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the City may either need to remove the humps or pay the MSA funds back to the State if the <br />humps are to remain. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski presented a draf~ letter to Dysprosium Street residents for the Council's <br />review. <br /> <br />Councilmember Connolly suggested the letter indicate the City is in support of the residents and <br />identify available options along with the results of each option. She questioned the difference <br />between the term speed "humps" and speed "bumps." '-' <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated he would like the three options identified in the letter and to <br />assure it was understood the City was soliciting the resident's input on which option they <br />preferred. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson stated she believes "strings" do come attached with MSA funds and <br />you cannot install speed humps with those funds but the City did it anyway. Now, the City is <br />threatening residents that if the speed humps do not come out, the residents will be assessed for <br />the cost. <br /> <br />Councilmember Connolly explained that the speed humps were installed with the consensus of <br />the neighborhood and now they are being asked if the speed humps should remain and, if so, this <br />is the situation. <br /> <br />Councilmember Anderson suggested a neighborhood meeting to inform the residents of what has <br />happened. She stated that she does not believe speed humps are good traffic control and she <br />would not have voted to install one. She stated that she does not support fighting taking them <br />out because she does not believe they should have been installed in the first place. <br />Councilmember Anderson stated that residents should have been told speed humps were not <br />legal to install on a MSA street. <br /> <br />Councilmember Connolly stated the suggestion is to listen to residents and receive their input. <br />She stated that it appears all agree the City should meet with the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen stated that there was some basis upon which the City could <br />challenge this issue. <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski explained the technical difference between a speed bump and a speed <br />hump which are recognized by traffic engineers as a traffic control measure. He explained that at <br />the time they were installed, there were guidelines which were followed. Since that time, <br />additional rules have been promulgated on the types of streets they should be used on, based on <br />traffic counts. City Engineer Jankowski stated that Dysprosium Street is probably one of the <br />streets that fits criteria that they shouId not be used on but this is a "gray" area. He clarified that <br />there is no written regulation against speed humps on MSA roadways but their design is usually <br />to move traffic quickly which speed humps discourage. <br /> <br />City Council/January 25, 2000 <br /> Page 26 of 35 <br /> <br /> <br />