HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 76-22CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINN. 55421
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OUR NATION'S
BICENTENNIAL
E3RUCE G. NAWROCKI, MAYOR
E. ~SEBE" HEINTZ, COUNCilMAN
WALTER LOGACZ, COUNCILMAN
GAYLE R. NORBERG, COUNCILMAN
KENNETH E. HENTGES, COUNCILMAN
"SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS"
RESOLUTION 76-22
BEING A RESOLUTIO¢4 SETTING HIGHWAY NOl..~ LEVELS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND WELFARE IN THE CiTY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
BE 1T HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights,
that
WHEREAS, the public health and we;~are is known to be materially affected
by residential, cor~aercial, and industrial noise levels, and the United
States Environmental Protection Agency has accordingly set appropriate
Community Noise Criteria for application by other units of government, and
WnERLAS, The Minnesota State Pollution Control Agency has set criteria for
community noise consistent with 'those of the U.S.E.P.A., and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights has incorporated these criteria
into its zoning code, for enforcement throughout the City, and
WHEREAS, the City has agreed to jo!ntly participate with the C~ties c;f
Hi!]top and Fridle¥, Minnesota, and with the Minnesota Highway Department
in an Urbanization Project involving a main thoroughfare through the Cir_y
immediately adjacent to residential arid commercial areas, knows as S.P.
0207--14 & 35, and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of
Transportation, in its approva! of the Design Study Report on this project
has granted an exception to the Federal Highways Design Noise Levels
criterion, but has not specified any other criterion, and
WHEREAS, transportation noise has been designated a Major Source of
Environmenta! Noise Requiring Abatement by the U.S.E.P.A., and
, WHEREAS, the City has taken noise surveys of the affected area,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights deems it necessary to the public health and welfare that
the noise environment in the affected area shall not deteriorate and
should be improved, and that accordingly the design of this project
shall incorporate porous asphalt overlays and other alternative construction
features, structures, and methods so that the design of the project in
the City shall meet MPCA Noise Criterion NPC-2 in the adjacent areas,
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all aforementioned agencies and participants
in the project shall be so notified.
Passed this 13th day of April, 1976
Offered by: Norberg
Seconded by: Logacz
Roll Call: All Ayes
Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor
S'e c ~e ta ry