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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 15, 1985 PAGE 3 h. Extend private driveway culvert and fill over at the south side of 47th St. to provide a safe landing for cars that go through the intersection. 1. Replace barricade at 47th St. with new reflectorized material. 2. 20th Street a. City staff does not contest the recommended 45 mph speed limit. b. Speed limit signs should be checked for reflectivity. C. Additional speed limit signs may be needed mid -block. d. Replace easterly "Stop Ahead" sign due to poor reflectivity. e. Bohrer will check with Al Lehman from 3M about any plans to relocate the Tartan Park entrance. City Engineer Bohrer understands that you don't put street�ghts everywhere in the City without justification, but in this c se, it was the feeling of the City Staff and MnDOT personnel that a streetlight would call attention to this one intersection that seems to have a good share of accidents. City Administrator Overby said another choice would possibly be changing the yield sign to a stop sign and putting in rumble strips to warn people of the approaching Stop. Mary Leslie, 11546 20th St. N., explained that when the 35 mph speed limit sign was put up it did slow the traffic down significantly past their home. Many cars were missing the turn for Tartan and Eden Park and because they have a circular driveway they were using it too turn around. The speed has increased since the newspaper article came out advising that the 35 mph speed limit was illegal. M/S/P Armstrong/Mazzara - to advise Mn/DOT of the City Council's preference for the 45 mph speed limit on Keats Avenue between Hwy. 36 and 47th St. (Motion carried 4-0). Bohrer advised that Mn/DOT did a radar check on 20th St., when the 35 mph signs were already up, and the average speed was 44 mph with the 85th percentile being 48 mph. The normal procedure would be to establish the speed at the 85th percentile, but they lowered it to 45 mph. M/S/P Christ/Armstrong - to approve the adjustment of the speed limit on 20th Street from 35 mph to 45 mph as recommended by MnDOT and to erect street names for Legion Avenue on the south side of 20th Street. (Motion carried 4-0).