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Home My WebLink About2020-070 CCRadoption: Member Lawrence -Anderson introduced the following resolution and moved its RESOLUTION NO. 2020-070 RESOLUTION REJECTING THE INSTALLATION OF THE PROPOSED NOISE WALLS ALONG BROOKLYN BOULEVARD BETWEEN BASS LAKE ROAD AND INTERSTATE 94 AS PART OF THE BROOKLYN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR PROJECT PHASE 2 IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NO. 2021-05 WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center ("City") and Hennepin County ("County") have been working cooperatively to advance the Brooklyn Boulevard Corridor Project Phase 2 Improvements to provide streetscape, trail, lighting and general roadway improvements on Brooklyn Boulevard (County Road 152) from Bass Lake Road to Interstate 94 and the realignment of Admiral Lane; and WHEREAS, the City received a federal aid grant in the amount of $6,616,000 to participate in the Brooklyn Boulevard Corridor Project Phase 2 Improvements, programmed for a 2021 construction; and WHEREAS, the proposed realignment of Admiral Lane required that the traffic noise analysis include noise receptors along Brooklyn Boulevard; and WHEREAS, the Brooklyn Boulevard Corridor Project Phase 2 Improvements must comply with the noise requirements of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); and WHEREAS, the City's consultant (SRF Consulting Group, Inc.) has completed a noise analysis for the project and determined that noise walls must be considered to possibly mitigate noise impacts to the proposed trails and to meet FHWA requirements; and WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is the owner and trail authority for determining voting points for the two trail receptors in Cahlander Park for noise wall 3; and WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is the trail authority for determining voting points for the two trail receptors in the park-and-ride property for noise wall 3; and WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is the trail authority for determining voting points for the proposed trail for noise wall 12; and WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center's Engineering Division has reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of providing the noise walls and recommends denial of the proposed noise walls. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of RESOLUTION NO. 2020-070 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that it rejects the installation of proposed Noise Walls 3 and 12 along Brooklyn Boulevard between Bass Lake Road and Interstate 94 as part of the Brooklyn Boulevard Corridor Project Phase 2 Improvements, Project No. 2021-05. September 14, 2020 Date ATTEST: Mqak law City Cleric Mayor The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Ryan and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Butler, Elliott, Graves, Lawrence -Anderson, Ryan and the following voted against the same: None whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.