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Mounds View City Council September 11, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 3 Mayor Coughlin gave a brief overview of Resolution 5474 and reiterated that it was the City’s wish to request as soon as possible Ramsey County investigate and implement the following changes to improve pedestrian safety on Highway 10: 1. Reduce the speed limit on County Highway 10 from 50 mph to 40 or 45 mph. 2. Install additional speed limit signs. 3. Increase signal pedestrian walk time. 4. Increase crosswalk signage and identification. 5. Increase crosswalk marking visibility. Mayor Coughlin then introduced and welcomed to the Council meeting Commissioner Bennett. Commissioner Bennett thanked the Mayor for inviting him to the meeting and said that after Resolution 5474 is adopted he will bring the safety concerns to the attention of Dan Solar in an attempt to expedite changes. Commissioner Bennett reported the Chief of Police had indicated a problem involving County Road H and County Road 10 where there was not room for vehicles making a left turn and they were blocking the straight lanes. He explained there is now new blacktop and cones and once the project is completed there will be a left, straight, and right turn lanes which should alleviate the traffic and safety hazard. Commissioner Bennett indicated his willingness to work with the State of Minnesota to lower the speed limit on County Road 10. Mayor Coughlin noted he had worked with the Legislature to pass legislation to allow cities to change their crosswalk signs to allow for longer walk times and said he would like to see that implemented on County Road 10 to improve pedestrian safety. Commissioner Bennett commented despite the Highway 10 re-route he is surprised to see that there is still a high volume of traffic on County Road 10. Commissioner Bennett said he had been in law enforcement for 30 years and in his experience speed limits are one of the toughest things to change because human nature is such that people set their own speed limit. He agreed, however, that lowering the speed limit would allow the Police Department to enforce the new speed limit by tagging violators. Council Member Marty said he had talked to Commissioner Bennett earlier on this date and would like to thank him for the new stoplights on County Road H2 and County Road 10. He said he sees a vast improvement and stated he was pleased with the excellent response to the request for new stoplights.