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COORDINATION AND OUTREACH Falcon Heights staff reached out to staff with the cities of St Paul and Roseville due to shared jurisdiction of roadways on City Limits. For City roadways shared with St Paul, staff recommends using St Paul's recommended speed limits since Falcon Heights is using a similar criterion for roadways. For City roadways shared with Roseville, Roselawn Avenue, the recommendation is to keep this speed limit at the current 30 mph at this time due to the multi jurisdiction roadway, traffic volumes, current speeds and roadway characteristics. Falcon Heights staff conducted an online survey between April 6 and April 23, 2021. 176 Falcon Heights residents responded to the survey. 71% of the respondents were supportive of a 20 mph speed limit on local roads. Of the 29%who were against it, some of these supported 25 mph but not the 20 mph. A portion of the 29% did not want to see any change. A summary of the survey is included at the end of the report. LOCAL POLICIES AND PLANNING The 2040 Comprehensive plan has numerous policies that would support a reduced speed limit. These include the following. • Become a healthier, more active and livable community o Falcon Heights is an Active Living Ramsey Communities partner. • General Land Use Goad #3 - To enhance access and safety for pedestrians and non - motorized transportation. Lower speed limits help meet these goals by promoting a safer environment for non -motorized users such as walkers and bikers, particularly on streets that do not have sidewalks, such as most neighborhoods north of Larpenteur. ANALYSIS Numerous local and national studies have been conducted that support reduced speed limits on local residential roadways. Below is a brief summary of these studies. National guidance All neighboring states next to Minnesota have a default urban speed limit of 25 mph. Additional states allow 20 mph if certain criteria are met. Falcon Heights Speed Limit Evaluation