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Mounds View City Council March 10, 2008 Regular Meeting Page 2 Mr. Batten indicated he is pleased to learn that getting in the 10-year plan would speed up 1 construction of the noise wall. However, he would ask that Council ensure that the City receives 2 a written agreement from Mn/DOT that the City will be reimbursed. 3 4 Brian Amundson of 3048 Wooddale Drive asked if this Council or Staff have spoken to 5 Medtronic about contributing in any way to relieve the residents from noise that they are 6 contributing to. He then asked for information on using rubber in asphalt to reduce noise. 7 8 Council Member Flaherty indicated that he had asked Public Works Director Lee to discuss 9 contributing toward the sound wall with Medtronic. 10 11 Director Lee indicated that he has not contacted Medtronic to discuss funding the sound wall. 12 13 Interim Clerk Administrator Ericson indicated that Staff has discussed the sound wall and noise 14 issues with Medtronic in the past, and their response has been that they contribute to the City in a 15 lot of ways. He then said that he would be willing to discuss this with Medtronic again to ask for 16 a contribution toward mitigating the sound issue. 17 18 Director Lee explained that there is a technique of imbedding rubber into asphalt to reduce road 19 noise. He then said that he would look into the specifics with Mn/DOT and report back. 20 21 Council Member Mueller said that the homes affected by the current proposed location of the 22 sound wall on Long Lake Road are further away from the road, but the decibel readings are in the 23 high 60s to low 70s. Those homes are feeling a severe and immediate impact from the increased 24 traffic. 25 26 Mr. Amundson said that there was a motion to reappoint David Jahnke and Barb Haake to the 27 Airport Commission at the last meeting and, his comments on that matter, may have seemed that 28 he did not feel that they should be appointed. He then said that was not his point at all. He 29 further said that he was just curious if a third person could join that activity and assist the City in 30 the event either of those two could not attend. 31 32 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUISNESS 33 34 None. 35 36 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 37 38 A. Public Hearing, Consideration of Resolution 7234, Approving the Feasibility 39 Report, Ordering the Project, Authorizing the Preparation of Plans and 40 Specifications, and Approving a Joint Powers Agreement with the City of 41 Spring Lake Park for the 2008 Street Maintenance Project (Seal Coat 42 Project) 43 Mayor Marty opened the public hearing at 7:25 p.m. 44