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Mounds View City Council June 24, 2002 Regular Meeting Page 14 Council Member Quick said he is puzzled when he drives up 610 and sees humongous noise walls protecting open fields and he is wondering why the cities of Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Brooklyn Center, and Brooklyn Park got wonderful noise walls and Mounds View got nothing. Director Lee indicated that Staff had asked that question and was told that the new law requires that noise abatement be provided in areas where they are increasing the capacity of the system and they have not added additional lanes in this area since the law was passed. Council Member Quick asked when that law passed. Director Lee said he did not know. Mayor Sonterre indicated it was part of a federal program that there needed to be brand new never before laid roadway in order to qualify for federal funds for noise abatement. Council Member Quick said he finds it interesting that the neck of the funnel they feel does not warrant worrying about sound. Council Member Thomas commented that because Mounds View possesses the bottleneck and has no increased capacity they are not willing to provide noise abatement. She then said it is extremely frustrating talking to the engineers on this corridor because the numbers are at what was expected through 2015. Council Member Quick said he was sitting there when engineers told him there would be no problems and he feels betrayed when he sees what happened to the west of the City. Mayor Sonterre indicated the MNDOT issues would be discussed at the next work session. Council Member Quick asked what has been done with regard to the air handling units in the Council Chambers as directed by Council a number of weeks ago. Director Lee indicated that the HVAC system was checked out and was operating fine but two weeks ago the system began triggering the circuit breaker. He then indicated that there would be someone out tomorrow to look into the issue. Council Member Stigney asked whether the health meeting was about City related issues. Director Lee indicated it was a different type of insurance meeting. Assistant City Administrator Reed indicated that the meeting was an all staff meeting where the new rates for the 20-month period were discussed. She further clarified that the City is attempting to get on the calendar year and needed to do a 20-month contract to get in step with that system. . Council Member Stigney asked whether there was any discussion on percentages.