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Councilmember McGlone is asking what exactly is staff proposing for the sidewalk P'~lblic Works Director/Princip'11 City Engineer Olson responded that there has not been a project i,nitiated for sidewalk but the idea would be .if there is a sidewalk put in on Dysproshun Street that it would be connected along 143rd then down Argon and over to 1421\dthen over to 47. ' Public Works Director/Principal City Engineer Olson asked if the Committee was open to the idea of two sidewalks. Mayor Ramsey feels a second sidewalk is a waste it makes sense to have it on the west side. No action taken. Case #7: Upd~\te on Proposed Changes to the Speed Limit Laws in Minnesota Assistant City Engineer Steve Jankowski introduced this primarily as an informational Case. The Legislature dIrected a Committee be performed to study speed limits in the State. The point that Steve Jankowski wanted to make was the one that is most affecting us is what the City refers to as nu'al residential district, which says that if YOll have stnlctures that are spaced at lC,18t three hundred feet apart a 30mph speed limit can be posted while specifically states in Townships but doesn't apply to Cities. All of our suburban subdivisions have spacing's that don't meet the urban sttmdard being less than 100 feet apart and are well within the 300 feet distl.lnce. But technically, according to the way the law is written they are not eligible for 30 mph speed limit because they are in the City. The Legislative formed Committee is recommi'mding ,1 35 mile an hour speed limit. The point of the Legisll.ltion would address the issue that the City of Rl.lmsey is t~lcing is the limits that we have posted in our suburban residential districts may not be consistent with what the law says and it would rectify that. Vice Chair Dehen wanted to know if this would take care of how we have our speed limits in some of these residential areas as we see fit. Assistant Ci'ty Engineer Steve Jankowski read the last portion of the law to answer Vice Chair Dehen's question and stated rural residential district existing in lawfully signed betore August 1, . 2009 continues to qualify as a rural residential district. No action taken. Case #8: MS4 Program Required Updates Civil Engineer LeOl'lUrd Linton explained that the MPCA has asked that the City develop a plan for volume reduction to be ready by the end of May 2009. Councilmember McGlone asked how does the new dirt ordinance affect our numbers if we are going to slow infiltration and what does that do to this. Public Works Committee I April 21, 2009 Page 7 of 9