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Mayor and City Council, City of St. Anthony Village Mark Casey, City of St. Anthony Village April 24, 2020 Page 2 The action necessary to complete this option would be to direct city staff to prepare an ordinance revision and resolution adopting a new citywide speed limit of 25 mph on all residential roadways. Following adoption of the new speed ordinance, City Staff would install “gateway signs” at entry points into the City, indicating the citywide speed limit is 25 mph unless otherwise posted. Once the gateway signs are installed, the 25 mph speed limit on local residential streets will be in effect. The City will generally not be posting 25 mph signs on local residential streets. Option 2, Consider changing to 20 mph Minnesota Statutes, Section 169.14 further grants the City of St. Anthony Village the authority to further reduce speed limits below 25 mph on roadways under City jurisdiction. The pertinent language of this statue is: Subd. 5h Speed limits on city streets. A city may establish speed limits for city streets under the city's jurisdiction other than the limits provided in subdivision 2 without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation. This subdivision does not apply to town roads, county highways, or trunk highways in the city. A city that establishes speed limits pursuant to this section must implement speed limit changes in a consistent and understandable manner. The city must erect appropriate signs to display the speed limit. A city that uses the authority under this subdivision must develop procedures to set speed limits based on the city's safety, engineering, and traffic analysis. At a minimum, the safety, engineering, and traffic analysis must consider national urban speed limit guidance and studies, local traffic crashes, and methods to effectively communicate the change to the public. The action necessary to complete this option would be to direct staff to complete a detailed technical evaluation to determine speed limits on city streets following legislation procedures. Once complete, City Staff will present their findings to the City Council for consideration and seek public engagement. Option 3, Leave speed limit as is No action needed. We look forward to discussing this topic with you and to gather some information regarding pursuing or not pursuing options as presented to reduce citywide speed limits and to improve the safety of our roadways. If you have any questions, I will be present at the May 4, 2020, Council Worksession or you can call me at 651.286.8465. cc: Jay Hartman, City of St. Anthony Village Jon Mangseth, City of St. Anthony Village 36