HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 998 - Request County Board of Commissioners to Lower Speed Limit on County Road #1 - 05/27/1975 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 998
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING HENNEPIN COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS TO REQUEST A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT
ON COUNTY ROAD NO. 1
WHEREAS , substantially increased traffic volumes on County Road
No. 1 are apparent as Eden Prairie and communities to the west continue to
increase in population, and
WHEREAS , many of the properties adjacent to County Road No. 1 are
developed as residential and commercial areas, and
WHEREAS , there is substantial pedestian and bicycle traffic
along County Road NO. 1 and approximatel- 70 to RO school age children who
live within the Sunrise Circle and Starring Lane additions use County Road
No. 1 for access to nine ball diamonds and activity fields on the Flying
Cloud Airport property, and
WHEREAS , the Flyinq Cloud playfields attract many participants
and spectators throughout the year, resulting in increased pedestrian and
vehicular traffic on County Road No. 1 , and
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WHEREAS, the present speed limit on County Road No. 1 is 50
miles per hour, constituting a serious safety hazard to pedestrians,
cyclists and drivers in automobiles along County Road No. 1 , and
WHEREAS , many children wait for school buses along County Road
No. 1 and a small child was recently killed by a passing car while wait-
ing for a school bus, and
WHEREAS, a petition signed by .312 persons has been received by
the City requesting a reduction in the speed limit and certain warning
signs,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board
of Commissioners are herein requested to petition to the State of Minnesota
Commissioner of Highways to reduce the speed limit on County Road No. 1
from 50 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour and install "Watch For Child-
ren" warning signs at appropriate locations along County Road No. 1 .
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie on
the 27th day of May, 1975.
David W. Osterholt, Mayor
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John D.' Frane, Clerk
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