HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-042 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2009/03/02RESOLUTION NO. 09-042
0 RESOLUTION REMOVING THE INSTALLATION OF NOISE WALLS FROM
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 2004-1700, HIGHWAY 7 AND WOODDALE AVENUE
INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, as part of the Trunk Highway (TH) 7/Wooddale Avenue Interchange Project,
the City has proposed installing a noise wall in the .-
northeast quadrant of the proposed TH
7/Wooddale Avenue interchange between the highway and Walker Street from 35th Street
West/Alabama Avenue South to Xenwood Avenue South; and
WHEREAS, as part of the TH 7/Wooddale Avenue Interchange Project, the City has
proposed installing a noise wall in the northwest quadrant of the proposed TH 7/Wooddale Avenue
interchange between the highway and the frontage road from Dakota Avenue South to Wooddale
Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the St. Louis Park Public Works Department convened a public open house
meeting on October 21, 2008 to provide an opportunity for public input regarding the proposed
noise walls; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) and the St. Louis
Park Public Works Department convened a public hearing in regards to the TH 7/Wooddale
Avenue Interchange Environmental Assessment/Environmental Assessment Worksheet on January 6,
2009. Comment forms were available at the public hearing and attendees were encouraged to
provide input to Mn/DOT, the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) for purposes of the federal
and state environmental review. Comments received at the public hearing were provided to the City
for review; and
WHEREAS, the St. Louis Park Public Works Department surveyed property owners —
between Alabama Avenue South and Walker Street along 35th Street West, between Alabama
Avenue South and Xenwood Avenue South along Walker Street, between Hamilton Street and
Walker Street along Zarthan Avenue South, between Zarthan Avenue South and Walker Street
along Hamilton Street, along Yosemite Avenue South between Walker Street and 34th Street West,
and between 34th Street West and Walker Street along Xenwood Avenue South — to determine their
desire to have noise walls installed as part of the TH 7/Wooddale Avenue Interchange Project; and
WHEREAS, the St. Louis Park Public Works Department mailed a survey to every property
owner in the project area identified above, contacted St. Louis Park Public Schools (Central
Community Center and Spanish Immersion School); and
WHEREAS, a majority of property owners in the project area identified above voted "NO"
to the erection of a noise wall in the northeast quadrant of the proposed TH 7/Wooddale Avenue
interchange between the highway and Walker Street from 35th Street West/Alabama Avenue South
to Xenwood Avenue South; and
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WHEREAS, St. Louis Park Public Schools (Central Community Center and Spanish
Immersion School) indicated a preference of "NO" to the erection of a noise wall in the northwest
quadrant of the proposed TH 7/Wooddale Avenue interchange between the highway and the
frontage road from Dakota Avenue South to Wooddale Avenue; and
WHEREAS, three of the nine public comments received during the Environmental
Assessment/Environmental Assessment Worksheet public comment period indicated a preference for
no noise walls as part of the TH 7/Wooddale Avenue Interchange Project. There were no public
comments received during the Environmental Assessment/Environmental Assessment Worksheet
public comment period in favor of a noise wall; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, that the City Council hereby requests that noise walls are not
installed in the northwest quadrant of the TH 7/Wooddale Avenue interchange along the frontage
road from Dakota Avenue South to Wooddale Avenue and in the northeast quadrant of the TH
7/Wooddale Avenue interchange along Walker Street from 35th Street West/Alabama Avenue South
nwood Avenue South.
Rev ed for Administration:
Attest:
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City Clerk
Adopted by the City Council March 2, 2009
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