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Mounds View City Council April 24, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br />Deputy Chief Kinney stated the Ramsey County Sheriff Department has been fairly active with <br />school safety patrol and education. He stated more effort can be put forth to educate children <br />about traffic safety, and it would certainly not take a lot of time or effort. He stated a DARE <br />officer or a School Resource Officer can invest some effort into it. He stated the Police <br />Department would make an effort to provide education. <br /> <br />Mayor Marty stated that after Brandon’s accident in 2000, there was a concerted effort in the <br />schools for two to three years to provide education, and it is now too bad that something like this <br />has to wake up the community to keep it going in the curriculum. He stated this education is <br />definitely called for. <br /> <br />Councilmember Flaherty stated he received calls from residents around the area about jake <br />braking around the corners of Highway 610. He asked if the City can look into putting up signs <br />that say “no jake braking” until the sound wall is in place. He commented that he does <br />understand that enforcement is a different subject. <br /> <br />Mayor Marty stated he would like to see no jake braking in and around Mounds View, and noted <br />this issue has been discussed for years. <br /> <br />Mr. Sczcepanski stated that four or five years ago, there was approval to put signage up, but it <br />could not be called jake braking due to some legal issues. He stated the signs never appeared, <br />and added that it would require the Mounds View Police Department to periodically patrol it. He <br />commented that he sees the Blaine Police Department on County Road 10 stopping people and <br />unfortunately, he does not see the Mounds View Police Department out there. He stated he <br />thought this was approved a long time ago, but he has still not seen the signs. <br /> <br />Mayor Marty stated that Jacobs Company made that type of equipment, but they are not the only <br />ones. He indicated that since then, there have been some signs erected that say noise ordinances <br />are enforced on County Road I. He stated that controls should be placed on County Road 10 as <br />well as on City streets because it is a problem. <br /> <br />Councilmember Stigney recalled the discussion of signs for jake braking, but noted that the City <br />has no control for putting signs on a State highway. <br /> <br />Mr. Sczcepanski recalled that the State representative agreed that the signs could be put up if the <br />City asked for them. <br /> <br />Councilmember Flaherty indicated that the City would have to put the signs up and would need <br />to go through MnDOT. <br /> <br />Director of Public Works Lee explained that MnDOT will allow signs on the right-of-way, but it <br />has to be an official request by the City and the City has to pay for and enforce the signs. <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich noted this matter would be placed on the work session agenda. <br />