9A, Municipal Consent for US10 Highway 96

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- RAMSE�r CnuNTY Department of Public Works James E. Tolaas, P.E., Directorand County Engineer 1425 Paul Kirkwold Drive Arden Hills, MN 55112-3933 •(651) 266-7100 • Fax (651) 266-7110 E-mail: Public.Works@co.ramsey.mn.us October 21, 2011 Patrick Klaers City Administrator City of Arden Hills 1245 W. Highway 96 Arden Hills, MN 55112 CONDITIONS FOR MUNICIPAL CONSENT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE RAMSEY COUNTY STATE AID HIGHWAY (CSAH) 96 / MINNESOTA TRUNK HIGHWAY (TH) 10 INTERSECTION Dear Mr. Klaers: At the September 26, 2011 Arden Hills City Council meeting, the Council passed Resolution No. 2011-048, disapproving municipal consent for the reconstruction of the CSAH 96lTH 10 intersection. This resolution listed four conditions to be met before municipal consent is granted. We believe that the conditions have now been met, as summarized below: ►i � 0 0 We applied for a sunset date extension that was approved by the Metropolitan Council Transportation Advisory Board's Funding and Programming Committee on October 20'h. This extension will allow the project letting to be moved to 2013, thus ensuring that Lexington Avenue and CSAH 96 will not be closed in the same year. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN/DOT) has re-analyzed the noise analyses that were done on TH 10 and concluded that no length or height wall will meet the threshold for cost reasonableness for residences in the southwest quadrant of CSAFi 96 and TH 10. A copy of the MN/DOT letter is enclosed. MN/DOT designers have confirmed that the retaining wall between lakeshore Place and Old Highway 10 (CSAH 76) can support the higher "glare screen" type of traffic barrier. This barrier has approximately 56" of its total height of 63" above ground after construction. In addition, since there will be a boulevard approximately 15'-16' wide between Lakeshore Place and the barrier, there should be ample space for landscaping to screen the barrier after construction while maintaining space to store plowed snow. Ramsey County will include the properties in the northeast quadrant of I-35W and CSAH 96 in its contracts for appraisal and acquisition services for the project so that the noise wall there can be configured to accommodate future interchange improvements and maximize noise reduction at adjacent properties. The County�will not condemn these properties to facilitate the acquisition, but will negotiate to achieve a suitable settlement without the use of eminent domain powers.