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I I I Council Meeting Minutes December 18, 1996 Page 4 Council Business. continued On December 12, a worksession with the New Brighton and Columbia Heights City Councils was held. One major point of discussion was creation of a hauling route. Both cities agreed to a one way inJout arrangement, and all trucks traveling to the site would follow 1-694 to Central Ave. to 49th Ave. Trucks leaving the site would follow Stinson Blvd. to 5th St. to Silver Lk Rd. to 1-694. Mpls will provide a bond to New Brighton covering any damage to Sth St. as a direct result of hauling activity. Mpls will initiate a communications plan to keep both cities, residents, and school districts abreast on COlh'ltruction activities. A weekly update will be published in local newspapers. The dust control plan will provide for street cleaning measures on a daily basis or as needed, and on- site dust control measures during the construction period. Mattila said the construction schedule reflects the number of days an activity requires. Work will not be performed consecutively, but spread out over a period of weeks. Much of the timing depends upon weather conditions. Benke said because much concern focused on the route traveling past schools, it was decided that hauling activity will be completed by the tirst week in September. He supports the project and feels the agreement is appropriate to maintain reasonable truck volumes. He thanked Columbia Heights and Mpls for their cooperation. Williams asked if excavation activity will occur on the site. Mattila said that material will be hauled to the site, but there will be no outbound material. Benke speculates that materials such as tree waste may need to be hauled away. Williams asked that the agreement reflect the statement that some minor outbound hauling may occur. Samuelson asked if hauling will be performed on Sundays. Adam Kramer, Mpls, confIrmed that hauling and other activities which create excessive noise will not be performed on weekends or evening hours. Mike Heideman, 582 Redwood, said the hauling route will travel past three schools and parks, and asked why 5th St. was chosen over Co. Rd. E. Benke said because the trucks receive material from a Maple Grove location, the 1-694 to Central Ave. to 49th Ave. route is preferred. Requiring trucks to travel Co. Rd. E and back north increases mileage and street damage. Larson believes the stop siglh'l on Co. Rd. E may create traffic problems, and the Salvation Army Camp receives much pedestrian traftic. Heideman feels there is more pedestrian traffic on 5th St. Benke said these concerns led to development of a safety plan involving temporary crosswalks, yield signs on 5th St. at Driftwood Park, and traffic enforcement. Driftwood will become a soccer facility and safety is of utmost importance. Heideman feels the probability of accidents is much higher with the selected route. Benke said the City is very sensitive to this issue. Motion by Gunderman, seconded by Samuelson, to WAIVE THE READING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING SP-196, WITH CONDITIONS. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried. Williams requested that fmes relating to truck hauling violations be allocated to Columbia Heights and New Brighton. Larson feels such penalties would follow procedures for where the violation occurred. Council Business Mpls Reservoir Report 96-270 Resolution 96-104