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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNC1L - NOVEMBER 30, 1998 DRAFT 5 , e Councilmember Malone asked what will happen to the Court Order allowing demolition of the property. Mr. Ringwald explained that once Mr. Nixon obtains his Certificate of Occupancy, Staffwill direct the City Attorney to contact the Judge and inform him that the Court order is no longer needed, Councilmember Aplikowski stated the home looks good, however, she hoped the dumpsters will be removed soon. Ms, Diane Torres, 1512 Briarknoll Drive, stated she has lived at the southwest corner of Briarknoll Drive and Norma A venue for 13 years. She indicated she was requesting a stop sign be installed at the southeast comer of this intersection for traffic traveling north bound on Norma Avenue. Ms, Torres indicated that the reason she was presenting this issue to the City Council was due to the fact that the next Public Safety Commission meeting was not until the third Thursday of January and action needs to be taken as soon as possible. Ms. Torres stated one neighborhood concern was the speed of the north bound traffic on Norma A venue turning left onto Briarknoll Drive. Another issue was that the spruce trees located at 1496 Briarknoll Drive have created a blind intersection and a stop sign was necessary in order to see on-coming traffic. . Ms, Torres explained that one year ago a roller blader was hit by a car traveling over 30 miles per hour around the corner, The child was hospitalized for over two weeks. She also indicated that last spring her three children were nearly killed while chasing a ball down the driveway, Two cars, one chasing the other, were traveling north on Norma A venue and turned left onto Briarknoll Drive going 40 miles per hour. There were nine passengers between the two vehicles. One car took out the mail box at 1511 Briarknoll Drive and car parts were left behind in the yard. Ms, Torres stated recently there had been a large amount of yard vandalism. Thirty seven property owners in the neighborhood have filed reports with the Ramsey County Sheriff Department stating that their yards have been severely damaged, This last Saturday there had been 13 reports to the Sheriff Department regarding vandalism, Councilmember Malone asked if there was a stop sign at the intersection of Norma Avenue and Colleen Avenue. Ms. Torres stated there was not. Councilmember Malone stated he concurred that the trees on the southeast property must be in violation. The situation has been made worse by the installation of the park trail crossing sign which further obscures visibility to the right. He stated he was not convinced that a stop sign at the corner will alleviate the lawn damage. Ms, Torres stated the Ramsey County Sheriff Department had indicated this may provide an additional reason to arrest the vandals. . Councilmember Malone noted the Sheriff Department would not arrest a person for not stopping at a stop sign, however, the intersection does need to be looked at. Councilmember Aplikowski asked if the speeders are generally younger people leaving the park area, Ms. Torres stated this was not necessarily the case. Councilmember Aplikowski suggested