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" MEMORANDUM J.U.O.-New Brighton Page 2 7. The material excavated consisted of granular material, fine dirt, and bedrock. No provisions were taken for controlling dust on trucks and dust was not a problem. Some problems did arise from spillage from over- filling trucks. The City contacted the contractor and required him to reduce the size of loads. The contractor was required to keep the streets clean by means of sweepers and washing down the streets. Some minor problems on street cleaning were encountered and were attributed to the fact that material was being delivered to areas throughout the city and at times the contractor was not able to keep up with the large mileage of roads and streets being used. 8. Some complaints were received from residents regarding noise. These were primarily from people who lived on the residential streets being used who had night jobs and slept during the daytime. There were also complaints because of blasting operations required to remove the bedrock. 9. No traffic problems were encountered at any time during the excavation period. The average traffic count on East River Road was recorded as 22,150 cars/day in 1972 as opposed to a current traffic count of 18,075 cars/day on Silver Lake Road. No traffic count was made in 1971. 10. Truck hauling from the Burlington Northern site had access to the site from three locations - Main Street N.E., 44th Street and East River Road. The majority of the trucks used East River Road and all work done prior to 8:00 a.m. required use of East River Road as the other streets pass through residential areas. 11. The Special Use Permit was issued to Burlington Northern Railroad with several stipulations and conditions placed on it by the Council and Planning Commission. The stipulations and conditions were made part of the contract documents. Detail arrangements were worked out between the contractor and the city representatives. cc: JUO Partners Winkels Moravetz