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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION—APRIL 11, 2011 5 LB I-694 Municipal Consent—Appeal Board Presentation (continued) MOTION: Councilmember Holden moved and Councilmember Holmes seconded a motion to extend the meeting by 30 minutes. The motion carried unanimously Councilmember Holden questioned what Staff needed from the Council on this issue this evening. Public Works Director Maurer stated he would be making a one hour presentation to the Appeal Board after MnDOT's presentation. The best avenue for the City to take was that MnDOT has not taken the City's requests seriously. The Lexington Avenue Bridge was only included after a meeting called by Senator Goodwin and Representative Knuth. He noted the one large remaining issue was a pedestrian walkway over I-694 at Highway 51. Councilmember Holmes noted the City was going to have a loss of access, and expansion of capacity which allowed the City an opportunity to appeal MnDOT's plans. Mayor Grant suggested the City draft a letter to MnDOT on the items in contention and that all other items not be readdressed. The noise wall and the pedestrian bridge were the two main issues at this time. He questioned how the Council would like to proceed if MnDOT would not support the noise wall and pedestrian bridge. Councilmcmber Werner expressed concern with how the City would assess the noise wall Councilmember Holden was in favor of requesting full payment for the noise wall from MnDOT. Councilmember Holmes asked if the Council was going to pursue berming on I-694. Public Works Director Maurer noted the berming would be minimal given the space available to create the berm. He suggested the Council request that MnDOT go along with the recommendation in Scott McBride's letter of MnDOT doing a berming analysis and presenting it to the City. The Council was in favor of this recommendation. Public Works Director Maurer questioned what argument the City had to demand full payment for the noise wall. Councilmember Holmes indicated this should be paid in full by MnDOT because the City and its residents were losing local access. She requested that Staff highlight Conditions 2, 3 and 11. Mayor Grant added that MnDOT has not fixed any of the problems through this interchange. Instead capacity has been added to this area. Public Works Director Maurer asked if the Council would like any residents to speak on behalf of the City at the Appeal Board or if additional background information should be given. Councilmember Holmes felt Dave McClung and Pat Haik could speak for the local residents.