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asked to help those homeowners with a design and construction project to address <br /> those direct discharges, most of which were due to the failure of old pipes, and <br /> along with the solutions outlined in cooperation with the watershed district, they <br /> were working through that issue. <br /> Specific to County Road B-2 work along Victoria Street, Member Gjerdingen <br /> sought a project update and what had been decided along the current parking lot <br /> connection to the trail on the west side near the ball fields, and whether it would <br /> move closer to the roadway. <br /> Mr. Schwartz advised that final plans had been drafted; and the existing trail <br /> would stay as is and connect, with the existing signal mid-block crossing, and <br /> connecting the sidewalk on the west side Victoria north to Prince of Peace <br /> Church. Mr. Schwartz offered to review the final plans with Member Gjerdingen <br /> outside the purview of the PWETC meeting. <br /> 6. Train Noise Impacts Discussion <br /> Mr. Schwartz briefly summarized staff s research after an increasing number of <br /> citizen complaints had been fielded by staff from residents on the east side of <br /> Roseville regarding train horns, especially during the night. Mr. Schwartz <br /> referenced the staff report dated May 27, 2014, along with attachments. <br /> Mr. Schwartz reviewed the option for cities to mitigate noise issues in accordance <br /> with federal law (Attachment B)to upgrade crossings and associated costs that <br /> would be borne by the City. Mr. Schwartz clarified that the Canadian Pacific <br /> Railroad did not have tracks in the City of Roseville, but operated trains all night <br /> in adjacent communities with tracks through Shoreview, Little Canada, <br /> Maplewood and St. Paul. Mr. Schwartz noted that the tracks operating on an <br /> east/west line in the City of Roseville were owned and operated by the Minnesota <br /> Commercial Railroad, who did not run trains during the night. <br /> Mr. Schwartz noted that railroads are federally regulated and therefore local <br /> jurisdictions had limited options available to them. <br /> Mr. Schwartz advised that the Cities of Shoreview and Little Canada had recently <br /> commissioned an engineering firm for a joint study to upgrade six crossings. Mr. <br /> Schwartz further reported that late last week, staff had found that the state <br /> bonding bill adopted in the last legislative session included significant money for <br /> those communities to assist in upgrading crossings in their City, with most of the <br /> increased traffic due to fracking sand and crude oil transports to and from North <br /> Dakota oil fields. In his discussions with Little Canada administration staff last <br /> week, Mr. Schwartz reported that they had given the engineering firm the go <br /> ahead to create preliminary plans and specifications to upgrade the crossings; <br /> however, they anticipated it would be well into 2015 before those improvements <br /> were completed as they proceeded in creation of"quiet zone designations" <br /> through upgrades to those crossings. <br /> Page 3 of 20 <br />