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Page 1 of 3 AGENDA ITEM – 1C MEMORANDUM DATE: August 15, 2022 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: HR Green - John Morast David Swearingen, P.E. Public Works Director / City Engineer SUBJECT: Speed Limits Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $0 $3,900 General Fund Street Maintenance Council Should Consider • Implementing a city-wide speed limit reduced to 25 MPH. • Timing of implementation if staff is directed to move forward. Background Minnesota Statute 169.14 Speed Limits, Zones; Radar regulates highway and roadway speeds 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. 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 subdivision must develop procedures to set speed limits based on the city's safety, engineering, and traffic analysis. At a minimum, the safety, engineering, and traffic analysis must consider national urban speed limit guidance and studies, local traffic crashes, and methods to effectively communicate the change to the public.” City Council has discussed speed limit changes on various roads, and for a city-wide reduction on City owned and maintained streets, for a speed limit reduction from 30 MPH to 25 MPH.