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Mounds View City Council July 23, 2018 Regular Meeting Page 4 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 1 2 C. Resolution 8988, Adopting Traffic Policy. 3 4 City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council adopt a Traffic Policy. He commented on the 5 policy further noting this document would assist staff in addressing traffic concerns in the City. 6 He noted the application for a traffic/stop sign request has been placed on the City’s website. 7 8 Council Member Gunn stated she approved of the formal process that was being proposed. 9 10 Council Member Bergeron noted an error within the numbering in the Resolution. City 11 Administrator Zikmund stated he would correct this error. 12 13 Mayor Mueller commented on several other grammatical errors in the Resolution. She requested 14 the second bullet point of Item 3 on Page 2 that states residents would have to pay for the 15 installation of signs be removed from the Resolution. She believed that residents should not be 16 responsible for this expense due to the fact they already pay property taxes. City Administrator 17 Zikmund commented the way the language reads, the cost for the signs would be covered by the 18 City, but all other traffic calming measures would be the responsibility of the resident. 19 20 Council Member Bergeron agreed the cost for signs should be covered by the City. He discussed 21 how the expense of signs and the socio-economic status of different neighborhoods could hinder 22 some residents from pursuing traffic signs. 23 24 Council Member Meehlhause supported the bullet point on Page 3 being redrafted. 25 26 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Bergeron. To Amend Resolution 8988, Removing the Second 27 Bullet Point of Item 3 on Page 2 that states residents would have to pay for the installation of 28 signs and direct staff to redraft this item. 29 30 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 31 32 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Meehlhause. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8988, 33 Adopting Traffic Policy as amended. 34 35 Council Member Meehlhause thanked staff for his efforts on the Traffic Policy. 36 37 Mayor Mueller asked if the residents along Groveland Road would have to follow the City’s new 38 policy in order to have a stop sign considered. City Administrator Zikmund reported this would 39 be the case. 40 41 Mayor Mueller questioned if staff would have to redo the research and findings for Groveland 42 Road. City Administrator Zikmund reported staff would have to redo the research. 43 44 Council Member Bergeron stated he was pleased to see the City would have a proactive process 45