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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 76-22CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE:$ 590 40TH AVENUE N. E. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINN. 55421 (612) 788-9221 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 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