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Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. <br />City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br /> <br />7.City Roadway Speed Limits <br />Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer explained at the September PWETC <br />meeting, staff presented information about speed limits. The Commission asked <br />th <br />staff for more information and staff has gathered that information. A 50 percentile <br />th <br />speed map is available, in addition to the 85percentile speed. The police <br />department has also contributed detailed stats about traffic stops since 2017. <br />Mr. Freihammer presented the new information and asked for Commission <br />feedback. <br />th <br />Member Hodder explained when looking at the 50 percentile for speeds on <br />th <br />Roseville roadways, what is the current speed limit and would the 50 percentile <br />represent. <br />th <br />Mr. Freihammer explained the 50 percentile is the median speed. Half the cars <br />are going faster than the speed limit and half the cars are going less than the speed <br />limit. He showed a slide of the speed limits in the City. If a change was considered, <br />it would obviously be less than the current speed limit. <br />Chair Ficek asked for the cities Roseville borders that have changed the speed limit, <br />are there signs going into it or is it individually posted. <br />Mr. Freihammer explained what Falcon Heights did was to post every street. St. <br />Anthony posted a sign when going into the city at the major entry roads stating the <br />city-wide speed limit on local roads. He believed New Brighton is doing the same <br />thing as St. Anthony. He reviewed some of the other cities that have changed the <br />speed limit on local roads. He noted if Roseville does decide to move forward the <br />City probably would keep signage where it currently is and not add any more signs. <br />Member Cicha indicated he viewed a speed limit change as more of a long-term <br />policy and thoughtfulness from the community. He explained as seen from data, <br />people do not instantly change their driving style or speed, even with a speed limit <br />posted and he did not know if there was any way to change that, but he did think <br />there are benefits in the long term once younger people start driving. He thought <br />Roseville could get feedback from cities that have had the speed limit change for a <br />year or more, but he was not sure it would show a lot of change, <br />Page 5 of 9 <br /> <br />