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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RESOLUTION #2013-2-21 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 132, Roseville, Minnesota, being marked, labeled, and identified as Layout No. 1A S.P. 6280-367 from Maryland to Little Canada Road; and WHEREAS, MnDot has agreed to 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 as evidenced by the letter from Wayne Norris dated February 12, 2013 and attached hereto as Exhibit A; 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 $76,961.20 in additional costs for Ramsey County that will be part of a future cooperative agreement. It is to be understood that 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. WHEREAS, MnDot has agreed to provide the City the opportunity, in association with MnDot's work on the existing storm sewer pipes traversing Country Drive and 135-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 be the City's responsibility as evidenced by Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, MnDot has agreed via State Project #6280-379 to 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'x', 2013 Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, MnDot has agreed Coordinate sound barrier construction at Little Canada Road & 1-35E southbound on ramp to meet differing concerns Australian Avenue area residents and that of Gopher Electronics and the Clark gas station with the design as indicated by Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, MnDot has agreed to provide $100,000 of additional landscaping funds that can be used to provide for the installation of a visual barrier from south end of existing sound barrier wall on the east side of I -35E to a line that would intersect with MeMenemy Avenue. The additional $100,000 will not reduce the standard ($200,000) landscaping allotment 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 plantings are significant and feasible in the designated area. This commitment is evidenced by Exhibit A; and 2