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<br /> t ; , '. RESOLUTION NO. 916 Jf -. <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> VILLAGE OF NEW BRlGHTON <br /> , <br /> RESOLUTION REQUESTING ,RAMSEYCOlJNTXjrqINS'I'.ALL STA:NDARD STOP SIGNS <br /> ON 8TH l-\VENUE N. W'~ A,TIr.rS ;INT:eRSEC'!'ION 'WITH 7TH STREET N.W. <br /> WHEREAS there has resulted a signiftaant.t ,~ncrease in traffic <br /> on 8th AvenUe N.W. (LO]:'lg Lake Roaq) , as' a reSV}-f pf the completion <br /> of 1--694, and WHEREAS present traffic flows"are constatl't and heavy, and <br /> WHEREAS :New Brighton ElementaltY School is located adjacent <br /> to and east of this intersection, and <br /> WHEREAS there exists, at this intersection, temporary type <br /> $top~signS,. , stop signs which exist only:1during hours of school <br /> classes, and <br /> WHEREAS many school children must walk through this inter- <br /> section to school and to the school playgrounds, and <br /> WHEREAS the safety of these children is important at all <br /> hours of the day, and <br /> WHEREAS this type of stop sign is not contained within the <br /> Minnesota Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and <br /> WHEREAS these temporary signs do not promote traffic safety, <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS during periods of h~avytraffic, there .exists <br /> $tacking of traffic on 7th Street JSi.W. which is attempting to make <br /> a left-hand turning movement, and <br /> WHEREAS the Village by Resolut.ion no. 894 dated November 24, <br /> 1970 petitioned for such $top signs, and <br /> WHEREAS at a conference withrep;J;;'e,sentatives of the County <br /> Engineering Department it was revealed that warrants for a three- <br /> way stop could justify such installation <br /> NOW'THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV:g;D,Thcit the New Brighton Village <br /> Council hereby petitions the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners <br /> to l1ave the temporary type stop sighs. On 8th Avenue N.W. at the <br /> int.ersectJ..on of 7th street N.W. replaced with stop signs meeting <br /> standards of the Minnesota Manual pfUni.form Traffic control <br /> Devices. <br /> Adopteq by the New Brighton village council this 23rd day of <br /> February, 1971 <br /> ATTEST: <br /> .~ ~A4~ <br /> Vernon C. Pederson, Clerk <br /> (SEAL) <br /> "":' <br />