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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 9, 2017 CONSENT AGENDA CROSSWALK & 4 -WAY STOP SIGN ENHANCEMENTS Montour introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOL UTION NO. 2017-8-129 —APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING: *APPROVAL OF THE VOUCHERS, *APPROVE ANAMUSEMENT LICENSE FOR TNT BILIARDS PRODUCTS & POOL HALL; *APPROVE PARTIAL PAYMENT #12 TO HARDRIVES, INC. FOR THE 201 S STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; *APPROVE PARTIAL PAYMENT #3 TO T.A. SCHIFSKY & SONS FOR THE 2017 STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by McGraw. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. The Public Works Director stated that there are two crosswalks at St. John's Church on Little Canada Road and McMenemy Street, and during services or events there are a lot of pedestrians trying to cross, along with cars trying to get through. He noted that there is a similar situation at Desoto Street and Eli Road by Little Canada Elementary School which gets hectic before and after school. He stated that staff has done research on ways to make the crosswalks and stop signs more visible for drivers. There are signs that have LED lights on them'that continuously flash to make the crosswalks more visible, or there are systems that can be activated with a timer or push button. The Public Works Director stated that the church has definitive times when the crosswalks need to be activated, which could be set by a timer, and other times pedestrians could push the button to activate the lights. He explained that Staff feels if the crosswalk is always blinking, drivers may become desensitized to the lights and stop paying attention. The Public Works Director stated that staff is proposing a flashing crosswalk sign for the three crosswalks discussed at a cost of $5,591.90 per setup, for a total of $16,775.70. The Public Works Director explained that the other problem intersection is Minnesota Avenue and Viking Drive, where people are frequently running the stop sign, even though the City has tried various ways to draw attention to the signs. He stated that a constantly flashing stop sign would make sense for this four-way intersection since there is not any other way to effectively draw attention to the signs. Local drivers may become desensitized to the lights, but hopefiilly they will have learned to stop by then. He stated that new drivers would notice the blinking sign and hopefiilly stop correctly. He explained that an LED kit is available to add 2