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Page 1 of 2 DATE: February 10, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers David Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Todd Blomstrom, Public Works Director/City Engineer SUBJECT: School Zone Speed Limit on Lake Valentine Road Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $TBD $TBD Mounds View School District Council Should Consider The City C ouncil is requested to consider adoption of the attached Resolution Establishing a School Zone Speed Limit on Lake Valentine Road. Background/Discussion On September, 2019, the City Council approved a professional services agreement with WSB to complete a traffic study for Mounds View High School. The City and Mounds View School District are conducting this traffic study to address pedestrian safety and traffic concerns along Lake Valentine Road adjacent to the school. The traffic study is anticipated to be completed by March 1, 2020 and presented to the City Council at a future work session. City and school district staff are working with the engineering consultant to expedite completion of the study. A primary recommendation from the traffic study involves the establishment of a school zone speed limit along Lake Valentine Road due to the current posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour and peak hour pedestrian crossing counts exceeding 250 pedestrians. The consultant recommends implementation of the school zone speed limit at this time as an initial safety measure while additional safety improvements are evaluated and constructed during the 2020 construction season. Local authorities may establish a school speed limit within a school zone of a public or nonpublic school upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation. This investigation was included within the scope of work for the traffic study awarded to WSB in September 2019. A memo summarizing the findings of the school zone speed limit investigation is provided in CONSENT ITEM – 6D MEMORANDUM