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• <br />• <br />• <br />RESOLUTION #35 - 84 <br />RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING STREET LIGHTING POLICY <br />WHEREAS, <br />The LEAA Street Lighting Projects Report states: "Well <br />lit streets may reduce the fear of crime, but there is <br />no statistically significant evidence that street light - <br />ing reduces crime itself," and <br />WHEREAS, the majority of vehicular accidents occur during the <br />daylight hours, and <br />WHEREAS, accident rates show only a modest decrease with inter- <br />section lighting; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of <br />Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, that the following policy be <br />adopted, recognizing that unusual conditions or circumstances may <br />require :!ex(:.eptions: <br />1. Street lighting will not be provided at City expense for crime <br />prevention in residential areas since it is of no proven <br />usefulness. <br />2. Street lighting at intersections may be provided if the follow- <br />ing criteria are generally met: <br />a) A Lino Lakes street or private road that intersects a <br />county or state road. <br />b) An intersection of two Lino Lakes streets, or a private <br />road with a daily usage of over 35 cars per day. <br />c) Intersections and crosswalks of distinctly unusual visual <br />vehicular problems. <br />3. Street lighting may also be used where there are distinctly <br />unusual safety problems, such as sharp curves, difficult to <br />anticipate topographical consideration or other particularly <br />dangerous physical problems which would be clearly mitigated <br />by lighting. <br />4. Cul -de -sacs and dead -end streets over 300 feet in length should <br />be provided a street light at the end of such cul -de -sac or <br />street. <br />5. Applications are to be reviewed by the Superintendent of Public <br />Works and the City Engineer. <br />Passed by the Lino Lakes City Council this <br />, 1984. <br />(::( <br />ATTEST: <br />/j / / r <br />Marilyn <br />(1 <br />Anderson, City Clerk <br />1 c. <br />day of <br />n_jamin <br />Bens <br />, Mayor <br />