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t Page 2 Sept. 24, 1976 Traffic Conditions near Oakwood & Silver Lane leaving school during opening or closing hour or during school recess periods. The school speed limit shall not be lower than 20 miles per hour and shall not be more than 15 miles per hour below the established speed limit on an affected street or highway if the established speed limit is 40 miles per hour or greater. The school speed limits shall be effective upon the erection of appropriate signs designating the speed and indicating the beginning and end of the reduced speed zone. Any speed in excess of such posted school speed limit is unlawful. All such signs -shall be erected by the local authorities on those streets and highways under their respective jurisdictions and by the commissioner of highways on trunk highways. For the purpose of this subdivision, "school zone" means that section of a street or highway which abuts the grounds of a school where children have access to the street or highway from the school property or where an established school crossing is located pro- vided the school advance sign prescribed by the manual on uniform traffic control devices adopted by the comissioner of highways pursuant to section 169.06 is in place." From the above it is clear that speed limits within a school zone (not lower than 20 MPH) can be established by the City Council after an engineering and traffic investigation has been made. This investigation can be made by employing a private traffic consultant or it can be made by the State of Minnesota Traffic Department at no charge to the City. 4. Field Investigation of Area The field survey of this area shows that a hill on Oakwood Drive starts at Haines Avenue and continues down to near 3rd Street S.W. Southbound traffic on Oakwood Drive accelerates going down this hill and does not slow appreciably until Silver Lane where a 900 right turn must be made. When this turn is made the driver is faced with an uphill climb so he again accelerates and when he gets to the top of the hill he suddenly notices a school crossing on the west side of this hill. The location of this crossing is a potential hazard to those crossing the street at this location.