6280 -379 with a let date of April 26, 2013 for repainting the walls constructed as part of the Unweave the Weave project. Work will be completed during the 2013 construction season. MnDOT will inspect and determine if there is problem with the retaining wall surfacing. At this time, we feel the staining reported is due to salt spray and not poor surface treatment. Item 5: Coordinate sound barrier construction at Little Canada Road & I -35E southbound on ramp to meet opposing concerns of Gopher Electronics and residential properties in that neighborhood. Response: On January 9, 2013 a meeting was held at City Hal/ for coordination of the noise barrier location and height. In attendance were neighborhood residents and the owners of Gopher Electronics and Clark Gas Station. It has been resolved the noise barrier will start perpendicular to the south building wall of the Clark Gas Station for crime prevention visibility. The height at this location will be six feet. As the noise barrier continues south, the height of the barrier will incrementally increase in two foot increments with the controlling point being the south wall of Gopher Electronics at which the twenty foot barrier height begins to transition to the six foot height. A drawing depicting the transition and location is attached. An Equal Opportunity Employer