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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Anoka County, Minnesota DATE: October 25, 2011 RESOLUTION #2011 -125 OFFERED BY COMMISSIONER: Sivarajah REQUEST FOR SPEED ZONE STUDY ON CSAH 14 (MAIN STREET) FROM MILL ROAD TO 21 AVENUE IN THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE WHEREAS, the Anoka County Board of Commissioners is responsible for the planning, construction, and maintenance of the county highway system; and, WHEREAS, the recognition for the need to study legally - ordered speed zones on segments of the county highway system in response to changes in traffic patterns, adjoining development, and reconstruction of highways is a responsibility of the Anoka County Board of Commissioners; and, WHEREAS, this area has experienced increased residential /commercial development and traffic volumes; and, WHEREAS, officials in the city of Centerville are concerned with the speed of vehicles traveling on this portion of CSAH 14; and, WHEREAS, this portion of CSAH 14 has not had a speed zone study completed or requested since 2002; and, WHEREAS, officials within the city of Centerville have requested that a speed zone study be conducted; and, WHEREAS, the conducting of appropriate engineering studies and the establishment of safe and reasonable speed limits on segments of the county highway system is by statute the responsibility of the State Commissioner of Transportation: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Anoka County Board of Commissioners hereby requests the MInnesota Commissioner of Transportation to conduct the necessary studies and prepare orders for safe and reasonable speed limits on CSAH 14 (Main Street) from Mill Road to 21' Avenue in the city of Centerville. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Minnesota Commissioner of Transportation and the City of Centerville. STATE OF MINNESOTA) Y ES NO COUNTY OFANOIC4 ) ss - 1, Jerry Soma, County Administrator, Anoka County, Minnesota, hereby certify that 1 DISTRICT #1 -LOOK Absent have compared the foregoing copy of the - resolution of the county board of said county with the original record thereof on file in the DISTRICT #2 - WESTERBERG X Administration Office, Anoka County, - Minnesota, as stated in the minutes of the proceedings of said board at a meeting duly held DISTRICT #3 - WEST X on October 25, 2011, and that the same is a true and correct copy of said original record and of the whole thereof, and that said resolution was DISTRICT #4 - KORDIAK X duly passed by said board at said meeting. - Wimess my hand and seal this 25th day of October 2011. DISTRICT #5 - LEDOUX Absent DISTRICT #6 -SIVARAJAH X JERRY SOMA COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DISTRICT #7 - ERHART X 20