6.17. SR 10-20-2003 Howard R, Green Company
Item 6.17.
October 1, 2003
File: 230000M-0325
Mr. Pat Klaers
City Administrator
City of Elk River
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, MN 55330
RE: MNDOT SPEED STUDIES
Dear Mr. Klaers:
Jeff Beahen, Police Chief; Phil Hals, Street Superintendent; and I met to discuss road segments
within the City of Elk River that either do not have speed limit signs posted or should have the legal
speed limit reestablished because of developing and changing conditions adjacent to the road. The
roadway segments in question are shown on the enclosed map and include the following segments:
· Filmore Street from CSAH 12 to 175th Avenue
· 175th Avenue from Twin Lakes Road to Filmore Street
· Twin Lakes Road/171st Avenue from Trunk Highway 10 to CSAH 12
· Business Center Drive from Joplin Street to Waco Street
· Jarvis Street from County Road 24 to the north City limits
City staff has been receiving some complaints regarding speed on some of these segments. Other
segments have never actually had a speed limit established by a speed study performed by MnDOT.
And finally, other segments are seeing a change in the adjacent properties through development and
should be considered for a potentially lower speed limit by having MnDOT perform a speed study.
The Police Chief, Street Superintendent and I discussed specifically Filmore Street and 175t~ Avenue
that currently do not have speed limit signs. We all concurred that it would be best if the City installed
speed limit signs of 45 mph, anticipating that this is what a speed study may ardve at as a potential
"high-end" speed limit. Hopefully, a speed study would determine that the speed limit could actually
be lowered to 40 mph. The three of us also concurred that the City Council should be asked to adopt
the attached resolution requesting a speed study on all five segments.
In anticipation of this recommendation, I have talked with Gary Didam, Traffic Engineer for MnDOT
Distdct 3, regarding the timing. Mr. Didam has indicated that it will take at least three months and
could take up to six months once a formal resolution is forwarded to MnDOT requesting a speed
study. This is the reason that the three of us concurred that temporary 45 mph speed limit signs
would be appropriate on Filmore Street and 175th Avenue.
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Mr. Pat Klaers
October 1, 2003
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Sincerely,
Howard R. Green Company
Terry J. ~urer, P.E.
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Howard R. Green Company
RESOLUTION 03-
A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION PERFORM SPEED STUDIES ON LOCAL STREETS WITHIN THE CITY
OF ELK RIVER
WHEREAS
WHEREAS
WHEREAS
areas of the City of Elk River have been developing changing the land use
characteristics adjacent to some roadways; and
the City has also constructed new roadways in these developing areas; and
the Minnesota Department of Transportation must perform a speed study to
establish a legal speed limit for these roadways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk River, Minnesota:
City Council hereby requests that the Minnesota Department of Transportation perform a
speed study on the following roadway segments within the City of Elk River:
Filmore Street from CSAH 12 to 175th Avenue
175th Avenue from Twin Lakes Road to Filmore Street
Twin Lakes Road/171st Avenue from Trunk Highway 10 to CSAH 12
Business Center Drive from Joplin Street to Waco Street
Jarvis Street from County Road 24 to the north City limits
Passed and adopted this __day of October, 2003.
ATTEST:
Stephanie A. Klinzing, Mayor
Joan M. Schmidt, City Clerk
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