Agenda - Public Works Committee - 08/14/2000

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P.W. CASE #: DISCUSSION OF SPEED HUMPS ON DYSPROSIUM STREET N.W. By: Steve Jankowski, City Engineer Background: On December 21, 1999, the Public Works Committee had a discussion on a correspondence received from MnDOT regarding Dysprosium Street N.W. speed hump removal. In the correspondence received by MnDOT, State Aid funding will not be approved on any projects of this route and the City will not be allowed to collect needs currently allocated on this route. Recently staff' was contacted once again by the State Aid Office of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, regarding the City's position on the removal of these humps. At this time, we have several State Aid projects for which we will be requesting payment from our construction account. The mechanism MnDOT has for exacting payment from the payback resulting from decertifying Dysprosium Street N.W. from our MSA system would be to deduct payment due from the City on an existing State Aid project. Attached for your review are the following: 1. Public Works Committee Case and Meeting Minutes Dated November 16, 1999 2. City Council Meeting Minutes Dated November 23, 1999 3. MnDOT Correspondence Dated December 1, 1999 4. Public Works Committee Case and Meeting Minutes Dated December 21, 1999 5. City Council Meeting Minutes Dated January 25, 2000 6. Sketch Showing Traffic Calming Options Discussion: At this point, the City should take some action. Either we may: · Remove the speed humps along Dysprosium Street N.W and inform the residents for the reason for their removal. · Respond to MnDot contenting that the speed humps do not interfere with the ability of Dysprosium Street N.W to function as a collector street and request to review of MnDot's authority to require removal of the humps in there. I have delivered the easement to the City Attorney for recording at the time of this writing. · Determine whether the City wishes to purse alternative traffic calming measures. Recommendation: Since the City risks losing approximately $128,000 (which is the estimated payback, if Dysprosium Street N.W is decertified as an MSA road). Staff recommends we respond to MnDOT required removal of speed humps.