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Page 1 of 2 AGENDA ITEM – 1C MEMORANDUM DATE: May 17, 2021 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: John Morast – HR Green, Transportation David Swearingen, Interim Public Works Director SUBJECT: City Council Speed Limits Discussions Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $N/A $N/A Council Should Consider Council should consider presentation information and discuss if further decisions and/or actions are desired. Background Minnesota Statute 169.14 Speed Limits, Zones; Radar regulates highway and roadway speeds in Minnesota. set Statutory Speed limits on a variety of roadways in Minnesota. Subdivision 2 sets maximum speed limits on a variety of within a Municipality, such as 10 mph in alleys, 30 mph in urban districts, and 25 mph on residential roadways, if adopted by the road authority. The Statue identified the Commissioner of Transportation as the road authority. When local authorities suspected than existing speed limit was not appropriate (either too low or too high) on their local roads, they can request the commissioner to authorize an engineering and traffic investigation and to erect appropriate speed limit signs. The results of the investigation could provide speed limit changes either up or down and would be signed accordingly. In August 2019, the Minnesota Legislature changed the Statutes governing speed limits on city streets. The changes allow cities to establish speed on roads under the City’s jurisdiction, other than the statutory limits, without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation. Any speed limit changes must be implemented in a consistent and understandable manner. “The city must erect appropriate signs to display the speed limit. A city that uses the authority under this