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-7- than there had been during the time the City had only "Yield"signs on that corner. . Mr. Van Wormer said that is the pattern which often develops when higher traffic control devices are installed and, the engineer indicated, the residents should not be too surprised to find the speed control they expected with the proposed sign is not as effective in the middle of the block. Charles Kausel , 2525 St. Anthony Boulevard, suggested putting "rumble strips" like those on highways on the street, perceiving ,that might encourage early morning speeders to use another street to get to work. Mr. Van Wormer agreed that most of the drivers who speed are commuters and suggested -the periodic presence of squad cars .on the street and writing a fewtickets might slow them down at least for a couple of months. The Mayor suggested .having these problems .periodically brought to the attention of .the, Council members and' staff might be beneficial since the City does have' the responsibility'of enforcing the' speeds on the community streets. He .encouraged the residents to report the violations they observe to the City Manager but cautioned against aski-ng for too strict .enf_or.cement by relating what had happened to another group of neigb!bors who had asked for tougher enforcement of speeds .on their street. The Mayor said the police issued around 27 tickets, the majority of which were made out to persons who lived on that street who then complained they were now "getting too much protection". Tim Horan, 2605. St. Anthony Boulevard, congratulated the Council and staff on "the nice alternative you have come .up with" and indicated he especially appreciated the speed with which they had responded to the residents' concerns. Mr. Horan said he had at first agreed with Mr. Knox about the sign at Wilson but after hear- ing what the studies proved about .the effectiveness of signs, he had changed his mind and now wondered about posting the street for 25 miles per hour in the same • manner as the street further up coming off the highway, is posted now. Mayor Sundland indicated the City could not post an MSA street for speeds less than 30 miles an hour without. permission from the ,Commissioner of Transportation and Mr. Van Wormer had already indicated he doubted a lesser speed for that street would ever be granted. Muriel Bochnak, 2600 St. Anthony Boulevard, said she had not attended the March 25th hearing, but indicated she would have to oppose making the street 32 feet wide if that meant no parking would be allowed on either side of the street. She added that she expected there would be a problem enforcing the parking restrictions during church services over the weekends if :parking is allowed only from Stinson Boulevard to Roosevelt Street because there are cars parked all the way down to her house every Saturday and Sunday. The homeowner indicated there would not be enough room in her driveway to accomodate all her guests at family affairs, especially in the winter, and, although she indicated she wouldn't want to see the loss of trees, Mrs.Boshnak said she did want her guests to be able to park in front of her house. She agreed that most of the parking on the street was done by those who attended St. Charles' functions, but the property owner indicated she had also noticed .cars parked in other localities occasionally. The Mayor explained the City's policy related to posting MSA funded streets. Mr. Knox commented that he liked the way traffic was funneled into one lane of traffic at the Silver Lake Road exit and was concerned that if the street is widened 36 feet between Stinson and Roosevelt, two lanes of traffic might be set up. He • said the engineers would have foreseen that possibility if they had made their study at 8:00 A.M. in the morning.. Mayor Sundland responded by saying if that section of street were also kept at 32 feet, .the church would lose only eight or ten park- ing spaces on the street, which he perceived could easily be made up on Roosevelt or Murray.