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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 13 ,2013 Page 2 V. VI. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF -NONE. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. A. Operational Research Assistance (OP ERA) Program Recap. Janelle Borgen. WSB & Associates, presenting. Ms. Borgen provided background information regarding the mid-block crossing at Silver Lake Road and 34 th Avenue and advised the project received a $10,000 OPERA grant to study the effectiveness of in-pavement LED and the City worked with students from the Capstone project to raise awareness about pedestrian safety. She stated that final design work was completed in spring 2012 including pre-installation data collection that counted cars as well as how many pedestrians used the mid -block crossing. She indicated the project was installed in September 2012 and post-installation data was collected this spring and the OPERA final report submitted in June. She advised that drivers were not complying with the standard signage at this location requiring drivers to stop for pedestrians within the crosswalk with the majority of pedestrians in this area being children going to and from school with a peak hour average pedestrian count of 75, adding that 49% of vehicles were observed to stop for pedestrians when both traffic and pedestrians were present. She stated the City has received numerous positive comments from residents about the new signal and driver compliance has increased by 12%; in addition, jaywalkers and conflicts have decreased. She indicated there has been no maintenance since installation and no issues with snow removal. She presented a short video of the crosswalk and advised that WSB has a partner with a $10,000 donation that it would like to give to the City and consideration is being given to adding a similar signal at Pentagon Drive and Kenzie Terrace. She added they are also working with Hennepin County on funding for this location and if the County is willing to partner with the City on this project, construction should begin next spring. Mayor Faust stated that while the new signal has not resulted in 100% compliance, it has likely reduced the number of jaywalkers. He added there seems to be more non-compliance from drivers traveling south on Silver Lake Road and was not sure if there was a sight line issue or if some adjustment is needed to the signal. He thanked Ms. Borgen for the update. B. St. Anthony Liquor Operations Mid-Year Report. Mike Larson, Liquor Operations Manager, presenting. Liquor Operations Manager Larson presented the mid-year report on liquor operations and presented a five-year profit history showing 2012 profit of$529,273 as well as a ten-year profit history, noting that from 2003 to 2012 net profits increased by 186% and sales have increased over 70% since 2003. He then presented a summary of sales through June 2013 showing a decrease of $228,500 and a net profit decrease of $30,428 and presented a comparison of January-June 2012 versus January-June 2013. He discussed several possible factors for the sales decrease , including the weather and increased competition from brewpubs and a new off-sale liquor store near the Quarry. He presented sales and net income projections for 2013 and pointed out the 2012 figures were removed from the projections because 2012 represented an anomaly and explained that even by removing 2012, average sales from January-June of2009-2011 were $3 ,142,000 and 2013 average sales from January to June were $3,266,000, with projected sales