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MAPLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL
MANAGER WORKSHOP
5:15 p.m., Monday, September 26, 2011
Council Chambers, City Hall
A. CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the City Council was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order
at 5:15 p.m. by Mayor Rossbach.
B. ROLL CALL
C.
E.
Will Rossbach, Mayor
Kathleen Juenemann, Councilmember
Marvin Koppen, Councilmember
James Llanas, Councilmember
John Nephew, Councilmember
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Councilmember Nephew moved to app
Seconded by Councilmember Koppen
The motion passed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
rove the aaenda as submitted.
1. Board & Commission Interviews
Ayes — All
The council interviewed the following four candidates for the Environmental & Natural Resources
Commission:
1. Nick Nelson
2. Judith Johannessen
3. Bill Schreiner
The council interviewed the following candidate for reappointment to the Housing Redevelopment
Authority Commission:
1. Gary Pearson
NEW BUSINESS
1. Discussion on Stop Sign Policy
Assistant City Engineer Steve Love updated the council on a recent stop sign petition from the
Stanich Neighborhood. City Engineer/Deputy Public Works Director Michael Thompson
presented the staff report and answered questions of the council.
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2. Discussion on Renaming a Maplewood Park to Veterans Memorial Park
Recreation Supervisor James Taylor presented the staff report and answered questions of the
council.
F. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Rossbach adjourned the meeting at 6:40 p.m.
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Agenda Item#:/
Price Avenue and Ruth Street Stop Sign Request
• Brought before the Council for consideration at the July 11, 2011
o Prior to this the meeting two forms of notifications utilized
A letter was mailed to the residents of the neighborhood regarding the petition
■ An article was published in the July Maplewood Monthly
o Both detailing the petition request
• Study Update
o Following the July 111h meeting Council asked for staff to provide additional information
on several items that were brought up during the Council meeting
■ Current speed conditions and increased speeding by students and during events
held at the Aldrich Arena
• Currently in the process of gathering existing speed data
o Speed data was gathered in August prior to school starting
o Speed data was also gathered in August during which time
Aldrich Arena was hosting an event
o Currently speed data is being gathered now that school is back
in session
• This data will be analyzed and reviewed prior to the sending of a mailing
to the residents to poll the neighborhood on a proposed staff
recommendation for the intersection
■ The original petition that was mentioned during the July 11th council meeting is
currently being researched
■ 12 months of crash history was researched for the Price & Ruth intersection,
Kingston & Ruth intersection, and the Kingston and Hazel intersection at the
time of the original report
• No records were found of crashes susceptible to correction by an all -
way stop sign
• Additional crash history will be provided to the council as requested
when this item is brought back before the council
o Staff will bring back this item to the council with detailed information on these items
upon the completion of the additional research before the end of the year