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Item 2 Page 3 of 4 speed and Spring Lake Road, now completed, is wide open with no obstructions and experiencing the hiizhest speeds of the three citv streets. Using data on Groveland from 2022 to 2023 with the only change being the addition of two stop si the limited data does show a modest, but measurable; decline in overall speed — more so on the a, speed than on the 85% percentile but speed does appear to decline. Impact Studies: Staff spent a measure of time researching data delineating the difference of consequence to the human body if impacted by a car going X speed. Logically, the higher the speed, the greater the chance of bodily harm. Like all things googled, volumes of data — 60,400,000 hits. In short, there is a clear relationship between speed and injury/death. Lowering speed limits by 5 mph (from 30 to 25), theoretically would reduced the average speed from present to 5mph less. That difference would reduce the chance of serious injury somewhere between 10% to 25%; depending on which study. Speed Camera Study: The 2023 Omnibus Transportation Bill included a provision authored by Rep. Erin Koegel requiring the Department of Public Safety to conduct a speed safety study using traffic cameras in at least two work zones. She has been quoted that while the primary issue driving this bill was work zone safety, the technology could be used elsewhere. Currently, 19 other states use speed zone cameras. The study is to be completed in 2023. It has been 15 years since Minneapolis deployed cameras until a court decision determined their had to be legislative authority to do so. They introduced a bill in the 2022 session which did not pass and were expected to get some traction in 2023 but other than being introduced and referred to committee. it did not aain anv traction. Despite evidence that photo enforcement work, Minnesota is at least two years away from that option being available to law enforcement. Next Step/Direction: Council needs to digest the data and information received to date, determine if more data collection is needed/warranted, make some determination regarding stop sign experiment, and discuss changing speed limit city wide. There is no immediate decision or action needed, rather an introduction of the issue. Don will have signage costs estimates at the meeting. NOTE — Council direction with the installation of stop signs on Groveland was instructed to hold another neighborhood meeting after one year — which would be this August. Director Peterson is working on scheduling that meeting. Options: 1. Invite Stantec to a future Workshop (regularly or additional) to discuss engineering solutions and practicality/cost of implementation in Mounds View. 2. Lower limit to 25 MPH and install signs. 3. Add additional stop signs. 4. Other The Mounas view Vision A Thriving Desirable Community