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MEMO DATE: November 23, 2005 TO: Mike Morrison, St. Anthony City Manager Heather Worthington, Falcon Heights City Administrator Brian Bakken -Heck, Lauderdale City Administrator FROM: Chief Ohl SUBJECT: Speed Cart \J `� The City of St. Anthony currently owns 1/3 interest in a portable Kustom Signals Speed Cart. This cart is owned by the City of St. Anthony, City of New Brighton, and City of Columbia Heights. It has come to my attention that our own speed cart would be beneficial in our efforts to do both traffic monitoring and speed education. It seems logical that the Cities of Falcon Heights and Lauderdale would also benefit from speed cart placement. It would be my suggestion that the 3 cities split the cost of a new speed cart, one that we would not have to share with New Brighton and Columbia Heights. Many innovations and upgrades have been made sine we purchased our speed cart. The most noticeable upgrade is a Windows Operating system and the overall size, weight, and bulk of the speed cart in general. The following represents what I believe are the most affordable options: SMART -LP $12,503: The SMART -LP (Low Profile) has all the features that our current speed cart has, but is much smaller in size and subsequently easier to place on boulevards, streets, and is simply easier to set -up. SMART -600 $8,710: This speed cart also has most of the options as our current speed cart. The LED display is smaller than the SMART -LP, but would be a very viable option. SMART -500: $3,890: The SMART -500 is essentially a very small dolly mounted radar display. The SMART -500 keeps no statistics; it doesn't count any cars, and does not have a computer program associated with it. It has a 12 inch amber LED display but is easily readable as it automatically adjusts its brightness depending on the ambient light. The SMART -500 would be an excellent tool for speed education, but would not count cars, give highs and lows, as well as other traffic statistics. As you can see from the aforementioned, splitting a new speed cart 3 -ways could be a very affordable option for St. Anthony, Falcon Heights, and Lauderdale. I have attached photos and features for all 3 of the speed carts mentioned. JO:vj