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<br />POLICY REGARDING CONSIDERATION <br />OF TRAFFIC MODIFICATION REQUESTS <br /> <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />The . city periodically receives cItizen requests for traffic control modifications. <br />Researching and addressing these requests issues involves a considerable amount of staff <br />time and resources including the taking. traffic counts, reviewing accident histories, and <br />preparing materials for presentation to the Committee. It is therefore important that any <br />such request be accompanied by documentation of a level of community support for the <br />requested change. <br /> <br />Policy: <br /> <br />It shall be the policy of the City that any request for a modification to existing traffic <br />control devices be accompanied by a petition signed by at minimum of five property <br />Qwneror residents residing within 500 feet of the requested traffic modification. Upon <br />receipt of a qualifying petition staff shall notify the Public Works Committee of the <br />request and shall undertake the necessary studies to evaluate the requested modification <br />in accordance with the guidance provided in the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic <br />Control Devices. Staff shall present an analysis along with their recommendation on the <br />request to the Public Works Committee. Petitioners shall be notified when the <br />recommendation for their request is to be presented to the Committee. A recommendation <br />from the Public Works Committee shall be forwarded to the City Council for final action. <br /> <br />~ J '''~ .~>!J <br /> <br />\"\\oflal <br /> <br />3 <br />