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Item No. 8 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works <br />Item Title/Subject: Trunk Highway 10 (TH 10) Noise Abatement Issue <br /> Update Report <br />Meeting Date: April 1, 2002 <br /> <br />Background / History <br />The issue of noise abatement along the Trunk Highway 10 (TH 10) has been <br />discussed on several occasions, at several different venues, involving several <br />City, State, and neighborhood representatives. The background and history of <br />this issue has been intentionally excluded from this report. Rather, the report will <br />focus on the current status of this issue and offer options. <br /> <br />Meeting with Mn/DOT <br />On February 14, 2002, Public Works Director Greg Lee, Community <br />Development Director Jim Ericson, and resident Michele Sandback met with <br />representatives from MnDOT to discuss the TH 10 Noise Abatement Issue. <br />Attached are the notes of that meeting composed by Jim Ericson (See <br />Attachment). <br /> <br />Options <br />Based on the meeting with Mn/DOT there are two distinct options the City has: <br />Option 1: Install Wall as Required by Law – Staff Recommended <br />Option 2: Construct required wall to the east – Mn/DOT Proposal <br /> <br />Option 1: Install Wall as Required by Law – Staff Recommended <br />Under this option the City would direct Mn/DOT to install a Noise Wall starting at <br />the point where it currently terminates and extending it approximately 1200 feet <br />to the east. It would terminate at the point where the three east bound lanes <br />reduce to two lanes. This is a point where the creek crosses TH 10 and where <br />the chain link fence on the south side of TH 10 has a jog in it. <br /> <br />The wall would be constructed by Mn/DOT and completely at Mn/DOT’s <br />expense, regardless of the project cost. <br /> <br />Option 2: Construct required wall to the east – Mn/DOT Proposal <br />Under this option Mn/DOT would enter into a joint powers agreement with the <br />City of Mounds View and allocate a total of $300,000 to be used to fund a noise <br />wall. As part of the joint powers agreement, the City would be the project