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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 1. Introduction/ Call Roll Chair Cihacek called the meeting to order at approximately 6:30 p.m. and at his request, Public Works Director Marc Culver called the roll. Present: Chair Brian Cihacek; Vice Chair Sarah Brodt Lenz and Members John Heimerl, Joe Wozniak, Thomas Trainor, Kody Thurnau; with Member Duane Seigler arriving shortly after the meeting began Staff Present: Public Works Director Marc Culver and Assistant Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer 2. Public Comments a. John Kysylyczyn, 3083 Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn suggested future 2017 topics for the PWETC to consider for review and recommendation. • Referencing the Uniform Traffic Control Manual for traffic sign protocol and logistics, Mr. Kysylyczyn noted several locations in Roseville, and common in other metropolitan cities, where stop signs don't necessarily belong (e.g. three-way stop at intersection of S Owasso and Galtier). Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that when signs are installed where they don't normally belong, people have a tendency to drive through them and they actually become more of a traffic hazard and do more harm than good. • Along that same line, Mr. Kysylyczyn noted that the City Council approves traffic signals on roadways within Roseville under Ramsey County and State of Minnesota, noting several situations where turn arrows remain fully activated during early morning hours (e.g. 3:00 a.m.) for right turn lanes and didn't make sense to stop through-traffic at that off-peak time of day. One example cited by Mr. Kysylyczyn was at Fairview Avenue and County Road C. 3. Approval of October 25, 2016 Meeting Minutes Page 1 of 7