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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes November 27, 2018 Page 4 1 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 18- 2 077; a Resolution Approving Hennepin and Ramsey County Improvements to County Road C. 4 Motion carried 5 -0. 6 B. Resolution 18 -073; a Resolution Acceptine the 28`s Avenue /Pahl Avenue Neighborhood 7 Traffic Study and Adopting the Traffic Device Installation Policy. 9 City Engineer Hubmer reviewed Council is requested to consider a resolution accepting the 270' 10 Avenue /Pahl Avenue Neighborhood Traffic Study and Adopting the Traffic Device Installation 11 Policy. Mr. Chuck Rickart, Traffic Engineer with WSB was also present. 12 13 Mr. Rickart, WSB, indicated the traffic study done by WSB was authorized by the City Council 14 on April 24, 2018. At the July 16, 2018 public information meeting, the study was extended to 15 include the alley during school hours. On October 1, 2018 at a City Council work session a draft 16 of the study was presented to the Council. Council directed staff to bring forward the study to a 17 future Council meeting along with a policy for driver feedback signs installation. 18 19 Some new items were added to the Traffic Device Installation Policy including Driver Feedback 20 Sign Installation Policy and Speed Limit Determination, which provides information taken from 21 the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MnMJUTCD) guidelines. 22 23 Mr. Rickart reviewed the Study Objectives, Study Purpose, Study Process, and Data Collection. 24 The identified issues were vehicle traffic volumes, speeding, cut - through traffic, pedestrian and 25 bicycle traffic /circulation, school traffic and adjacent development. Recommendations and Next 26 Steps were provided. 27 28 Councilmember Stille stated it's not as simple as marking a road 20 mph. Mr. Rickart stated 20 29 mph is not a legal speed for a residential street. It can be marked at 25 mph but all streets in that 30 neighborhood would need to be marked the same. The study showed that people are driving 31 below 30 mph. People drive at the speed they are comfortable. 32 33 City Manager Casey stated there is a significant amount of data that is taken to see if a stop sign 34 is warranted. 35 36 Councilmember Randle stated one of the bigger issues is the traffic in front of the school and he 37 doesn't see how the resolution solves that problem. Mr. Casey noted Stinson is controlled by the 38 Minneapolis Park Board so part of the policy would be to engage them to install speed slow 39 zones in front of the school. 40 41 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 42 18 -073; a Resolution Accepting the 27' Avenue and Pahl Avenue Neighborhood Traffic Study 43 and Adopting the Traffic Device Installation Policy. 44 45 Motion carried 5 -0. 46