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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 25, 2016 Page 10 cost estimate as outlined, $208 million total; and if not voted in, the total cost would be reduced accordingly. If the managed lane project moves forward in the future, Mayor Roe noted it may be a candidate, referencing a similar existing noise wall on the east side of I-35E now being replaced. Mayor Roe questioned if the managed lane project contin- ued into Minneapolis, would there be some opportunity to get a new noise wall. Mr. Adams advised that an advisory committee had been meeting for over a year now, with Mr. Culver serving on that committee along with staff representatives from the corridor spanning two counties, to review the visual quality of bridges. Mr. Adams advised that this current bridge prototype design matched what was recently completed on Highway 96 and I-35W and current County Road I bridges, providing a more consistent and aesthetically pleasing appearance versus the old ones. Mr. Adams displayed schematics for various bridge faces and textures for various applications, including options for those with high abutments. Specific to the noise wall on the south side of Highway 36 referenced by Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Adams recognized it was much older. Given the location of the proposed noise wall and adjacency to Roseville com- mercial properties between County Roads C and D, Councilmember Laliberte asked if there was a process for them to weigh in. Mr. Adams advised that any commercial properties immediately adjacent to noise walls would receive a vote. While more details will be available by the end of August of 2016, Mr. Culver stated that based on his understanding, commercial property owners would re- ceive two votes per parcel. With the city owning trail property adjacent as well, it would be considered a tenant, the city would also have a voice and one vote on the noise wall. Mr. Culver noted the interest of commercial property owners along that stretch in balancing visibility of their businesses versus noise levels; especially from complaints heard by hotel owners from their patrons about that freeway noise. Mr. Culver stated he anticipated numerous new sign permits com- ing forward if and when a noise wall was completed. In his attendance as the grand openings of several of those newest hotels, Mayor Roe noted that was a topic of discussion by their management team and trade-offs involved. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Adams reviewed the current schedule, with this first public hearing meeting one key requirement for municipal consent and Octo- ber 2016 deadline.