04-13-94 Council Workshop Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA~ MINNESOTA APRIL 13, 1994 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a workshop meeting of the Council of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota was held on the 13th day of April, 1994 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Raymond Hanson chaired and called the meeting to order at 6:07 P.M. and the following members of the Council were present at roll call: MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mr. Raymond Hanson Council Member Mr. Jim LaValle Council Member Mr. Steve Morelan Council Member Mr. Bob Pedersen Council Member Mrs. Beverly Scalze ALSO PRESENT: City Admin. Mr. Joel Hanson Sheriff's Dept. Comm. Jerry Bergeron Sheriff's Dept. Lt. Mike Shandley Admin. Asst. Mrs. Kathy Glanzer FIRST QUARTER Commander Bergeron presented the Council with first CRIME quarter crime statistics for Little Canada as well as STATISTICS the other contracting cities. Bergeron pointed out that the calls listed in this report are not all calls for service, but all calls investigated by the General Investigation Unit. SMART VAN Lt. Shanley reported that the Sheriff's Department has had the smart van in operation for two days on Jackson Street and for one day on Keller Parkway near Lakeshore Drive. Shanley reported that the first day the van was operating on Jackson Street, the visual radar display was turned on. A total of 337 cars drove by northbound between the hours of 9 A.M, and 1 P.M. Of those vehicles, the minimum speed was 20 mph, the maximum 41 mph, and the average was 26.2 mph. Shanley reported that traffic engineers will look at the speed of 85% of vehicles in setting speed limits. In this case, 85% of the vehicles were traveling at 30.5 mph. The second day the smart van was on Jackson Street, the visual radar display was turned off. A total of 258 cars 1