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Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, Minnesota 55113 7. Speed Limits Update Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer and Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry provided a speed limit update to the Commission. Chair Ficek thanked staff for the presentation. Member Cicha indicated he would be curious to hear from police organizations who have gone through this experience and have had speed limits change and if their initial fears of their workload and resources have actually been impacted by the change in the speed. What he has heard from the City’s police force is that there are not enough resources to try to follow up if the speed limits were to be lowered. Ms. Lowry indicated she has been talking more with engineers than Police Chiefs and those she has talked to either do not have a dedicated traffic enforcement group or did not ramp up or have dedicated work. She thought it would be interesting to hear from those entities as well as what complaints have come in from those folks or other people. Vice Chair Collins knew the Dale Street project is goingto be coming up with new markings and he wondered if the speed limit will be the same as what it was or will there be any input as to possible changes. Ms. Lowry explained county roads will remain the same even if the City were to implement a change in speed in the city and typically a speed change would be made after a road improvement, but a speed study would be done to determine what the speed should be. With a speed study there is a possibility and risk that the speed limit could be raised. Member Mueller asked what a speed study entailed. Mr. Freihammer reviewed how a speed study is conducted. Chair Ficek asked if there is a timeline on the MnDOT study. Page 7 of 9