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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - March 10, 2008 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead noted that the 694 review is an ongoing process and that this is not the whole <br />element of that review. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated that the concept of noise mitigation was not followed through on <br />item #2, Grade Separation of Highway 10 and County Road 96. If Highway 10 is turned into a <br />freeway, there will be an increase in traffic along with a substantial increase in truck traffic <br />contributing to additional noise. <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Harpstead stated that an additional design constraint was dealing with noise mitigation <br />with the City's perspective being along the lines that the grade separation would lead to <br />increased volume and/or noise contribution from the traffic on Highway 10 and that needs to be <br />minimized or mitigated. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant pointed out that while areas such as Snelling, McClung Drive, and the <br />bottom side of Briarknoll are beyond the change of the off ramps with the 694 project, they <br />would certainly be impacted with a grade separation at Highway 10 and County Road 96. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that this should be the responsibility of both the City and the <br />County in that they should both be involved in the noise mitigation funding. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated that he would like to add MnlDOT to that statement. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes corrected her previous statement and agreed that it should be both the <br />State and the County. <br /> <br />Councilmember McClung stated that from the February 13, 2008 meeting, the Council had <br />agreed that if sound mitigation was included, then a majority of the Council would support grade <br />separation at County Road 96 and Highway 10. Without any sound mitigation to deal with the <br />noise, there is no longer a consensus of the Council to support a grade separated crossing. He <br />also stated that this was an example of something that the Council had agreed on and it was not <br />in the document. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes stated that the matrix that had been worked on shows that the Council <br />would support a grade separation if sound mitigation were dealt with meaningfully. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holmes requested clarification on design constraint # 1 and felt that it should <br />be stricken from the document. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden explained the need for design constraint #1 to assist in accommodating <br />19,000 plus commuters once the flyover was completed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated that he would not agree with striking design constraint #1 <br />because the turn lane would be small and it would benefit the residents of Briarknoll, McClung, <br />and Snelling, <br />