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<br />'.' <br />~ <br /> <br />representatives to the Task Force represented the government agency engineering <br />departments. Townships typically do not have that type of staff; therefore, direct <br />participation from township officials was not requested. The Task Force membership also <br />included representatives from the League of Minnesota Cities and Association .of Metro <br />MunIcipalities. These'members participated early on in the study to bring forth <br />observations and general themes they had learned from their metnber cities. <br /> <br />MnlDor was represented by one project manager and-,tive additional Office of Traffic, <br />Safety and Operations personnel. <br /> <br />Appendix Aw6sho'Ws the Task Force membership. The group met eight times. The dates <br />. of the Task Force nieetings are listed on Appendix A-7. <br /> <br />1.4 Overview of Current Speed Limit Legislation in Minnesota <br /> <br />To understand the context oftheTask Force's work and the resulting Mn/DOT <br />recommendations, it is important to be aware of the base from which the Tas.k Foree' s <br />work started. That base is the current Minnesota legislation covering speed limits. <br />(Appendix A-I summarizes the history of Minnesota speed laws from 1881 to the present.) <br /> <br />The majority of Minnesota statute language that addresses speed limits is found within <br />Minnesota Statute (MS) 169/'Traffic Regulations." Appendix Aw2 contains excerpts from <br />the statute text that address definitions and speed limits germane to the local roadway <br />environment. Some ofthe key principles found in MS 169 are the following: <br /> <br />. ,jNo person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed that is greater than is <br />reasonable and prudent under the conditions." <br />., The speed limit is "30 miles per hour in an urban district or on a town road in a <br />rural residential district." <br />. "Rural residential district'; defines a "territory contiguous to and including any <br />town road" (Le., it only applies in townships; it does not apply in cities). <br />. The speed limit is "25 miles per hour in residential roadways i(adopted by the road <br />authority having jurisdiction over the residential roadway" and the road or portion <br />of road is less than lh. mile. <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />30 <br />