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Hazelwood signal
by Kamy Ide understand what you did,I thought you The engineer also said that placing stop
The Maplewood City Council has voted decided to reconsider." signs in illogical or unnecessary locations
to reconsider its Thursday,Aug.12 action The council then examined its rules of serves to aggravate the driver"and he'd
regarding a traffic controls at the June- Procedure and found that only a majority drive faster there"than if no sign had
tion of Hazelwood Avenue and County vote is needed to approve recon- been put in place. He said numerous
Road D.Reconsideration will come at the sideration,which must come at the next studies had revealed such information.
council's Thursday,Aug.19 meeting. council meeting. George Supan,3050 Hazelwood,said he
After lengthy discussion of the topic and The reconsideration is not a public felt the corner could be travelled at 30
strong comments from area residents,the hearing,but rather council review of its miles per hour and that drivers would
council cast a 3-2 vote to reconsider the own actions. travel that fast.He also noted that the 15
matter, after having earlier approved Deane Anklin, Ramsey County mph signs are merely "advisory and
plans presented by county engineers, engineer,appeared before the council and unenforcable."
At the time of the vote, the council explained design of the roadway junction, The council then voted unanimously to
believed a 3-2 vote was not sufficient to which will curve traffic off westbound approve the corner,which was designed
reconsider and that at least a 9-1 vote in County Road D onto southbound by county engineers with input from city
favor of reconsideration was needed. Hazelwood (and off northbound staff and the council.
However,late in the meeting and after Hazelwood onto eastbound D). Supan then shouted at the council,
most citizens concerned with the project The county has indicated it will place 15 saying "I know I'm out of order, but
had left,another resident questioned the mile-per-hour advisory signs at the curve, you're routing a county road down a city
council vote, saying "I guess I don't but that these signs are not enforceable as street."
maximums. A motion by Norm Anderson to then
Anklin explained that placement of a reconsider was seconded by Burton
stop sign at the junction was not Murdock"for conversation."In voting to
necessary in his opinion, "We feel ac- reconsider,Murdock and Donald Wiegert
cidents aren't to be remedied by placing a were in opposition.
stop sign there."He said county and State The council then believing the recon-
Highway Department studies indicate sideration vote had failed moved on to
that junction does not meet certain other agenda items,returning to the issue
"warrants"required before stop signs or later upon further questioning from
signals are put in place. Supan.