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124 some of the data in parenthesis may be a little higher in some cases. The majority 125 of the data on the 85"' percentile sheet was collected during normal operations. 126 127 Vice Chair Joyce thought there needed to be an accurate snap shot of what is going 128 on now for traffic in the City, post COVID. Another thing is on City streets the 129 carte blanche of one speed limit on all of them, just because the City owns them, 130 he wondered if there were other examples of other cities, besides the County and 131 State Aid roads, is there any thought about particular roads that the City owns that 132 would be posted otherwise. 133 134 Mr. Freihammer explained St. Paul did a study and does have an overall 20mph 135 speed limit; however, on collectors or as otherwise posted St. Paul does have these 136 posted at different speed limits. That could be an option for the City. 137 138 Vice Chair Joyce explained he did like the point that Mr. Culver made about the 139 uniformity in the region to make it seamless through each town a person drives 140 through. He thought the reason for uniformity makes a really good reason for 141 taking a look at it. 142 143 Member Misra thought since COVID, a lot of lifestyles have been affected and 144 what she has noticed is that people are out walking around a lot more now and 145 people are out with families more as well. There seems to be more pedestrian and 146 bicycle traffic and she thought those are things that Roseville has tried to promote. 147 She thought the speed limit issue seems to be related to that. If the City is seeing a 148 shift in lifestyles and how people are living in Roseville, then it seems to her that 149 looking at something like a speed limit change is completely appropriate. She 150 thought taking a look at it is a good idea. She asked, as the City blankets itself with 151 a standard speed limit, how does that affect the other streets that the City does not 152 control. She thought that would change the traffic patterns on the County and State 153 controlled streets. She thought that Roseville is unique in a sense that there are 154 many streets not governed by the City which could affect a lot of traffic. She would 155 like to know if the speed limit is decreased on streets that are controlled by the City 156 how will that will affect traffic on a number of streets that are still residential but 157 that Roseville does not have control over. She also wondered if there are ways that 158 Roseville can exercise control over those streets because she thought context is 159 everything and in Roseville those are residential streets with driveways. 160 161 Member Misra explained she would like the Commission to also look at 162 neighboring cities that have changed their overall standards that have bordering 163 streets to Roseville to take a look at those speed limits and be considerate of the 164 neighboring cities. She also thought it was important to look at the policing of the 165 streets but also understood that a lot of people are abusing the speed limits and by 166 reducing the speed limit the City would be indicating to the residents and 167 commuters to slow it down all over the place. This is more of a general indicator 168 that may bring down speed across the board. 169 Page 4 of 6