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R-77-4 RESOLUTION CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA A RESOLUTION RELATING TO TRAFFIC REGULATION, TRAFFIC HAZARDS AND REQUESTING SPEED ZONE STUDIES WHEREAS, the City police officer has called to the attention of the City Council certain traffic hazards within the City - namely: (1) In the opinion of the City police officer the no parking zones on the North side of DeMontreville Trail create a traffic hazard because it does not leave any adequate place for cars to pull off the road and in recent weeks there has been a need for parking because of cars used by construction crews working on houses in the area. (2) The City police officer reported that the speed limits on Olson Lake Trail from Lake Jane Trail North, on DeMontreville Trail North and on Hidden Bay Trail are too high and as a result, vehicles are permitted to travel at unsafe speeds on those streets. He reported that the same may be true of Lake Elmo Avenue North between 20th Street North and State Highway 212 and on State Highway 212 itself within a half mile in either direction from its intersection with Lake Elmo Avenue North and 15th Street from County Road 13 West; and WHEREAS, The City Council feels that it is necessary and impor- tant for the safety of the public that action be taken immediately to reduce or eliminate such traffic hazards: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo as follows: 1. That the no parking signs on the North side of DeMontreville Trail be removed by the City`s maintenance department as soon as is reasonably possible. 2. That the Washington County Highway Department and the State of Minnesota be, and the same hereby are, requested to make all neces- sary speed zone studies on each of the above -described city streets or county roads for the purpose of determining the maximum safe speed which should be permitted on such streets or roads and that appropriate orders be issued by the Department of Transportation and the County Highway Department providing for the establishment of appropriate speed limits on such streets or roads. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be authorized and directed to send copies of this Resolution to the appropriate officers of the County Highway Department and the Minnesota Department of Trans- portation. Adopted by the City Council this 17th day of May 1977. Attest: Thomas G. Armstrong, Mayor 01 Donaia Nefts1komer, Clerk