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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 24, 2012 Page 3 1 City Manager Casey presented the proposed amendments to the Greater Metropolitan Housing 2 Corporation's program guidelines and noted this item was tabled from the March 13, 2012, City 3 Council meeting in order to clarify some of the repayment terms. 4 5 Councilmember Jenson asked if the interest rate was reduced in the program guidelines and 6 whether the maximum loan amount was changed. 7 8 City Manager Casey replied the interest rate was reduced from 4% to 3% to reflect the current 9 market. He added the maximum loan amount has not changed. 10 11 Councilmember Stille advised that the program guidelines were previously silent the repayment 12 schedule and he requested the guidelines clarify that the repayment schedule is fully amortized, 13 which was the intent of Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation. 14 15 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to approve Resolution 12- 16 045; Adopting the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation's Program Guidelines as amended. 17 18 Motion carried unanimously. 19 20 B. Update on Silver Lake Road LED Pedestrian Crossing Study_Janelle Borgen, WSB & 21 Associates, and Students from the University of Minnesota Capstone Program presenting. 22 23 Director of Public Works Hartman introduced Janelle Borgen and stated Ms. Borgen has been 24 working with students from the University of Minnesota Capstone Program on a pedestrian 25 crossing safety enhancement project to increase pedestrian safety throughout the City. 26 27 Ms. Borgen thanked the City Council for the opportunity to work with the students on this 28 project and stated their work has been focused on the mid -block crossing in front of City Hall. 29 30 Ms. Amanda Larson thanked the City Council for allowing them to present their findings and 31 stated their project focused on the pedestrian crossing at Silver Lake Road and 34°i Avenue with 32 an objective of enhancing the crosswalk to increase pedestrian safety without disrupting 33 aesthetics. She explained the scope of their work included a site assessment, traffic study, and 34 design recommendations with an outcome of increasing use of the crosswalk and decreasing 35 jaywalkers. 36 37 Mr. Ryan Anderson presented the results of the preliminary traffic study, which observed traffic 38 on March 27 and March 29 from 7:00-8:30 a.m. and from 2:30-5:00 p.m. He stated that 19% of 39 pedestrians were classified as jaywalkers and 81 % of pedestrians used the crosswalk. He stated 40 the average yield rate observed during the study was 49% and the installation of an Intelligent 41 Transportation System (ITS) device can increase the yield rate up to 75% or 90%. 42 43 Mr. Tom Sachi presented possible solutions, including installation of a HAWK system, overhead 44 beacons, blinker beacons, rectangular rapid flash beacons, in -pavement LED markings, and in - 45 pavement LED blinker lights. I Ie stated a HAWK system is typically used in higher traffic areas 46 and costs $100,000, is very large, and not aesthetically pleasing. He stated the overhead beacon 5