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Item 2 Page 2 of 4 Policy issues for council to consider and contemplate include; PD staffing, calls for service, actual versus perceived threat, violation of MSA standards, and cost of signage (speed limit and stop signs). We are currently down three officers, calls for service measure between 10,000 and 11,000. However, decline is a direct function of being down officers as traffic stops result in a call for service. Less officers, less interactions, fewer calls. Actual versus perceived relates to no fatalities or serious injuries versus comments "someone is going to die", violation of MSA is specific to traffic control signs that do not meet MNDOT engineering standards which none of the additional signs meet. If advised by MNDOT to remove, council has choice of removing or foregoing (and paying back) the MSA funds. Cost of sign relates to speed limit, and or traffic control. The flashing stop signs, utilized to ensure motorist who would not normally be expecting a stop sign, are alerted to the new stop sign requirements. Previous Data: Data collected to date ranges from August 2020 to present. Data was collected on Long Lake Road, Red Oak, Spring Lake Road, H2, and Groveland. Data includes 12 one -week observations for Groveland from 2020 to present, 4 observations from Long Lake - all in 2022, 5 observations for Red Oak from 2021 to present, one observation in 2021 for SLP road, and two observations in 2023 for H2. More data was attempted but equipment and staffing issues impacted. Since the July workshop, we have collected additional data on H2, Red Oak, and Spring Lake Road. We will be collecting more data on SLP and will also be putting on recorders on Woodale and Jackson as residents from those streets have complained. Summary results: H2 receives the greatest volume followed by Long Lake, then Red Oak, then Groveland with SLP road last. The highest average speed occurs on SLP road, with Long Lake second, Groveland Third, H2 and Red Oak last. Of particular interest is the speed and volume on Groveland for 2023 versus 2022 showing about a 10% drop from the 85t" percentile moving from 35-37 to 32-33. This could be attributed to stop signs, but also could be due to higher volume, which tends to slow traffic. Volume stayed static as compared to previous years for one week but experienced almost a 15% increase for the other week. Due to SLP road being under construction, it is difficult to determine if traffic was pushed from one street to the next or if Groveland was used more due to the construction on SLP. Updated Charts: 2020 thru 2023 as compared to 2022 thru 2023 Volume — Using data from 2020 thru 2023; H2 carries the greatest volume of traffic followed by Long Lake, Red Oak, SLP Road and then Groveland. This does not change when looking Must at 2022/2023 year to date data. In part, other than Groveland, we did not collect a significant amount of data in 2020 and 2021 other than on Groveland Road. Speed — Using data from 2020 thru 2023; H2 has the highest speed (and a higher limit) then Long Lake, Red Oak, Spring Lake Road, Groveland and Red Oak Last. The order changes slightly when looking at must 2022 and 2023 (mostly 2023) with Spring Lake Road moving ahead of Long Lake into the number 2 spot, highly likely a function of the road construction being done. While limited, the data does support the engineering theories that narrower roads reduce speeds which Red Oak data and Spring Lake Road data supports. Red Oak being narrower and having the lowest I fie IVIUUF]Ub Vlew Vlblurl A Thriving Desirable Community