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Further discussion included a future field trip by members to the site; and the need to educate the public on the recycling of rainwater that may instigate sprinklers being activated during rain events depending on the amount of rainfall and lift station floats. 6. Rice Street /Highway 36 Interchange Project Ms. Bloom and Mr. Schwartz provided an update of this project, and provided a copy of the Feasibility Study to members with 95% plans just completed, and currently undergoing staff review and comment. Mr. Schwartz advised that the reconstruction project of Rice Street between County Roads B-2 and B will be managed by Ramsey County, and worked on by the State, County, and the cities of Little Canada, Maplewood, and Roseville for their specific components. Staff reviewed the various sidewalk and complete street components of the project to accommodate all types of transportation throughout the corridor; landscaping amenities; signal styles; and limitations of the narrow portions of the corridor and excessive costs for rights-of--way acquisition. Mr. Schwartz updated members on the final design and numbers being compiled by Xcel Energy for submission to the City Council for their final approval of undergrounding and surcharge application for the overall community, with the anticipated timeframe for Xcel, Comcast and Qwest burying lines in early summer of 2010. Mr. Schwartz advised that there would be a need for several easements on the Roseville side of the corridor to accommodate ground-mounted equipment for Xcel, which will be the financial responsibility of the City. Ms. Bloom provided an update on the Highway 36 Noise Wall for property owners from Rice Street to Western Avenue, and reconsideration of the height and location of the wall based on citizen concerns and further review; and additional concerns of the Calibre Ridge management staff and residents due to proposed grades for the reconstructed Highway 36 and relocation of ramps. Discussion included specific components of the project; future projects; this design based on 2030 traffic forecasts; replacement of watermain during this reconstruction project on County Road B as well as Rice Street; assessment costs scheduled to go before the City Council on March 22, 2010; project scheduled to begin in June of 2010 and continue over atwo-year period with the east side scheduled for 2010 and the west side scheduled in 2011; and a value engineering process used for the project. Ms. Bloom advised that there would be links on the City's website for construction communication and regular business updates regarding access information. Ms. Bloom advised that the City cost for watermain totaled less than $1 million of this $27 million project. Further discussion included properties being demolished to facilitate the ramp alignment; portion of the City project to be assessed to property owners; with continuous traffic routed on Rice Street throughout the project. Page 5 of 8