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I I I I I ! I i ! I1 I I I I I I I I I CAS , # 15 REPORT FROM PUBIC WORKS COMMITTEE By: Dean Kapler, Director of Public Works Overview: Attached is the June 15, 1999 Public Works Committee agenda. The committee met and took action on case/ti and #4. Cases #2, #3 and #5 were for discussion purposes. #1 Request for traffic calming in the Emerald Pond Neighborhood. Staff reviewed data from the area including, accident history, current sign placement, effective speed control zones and main driving routes through the neighborhood. Staff also presented a traffic control plan, which did not include any additional stop signs but did include additional speed limit signs and pedestrian crossing signs. Several representatives from the neighborhood were present to offer opinions and requests for signage in the area. The committee voted to place all-way stop signs at the following locations: 144th Lane rd and Tungsten Way, 143 Lane and Potassium St, 142nd Avenue and Neon St, 145th Lane and Potassium St. The committee also voted to place speed limit signs on all city streets entering in from County Road #116 and Sunfish Lake Blvd. Council Action: Motion to accept/deny the Public Works Committee's action to place all-way stop signs at the above mentioned intersections and to place speed limit signs at all city streets entering in from County Road #116 and Sunfish Lake Blvd. #2 Update on T.H. #47 STP Project The purpose of this case was to update the committee on the progress of the T.H. #47 STP Project. The cities engineering consultant, SRF Inc., is preparing plans which are 90% complete. The plans have been sent to MnDOT for review and return comments are due any day. At the time of the Public Works Committee ten of thirteen homestead properties have been acquired. Eight of the remaining 26 parcels will require uncomplicated appraisal since the estimated value of each is less than $5,000. In the Public Works Committee Agenda is an attachment showing the correct financial status of the T.H. #47/Sunwood Drive project in comparison to the CIP budget. Council Action: None required, case was for information purposes.