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CONSIDER TtL~.FFIC KESTRICTIONS ON CITY' STREETS By Steven Jankowski, City Engineer Background: Within the past several months the City has received complaints regarding outside trsffic traveling th.rough resident/al neighborhoods as a result of road closures due to construction projects. Specifically two such neighborhoods have been identified and include the Welcomes R. oa~ Neighborhood east of Variolite Street and the Regency Ponds Neighborhood. In preparing for this case, notification of this meeting was mailed to individual property owners in these neighborhoods advising them that this topic is to be discussed at this evenings meeting and in¼t/ng thorn to participate. Copies of the nodficat/on letters and mail/nE areas are attached to this case. Each neighborhood has unique circumstances which ,,viE'be addressed sepazately below, however, a common element relating to traf~c reguiation bears on both of these situat/ons. City streets are public spaces which the general public has a right to use providing they do so in compliance with laws and ordinances. For example, City police can enforce speed limits however they cannot dedne who is "local" or whether any particular vehicle has a valid reason for using the street. Welcomes Road Neighborhood This neighborhood consists of the unpaved streets west of Variolite Street which include 163~ Lane, Uranimite Street, 16g-m Lane, Sapphire Street, and 164m Avenue. These s~:eets provide an east/west connection between Vm-iolite and Ramsey Boulevard between Alpine Drive (one mile to the south) and CK 63 (1 ¼ mile to the north). Because of this unique geography th/s street facilitates traf~c beyond that of the use of the ~'onting residents. Concern has been expressed over the use of the street by comtruct/on tr'a~c ut/I/zing the roadway to transport equipment and materials between the proposed Brook.~eld Addition and the proposed Sweet Bay Ridge subdivision. Staff feels the traffic being experienced with the transport of materials and equipment between these two sites is due to a construct/on contract which requires utility installation both on C1~ 5 and on Variolite and Armstrong. This lzaffic is anticipated to cease with the completion of this utility work. Future construction traffic associated with the i_u.6'astructure and building consu'uction within these subdivisions are anticipated to primarily utilize CR $ for Broolcfield and Variolite for Sweet Bay Ridge, Regency Ponds Neighborhood This neighborhood has been impacted by the closure of the intersect/on of Bunker Lake and Ramsey Boulevards. Traffic is traveling throu~ the neighborhood_to circumvent the interject/on closure which is anticipated to remain in place until August 1~t. -344-