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3 Mr. Rosinck and Mr. Jones were also unset by the amount of litter thrown onto the • street from passing cars but were told this was a common problem throughout the city. The Mayor told the group of about 20 Silver Lane resid-nts present that the speed limits for the state were set by legislative action and there was no way in which the City could 'pan trucks from a ccunty road. He also reminded them that when they had requested the semaphors be installed at theiintersection of Silver Lane and Silver Lake Road they had accepted the premise that such an improvement might also increase the traffic on their street. The Manager then told the group that limited police manpower precluded constant surveillance of any particular city street; it was not eceromically feasible for all the driveways of the city to be kept free of snow and there was very little the city can do to curtail traffic on a ccunty road. Mr. Dulgar did however say he would contact the Pennys Supermarkets and any other company whose trucks the residents had noticed were regular users of the street to ask their cooperation in not using Silver Lane as a regular truck route. Mayor Miedtke advised those present that if the street were to be turned back to the City, the residents of Silver Lane would be required by the new assessment policy to bear the full costs of any future rebuilding of the roadbed if they had not been assessed for the original construction costs. Among the Silver Lane property owners who agreed with Mr. Jonesand Mr. Rosnick • that they had no quarrel with Ramsey County's maintenance of the road outside of their snow dumping practices were Mr. Donald Cottle, Mr. Paul Croteau and Mr. Kenneth Lee, who also opposed the turnback of the street to the City if it meant they would have to pay for future street improvements. Mrs. Pat Good who lives on Silver Lake Terrace, identified herself as president of the homeowners association in her area and questioned whether the Silver Lane property owners had not been assessed for the original construction of the street through county assessment. Mr. Dulgar said he doubted that more than curb and gutter had ever been directly levied against the original property owners. Linda Schultze, the resident manager of the Equinox Apartments, appeared to tell the Council that her company had to "maintain a park area along Silver Lane" and were not in favor of having the street returned to the City if it meant any future street improvement assessments would be levied against the property they own on the street. She also said Equinox tenants made little use of the street. Motion by Councilman Haik, seconded by Councilman Sundland to table action for one year on the reverting of Silver Lane to the City in which time it could be ascertained what the traffic counts on the street were following the upgrading of Silver Lake Road. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed from 8:50 P.M. to 9: 10 P.M. •