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City of Elk -~ River MEMORANDUM o air and Nth ~uncNl erry surer, ulic arl~s Irect®r ul~ , 193"d venue In~r~ven~ent r~~ect peed dnnits and tip inns at surer 193"~ venue As requested, ~ have prepared this memo in response to an Open Mike appearance by Mx. Aaron Rasmus who lives at the corner of Javier Street and ~ 93"~ Avenue in the woods at Hillside Addition, Zt is my understanding that Mr. Rasmus raised two issues; the f~xst, being speed li~xuts along the entire ~ 93`d Avenue corridor and the second, the need for an all-way stop sign installation at the cornex• of Javier Street and 193`a Avenue. My comments on these two issues areas follows: .A, 193rd Avenue speed Li~nit~ The total length of i 93rd Avenue from TH ~ G9 to CSAH 13 Twin Lal~es Road} will be approximately ~.5 miles, About half of the road currently exists through the Hillside Estates and Moods at Hillside developments. This segment of ~ 93rd Avenue has a 30 mph speed limit and will remain unchanged after construction is complete. The half of the corridor which is being newly constructed will need to have a speed study done by MnD~T, As the Council is aware, the speed limits in the State of Minnesota are determined by the state, either thxough a MnD~T speed study or thxough State Statute. The State Legislature in the most recent session made some minor changes to traffic statutes regarding speed limits in rural residential districts, however, a summary of that law change produced by the League of Minnesota Cities, it does not appear that ~ 93rd Avenue falls within that jurisdiction. zf it did, the new law change would allow a 35 mph speed limit. Since it does not appear to fall within this new statutory def ninon of rural residential district, MnDQT will be asked to perform a speed study, once the road is complete..As Z have informed Mx. Rasmus and his wife in separate conversations, if MnD~T comes bacl~ with a speed li~x~it of higher than 30 mph, city staff will mare a recommendation to the City Council relative to a transition zone to make drivers aware of the decreasing speed limit when traveling from east to west.