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WHEREAS, affected Little Canada residents have asked that 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 be eliminated from this project. In lieu of this wall, MnDot shall install an evergreen planting arrangement with appropriate density consisting of evergreens of at least 10 feet in height. Additional planting materials should also be used to supplement the evergreens to help create a visual screen for those residents that would have benefited from the construction of the proposed wall that is being deleted. The final landscape plan is to be approved by consensus of the impacted residents and the City. Funding for this work shall be accomplished by use of the additional allocation of $100,000 noted in the previous "whereas" clause and it will not reduce landscaping available to the overall project area nor limit other landscaping work that will take place in Little Canada. This agreement is evidenced by Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, Little Canada will be provided with three percent (3%) sound barrier enhancement money based on the costs of sound barriers constructed in our community as part of this project. Little Canada will work with MnDot on the specific enhancements to be implemented. 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 area neighborhood in Little Canada, as evidenced by Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, MnDot will be responsible for the cost of installation of pedestrian ramps on the east side of the Little Canada Road Bridge subject to Ramsey County agreeing to install an east bound left tum lane onto north bound 1-35E including all related lane striping and traffic signal modifications. This will be part of a cooperative agreement between MnDot and Ramsey County, and is evidenced by Exhibit A; 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 City and Ramsey County will determine pavement degradation on the alternate City and County routes that the traveling public will utilize during MnPass construction. Deterioration of the pavement condition caused by increased traffic diverted by the MnPass project to the local system will be determined by the local agencies in accordance with their pavement management programs. A reasonable remediation to the local system deterioration caused by increased traffic volumes and pavement degradation and changed striping of the roadway segments shall be part of the Memorandum of Understanding. The determined deterioration on the local system will be negotiated in good faith by all parties involved. 2. The City and/or Ramsey County will require signal timing changes as necessary on local routes to improve travel times and reduce delays as all parties agree. Timing plans will need to be developed and approved by the local agencies at MnDot's expense. Signal timing after the project will return to the original signal timing that existed prior to the MnPass project or as modified by the local agency; with MnDot responsible for the costs in re-establishing timing patterns. 3