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City Engineer Jankowski noted that the road is currently 44 feet. Mayor Gamec stated that some residents have indicated that the speed humps h£~'~.t~ made a difference with speeding traffic and the main concern is the safety of children.~,~}~!~~,if the City were to reduce the width of the street to the minimum width requir~e'r~t and ~tmct sidewalks would the City be able to use MSA funds to complete the projed Ms. Loken rephed that the C~ty can use the MSA funds as long as~:th~rOa~ me,f§ the minimum Mayor Gamec ~nqmred ~f it ~s possible to Ilm~t access t0.~yspros~um,:$treet and still keep the road designated as an MSA street. ! Ms. Loken replied no, explaining that it is not acceptable from using the route if the road is included in the MSA system. Councilmember Zimmerman stated that one fact that needs to be if the City decides to undertake a project of red~g,~ysprosium Street and -~-. -~: such a project is $200,000 it would takq ,Ui~i;i:~3:[a~5~-tfi~i;~d}pg that the City r~,C.¢i~ to maintain all of the roads throughout the City.4Thk Ci~!~ould n$'t:;~ke additional fu~d~'~for the project. Amy Er/ckson, 14101 Dysprosium Stre&~msey~ ~ tha;¢~:'i~W~Uld like to see stop signs at the intersection of142~a Avenue and Dysi~&ium~S~eet and :~'ihe liked the idea of n~ow~g ~e width of street;~::S~n0ted that she did :~)~_~ ~at the s~ed humps m~e a difference wi~ w~Hoa4 7~4~ DysPi~Tsium Street,R~a~'~)it~2tedthat the speed humps ~ea joke. She explaine~'~k~, eight ye~s ag~f~e residents. ~b'~i~d that a sidewalk be co~mcted on at least one s'~a::3f~ road an¢~ta4 ~e~.~p_e~a~5}iw~ installed. Ms. Hoeller emphasized that if something is h~0~ don~'~3aefi~:chii:&~'~ia%e ~lled. She stated ~at a sidewalk would allow a : p~ fo~ ~m~d~dtt-q ~aa m~i~bikes~?aop~ to w~k ~i~ dogs. She suggested n~owing ~e ~4r*!~ o.f the road,'~d:}adding a boulev~d ~d sidewalk. Ms. Hoeller stated ~at she would ,,~.~::?¥;:>'gTkal~'P;2;~ asessm~2~n.h~'faes for ~e improvements· ' Mayor Game~:stated thai;he'has personally viewed Dysprosium Street ~d wimessed the high rate of speed ~q~g the rdad even wi~ the speed bumps. He stated ~at he is personally opposed to the speed b~ps because ~ey do not seem to slow ~a~c down. ~";.~ ~(?z.9ounci~e~Co~olly inquired if it possible toplace stop si~s on an MSA road. ~:~:::Loken;;:geplied ~at the CiW Would have to complete a study to prove tha the intersection me~ ~'w~ts for a stop si~. -62- City Council/September 26, 2000 Page 6 of 36 I ! I I I I I I I I I I