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Page 2 <br /> <br />I am, therefore, recommending to the city council that they adopt a new resolution asking that the <br />Sherburne County Board of Commissioners adopt a new resolution requesting that the Minnesota <br />Department of Transportation conduct a new traffic study on this roadway. I will also be <br />recommending that the city council request the county board to consider having this stretch of <br />roadway evaluated by the county engineer for possible re-design and improvements. <br /> <br />I will be forwarding a copy of your letter to the county engineer so that the items that can be <br />addressed without waiting, such as the signs and guardrails, can be resolved in a more timely <br />manner. <br /> <br />I have also directed that all three (3) patrol shifts be assigned directed enforcement duties on this <br />stretch of roadway during the peak truck times and during the evening bar rush. Results of these <br />assigned'activities will provide us with some general speed information and basic vehicle counts. <br />We have also asked that next year we be allowed to add a special truck enforcement officer to our <br />department. This officer would be given special commercial vehicle training and he/she would <br />concentrate on the areas like County Road 33 to curtail the unsafe truck traffic that exists in this <br />community. <br /> <br />None of my proposals guarantee a reduction in hazardous vehicle travel to this roadway, but they are <br />the steps that exist within the constraints and manpower limitations our agency has. I do, however, <br />assure you that this problem will be taken seriously and we will do everything within our power to <br />make this area safer. <br /> <br />Please call me if you have any questions concerning this response. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Jeffrey A. Beahen <br />Assistant Chief of Police <br /> <br />JAB/kma <br />enc. <br />cc: Patrick Di Klaers, City Administrator <br /> Thomas D. Zerwas, Chief of Police <br /> Elk River City Council <br /> Elk River City Engineer <br /> Sherburne County Engineer <br /> <br /> <br />