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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—February 14, 2011 10 $.A. Senator Goodwin Meeting(continued) stress on Lexington Avenue and County Road F and they would give cooperative agreement funding for the bridge on Lexington Avenue as part of this project. The State will send a letter to the City memorializing this conversation. — Councilmember Holden clarified that this is the first time that MnDOT has agreed Lexington — Avenue will be affected by the improvement project on I-694. Councilmember Holmes clarified that MnDOT has committed to the bridge work on Lexington Avenue but they will not be able to have this project completed prior to the 2011 start of the I-694 project. MnDOT has not committed to funding improvements at the County Road F intersection but they will look at funding for improvements on this bridge. Regarding the Highway 10 and - County Road 96 project, she stated she had talked to Mr. Joe Lutz about considering having a right hand turn to east County Road 96 and his response was that this was not possible. The traffic counts for this did not warrant inclusion of these traffic movements. Also, Ramsey County has agreed to the improvements on the County Road E Bridge. They would like the City to prepay for this project with reimbursement in 2014. Mayor Grant asked if the County Road E project would include pedestrian crossings. Councilmember Holden stated the County is in discussions with MnDOT on this point. MnDOT's plan that they submitted to the County is substandard regarding the pedestrian crossing. At this time the only commitment is that the County is scoping out the 2014 Bridge improvements to County Road E. Councilmember Holden stated the County has been designated as the lead agency on the Highway 10 and County Road 96 project. This project will need to come to the City for municipal consent. The first access point to be removed as part of the I-694 project will be the Hamlin/Snelling access. MnDOT may come across with not wanting any pedestrians on Snelling Avenue in the future. The City had been asking for a commitment for a pedestrian bicycle type crossing and MnDOT is completely against this for safety reasons. The City requested to have berms constructed from the extra dirt from the project. It became apparent that there is no place that a berm can be constructed that would be of any value to the City or its residents. MnDOT also stated they did not want to go through the Appeals process. Mayor Grant asked Staff to forward a copy of the letter from MnDOT memorializing these conversations to Shoreview. B. Update on Union Mediation City Administrator Klaers stated the City and Public Works Union representatives had a meeting with the State Bureau of Mediation Services on Thursday, February 10, 2011. At the end of a series of meetings, a tentative agreement was reached. This tentative agreement is consistent with direction Staff received at the February 7, 2011, Executive Session. The tentative agreement is subject to a vote of the Union membership, which is scheduled for February 23, 2001, and City