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-116 request and shall undertake the necessary studies to evaluate the requested modification in accordance with the guidance provided in the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Staff shall present an analysis along with their recommendati n on the r west to the Public. Works Committee. Petitioners shall be notified hen the reco • endation for their request is to be presented to the Committee. A re mmendation from th- 'ublic Works Committee shall be forwarded to the City Counci or final action. ski advised staff recommends that the Pub Works Committee 1 Modification Requests City Engineer Jank recommend to City Co be adopted. Chairperson Elvig inquired if then should be something i• uded in the policy concerning a request of less than five property o , ers within 500 fe- or if this type of request should be taken on staff's recommendation. it that the attached Policy for Traffic Con City Engineer Jankowski indicated staff has re = ed this and noted that an area covering 500 -uld in • lve a fair number of people. feet from a particular intersection generally Public Works Director Olson note • ouncil and staff . always able to initiate a traffic modification study if they see a s • hazard. City Engineer Jankowski r =.00ed that staff received a request today ' a stop sign to be placed on Potassium Street w n 270 feet of another stop sign. Staff has n• yet responded to the request, as they wo like direction regarding the policy. Motion by C ncilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Olson, to recomme to the City Council • • t the attached Policy for Traffic Control Modification Requests be adopted. M. 'on carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Elvig, Councilmembers Cook and Olson. Votin, 1n ��f, one. PW � �� 1� P, Case #3: Consider Adoption of a Revised Street Lighting Policy Public Works Committee / October 17, 2006 Page 4 of 11 City Engineer Jankowski reviewed that the Public Works Committee has considered street lighting issues twice in 2006. At the January meeting discussion focused on establishing a process for installing subdivision street lights in neighborhoods without them. At the September meeting staff reported that in 2006 a long standing goal of completing the installation of priority street lighting on all intersections with state, county and arterial City streets was realized, and suggested that an annual budget of $15,000 be allocated for the installation of priority lights in other locations deemed to benefit the general public. Direction to staff provided from both these meetings by City Council was to revise the street lighting policy. Mr. Jankowski indicated included in the Council's packet is a draft for a revised policy as well as a copy of the current policy, which was adopted in October of 1992. The new policy includes a process for neighborhoods without subdivision street lights to petition for their installation under the same special assessment process, which the City utilizes for other public improvements including