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The City of Andover's prime desire for Mn/DOT's and the Task Force's efforts was to address this logical void in the statute~to provide ~ eobj~ently ava lab e inand rely less oil the "reasonable and prudent subjective statute. The void arises because the geographic territory descriptions contained in the statutes have not kept up with current design and development patterns in which lot spacings are greater than the urban distiict limit but still represent a residential neighborhood in character.. Figure 2=1: shows a variety of house spacings illustraC~no a tThislaerial photo bows urban aizd rural development in the satnenearburesdential streets may vary enough in that even within a small area of the city, Y their house spacings that the streets have a mix of statutory speed limits. 2.3 Interviews with Law Enforcement To gain another important perspective from oun~ ae ehcies. The genciesgwere selected to interviews were held with three law enforceme g represent a wide variety of roadway and the Burnsvalle Chief of Police and a St Paulcted with the Carver County Sheriff s Office,, Senior Commander. _ .. The Carver County Sheriff's Office provides police service for the enal Carve Cauntpy the City of Chaska. With much of the geography of the county being rur , personnel are knowledgeable about rurasuch asnChanhassenl The housing stockwuthin the with built-up residential neighborhoods y typ y county is "new" (in comparison to the oa eete~s and most residential street feature limited exhibits modern subdivision. design par m amounts of on-street parking. Burnsville represent a fully built-up community with typical suburban residential • development patterns. St. Paul represents a classic older, core city with a grid development structure, a higher density of houses, and a higher degree of on-street parking and pedestrian and bicycle activity. The major, consistent findings among the three departments include the following: Uniformity of speed limits across the state is a key principle to preserve.. The law enforcement personnel support the current 30 MPH and recommend against a change to 2S in part due to the limited staff available to enforce the current speed limit. • They further state that in their opinions, only changing to a statutory 25 limit in urban districts would not reduce driving speeds. • Pedestrian accidents tend to be in crosswalks of major streets, not in residential areas, • Page 7 -162-