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,ail li:n 'N <br />May 23, 2014 <br />Joel Hanson <br />City Administrator <br />City of Little Canada <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada MN 55117 <br />R13: City of I ,ittle Canada <br />Railroad Quiet Zone Study Phase 2 <br />Revised proposal letter <br />SEH No. 126252 <br />Dear Joel: <br />Thank you for the opportunity to provide professional services to the City of Little Canada to prepare <br />preliminary plans for a railroad quiet zone implementation within the City. This letter serves as a Letter <br />Agreement as set forth in our general engineering services contract. <br />Background <br />The City and its residents has been concerned about the impact of the railroad noise to the residents <br />within the City from increased train traffic from the Canadian Pacific Railroad. The train noise is <br />generated by the train horns blowing at six mainline grade crossings. This agreement will be the second <br />phase of the recently completed quiet zone study to implement a railroad quiet zone within the City <br />In the 1996 legislation, the federal government preempted local and state governments from regulating <br />train horn noise. In 2005, after many years of investigation and rule making, final rules regulating train <br />horn noise were adopted. There are four public grade crossings within the City that could potentially be <br />included in a federally approved railroad quiet zone. <br />The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rules provide a mechanism to evaluate how the City may <br />minimize the noise caused by the trains. The rules provide for communities to create quiet zones where <br />trains are exempt from horn regulations. There can be multiple quiet zones in a community provided that <br />each zone sleets the criteria in the rules. This allows for phasing of a quiet zones based on funding, local <br />development, and jurisdictional issues. <br />Scope of Work <br />The quiet zone study would cover the following tasks: <br />1. Review and update all data relevant to the crossings; <br />2. Conduct a field survey for six crossings; <br />3. Conduct traffic counts for Wearily]) Avenue. State Aid traffic counts will be used for the other 5 <br />crossings. <br />(11,.!,11110I:rs ' nnlhd cels _ 'L vu 'i i,n0 sis <br />Short I7lioil I {midi ickson Inc._ 5935 Nbdnais Cei*inr Oi <br />r.ul <br />,I71 is lue9 umploycr 7;2055 <br />