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Advisory Committee's recommendation and findings. There was no administrative review done on this purchase. (Motion passed 5-0). C. Location for Detached Garage; Eric & Kari Wahlstrom, 11415 30a' Street Jim McNamara, Building Official, reported Eric Wahlstron, 11415 30a' Street, proposes construction of a detached garage on their lot closer to the road than the main structure. This lot backs up to Legion Pond. Section 300.13, Subd, 31 allows location of a detached garage closer to the public road than the main structure by City Council Resolution. The applicant provided a site plan for review, but was not in attendance to answer any questions M/S/P DeLapp/Armstrong — to postpone consideration of Eric and Kari Wahlstrom's request for construction of a detached garage closer to the road than the main structure until the applicant can show on a sketch where the neighbors residences are located, contact neighbors for letter of support, and state what physical conditions exist on the property to dictate this garage placement. (Motion passed 5-0). 7. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT: A. South Washington County Interceptor Facilities Plan: NO ACTION TAKEN City Engineer, Tom Prew, reviewed the South Washington County Interceptor Facilities Plan with the Council and recommended that they ask for 0.5 mgd in the new treatment plant and interceptor for long term emergency capacity by the City. The MCES will meet with the Council soon to formally review the final plan with them. B. Resolution requesting speed study on 30`h Street/Update on Traffic Studies Administrator Kueffner reported on her conversation with Jolene Servatius of Mn/DOT regarding local traffic studies on Highway 5, from Inwood Avenue to Jamaca Avenue; Manning Avenue and Highway 5; and on 301' Street. Tom Prow explained the current speed limit of 30 MPH on 301h Street was reduced to 30MPH after the reconstruction. The last authorization for 30a Street was in 1991 and at that time 35mph was authorized to be posted from CSAH17 to 400 feet east of Legion Avenue, and 50 meh was authorized to be posted form Legion Avenue to CSAH15. In order to change the speed limit on 30` Street, the City must, by resolution, request a speed study by Mn/DOT. In the meantime, we cannot enforce the posted speed limits on 30a' Street and the Washington County Sheriffs Dept. has been notified of this. Kueffner asked if we could leave the signs up until the speed study was done. Ms. Servatius said, "at the advice of our City Attorney, we could post the design speed." She stressed that we could not enforce the posted speed limits. M/S/P DeLapp/Armstrong — to adopt Resolution No. 99-9, requesting Mn/DOT conduct a speed study on 30th Street, between CSAH 17 (Lake Elmo Avenue) and CSAH 15 (Manning Avenue). (Motion passed 5- 0). C. Speed Study —TH5 Council member Dunn asked that the speed limit along TH5 be reduced to 40 MPH from 45 MPH between Klondike Avenue and CSAH17 for safety of people exiting and entering off of CSAH17. The MnDOT engineer questioned why a signal system wasn't installed at CSAH17 and TH5; in the center of town. M/S/P Armstrong/DeLapp to adopt Resolution No. 99-10, requesting Mn/DOT conduct a speed study along TH 5 from CSAH 17 to Klondike Avenue within the City of Lake Elmo. (Motion passed 5-0). Councilor DeLapp hopes MnDOT looks at the context of the entire Old Village rather than installing lights at intersections because there are other means to control traffic. M/S/P DeLapp/Dunn — to direct the staff to invite Jolene Servatius of MnDOT, to a Council meeting to discuss Highway 5 through the Old Village and Highway 36 development plans. (Motion passed 5-0). LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 2, 1999