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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM – 1B <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: July 19, 2021 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: John Morast, HR Green - Transportation <br /> David Swearingen, Interim Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: City Council Speed Limits Discussions <br /> <br /> Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: <br /> $ $ <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />Council should consider presentation information and options and discuss if further actions are <br />desired. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Legislative changes to the Mn Statutes governing speed limits on local streets were presented <br />and discussed during the May 13 Council meeting. Minnesota Statute 169.14 Speed Limits, <br />Zones; Radar regulates highway and roadway speeds in Minnesota and sets statutory speed limits <br />on a variety of roadways in Minnesota. Subdivision 2 sets maximum speed limits on a variety of <br />roadways within a Municipality, if adopted by the road authority. The Statute identified the <br />Commissioner of Transportation as the road authority. When local authorities suspect that an <br />existing speed limit was not appropriate (either too low or too high) on their local roads, they <br />can request the commissioner to authorize an engineering and traffic investigation and to erect <br />appropriate speed limit signs. The results of the investigation could provide speed limit changes <br />either up or down and would be signed accordingly. <br /> <br />In August 2019, the Minnesota Legislature changed the Statutes governing speed limits on city <br />streets. The changes allow cities to establish speed on roads under the City’s jurisdiction, other <br />than the statutory limits, without conducting an engineering and traffic investigation. Any speed <br />limit change must be implemented in a consistent and understandable manner. “The city must