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TC): `I'he Holwrabl~ ~~iayot'and tiZembers'of the City Council <br />I' ZOM: r=~c~Inirli~'tr~zt i.~,°e ~ gaff' <br />RE: Sugc~~st~ ~! `I'r pit ] c. S i.c.}I~s at Parks <br />r'',bout a n~~nial age, t.hc Gi~y Council ashc~d for a report <br />on ~uc~ge~t.cd sped s`~c~ns; aYi~~ rc~i.Iiatory signs around City Parks. <br />I wi11 cc~ , ment roil thec~c tyL,c ~ of ic~izs <br />1. Spccd 51.can <br />'.i'.1e str3tuto~~~ <;pc~ed 1cm'-a'~ or_InLUL:icipal sti:eets- i:s- 30- Mk'Ii- <br />11T11L.~S ~-J. ~_'c'tt_]_' v~L~~'Cil.r 171I11L`_i "are ~ll:li_.11CJrlLec1 by ;the C.1~I11RIl:~Sloner Q- <br />`1'ransl~o~ t~ Bono .fin r;l;c~ptiori: to this was-pa:;sec~ wby;tize Minnesota :~`, <br />Legi:,`l<lt~ir~_~ designatt~i as Minnesota Statutes" 1974, Sectidn 16.14 <br />wYiich reads in pant ~~,~ t=oilows : <br />"SuI_>c~{~ ~a (SI?LEll ZONII~TG I:=~I: SCHOUL ZON)JS) : :,Local auttiorf~ ies <br />may e-stabl_sh aschools}~~~ed`limit w~itllin~ a scho~~1 .zone :, ion <br />I:11~ baS]S Of aYl E?Ylgl11E'e?:•1X1Cj c1nCl LrafflC 1nVE'S~1C~{atlon ~"LS <br />p~~escr'ibed hy_t.rlcY Lb'_nrzis:>ionc~r of Hi h~~avs. `ihe e-stai~ll l~nl~>z~t <br />of a school ~p~~ed limit on arly trunk highway shall. be c^~itl1 <br />tYle consent- of he Comm.issione7- of Highways. Such sclr~~oJ_ <br />• speed limits s}:ia1:i be iri effect when children: are, present, , <br />going to or leav incx scl~:~o l during open inch ~ or closing hour or ' <br />during school recess periodsa The school speed limit 'shill <br />not be Iower_than 20 miles per hour and shall not be more <br />than 15 miles per hour below the established speed 1iliit <br />on an affected "street or h"ighwa_y if the- established speed .1 unit is <br />40 miles per hour or greater. ~h.e school speed limit 'shall <br />}~~e effective upon the erection of appropriate signs <br />" designating the speed. and .indicating the begirinirig and <br />end of the reduced speed zone. Any speed in excess of such <br />posted school speed limit is unlawfulo A11 such signs shall- <br />be erected by =L-he local authorities•on those streets and ° <br />highways uYider their respective jurisdictionsand by tha <br />corninissioner of highways on trunk highways. <br />F; <br />For the purpose of this subdivision, "school zone" means <br />that section of a street or highway which abuts. the grounds <br />of a school wli~re children have access to the street or <br />highway from the school property or where an established _ <br />school crossing 'is .located provided the school advance <br />si"cn prescribed ;by the manual on uniform traffic coil-rol <br />c_cvic~:~s adopted by the Commissioner Uf Highways pursuant <br />to Secticn 169x06 is in place." <br />