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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1074 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1969/09/15• • ORIGINAL SEPTEMBER 15, 1969 7D ORDINANCE NO. 1074 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SECTION OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, SAFETY, CONTROL, AND REPORTING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE CITY MANAGER AND SUPERVISION BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; AND, SETTING FORTH QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF APPOINTEES WHO SHALL BE KNOWN AS PRAFFIC SAFETY AIDES THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The City Council hereby declares that the emergency hereinafter defined exists and that an emergency ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare in accordance with Section 3.05, 3.06, 3.08 and 5.06 of the Charter of the City of St. Louis Park. Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines the following facts and defines declares the existence of an emergency as follows: 1. Among the duties to be performed are those in connection with safety on the streets where children make crossings on their way to school. 2. The school year is already in progress and immediate needs for pedestrian protection now exist. 3. That temporary traffic signs and signs with moving parts will be serviced as a part of the duties to be performed. 4. That preparations for establishing the Traffic Analysis, Safety, Control, and Reporting Section of the Department of Engineering as set forth in this ordinance have been completed and personnel is ready and awaiting appointment. 5. That traffic counts and surveys for early fall must necessarily) be done at once or their collection be delayed a year. 6. That personnel now trained and equipped cannot be appointed until this Secition is established by ordinance. 7. That the general welfare of the community and that of drivers and pedestrians specifically makes urgent and necessary the passage and immediate effective date of this ordinance. Section 3. A Traffic Analysis, Safety, Control, and Reporting Section in the Department of Engineering shall be established and regulated as follows: Section 1.775. Subd. 1. Short Title. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Traffic Safety Section Ordinance of the City of St. Louis Park." Subd. 2. Traffic Safety Section Established. The Traffic Analysis, Safety, Control, and Reporting Section of the Department of Engineering is hereby established with duties and responsibilities as hereafter set forth. Subd. 3. Appointment. The City Manager shall appoint Traffic Safety Aides to the Traffic Safety Section in sufficient numbers to fulfill the requirements of the Section. Subd. 4. Qualifications of Employees. To be eligible for appointment to the Traffic Safety Section a person shall: a. Be not less than twenty-one (21) years of age. b. Be of good moral character and possess the ability to work with the public. c. Be in good health, sound in body and mind, and possess the physical capacity to perform the required duties. d. Be prompt, reliable, and dependable. Subd. 5. Training and Supervision. The Director of Public Works shall supervise the activities of the Traffic Section. With the assistance of the Police Department, City Attorney, and any other persons deemed qualified in the field of traffic analysis, safety, reporting, and control, he shall conduct a course of training in these fields. Appointees shall present themselves for a period of formal training of such intensity and duration as is necessary for the performance of the required duties. Subd. 6. Assignment of Localities and Duty Hours. The Director of Public Works shall undertake properly authorized projects and assign Traffic Safety Aides to localities at specified duty hours to complete such projects a.d insure maximum results in achievement of the purposes of the Section. Subd. 7. Duties of Traffic Safety Aides. Duties of Aides shall be to compile information and statistical data on traffic within the City, serve as field observers for the Department of Engineering on matters of traffic, assist in the maintenance of the orderly movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and other duties incidental to projects in the analysis, safety, reporting, and control of traffic within the City. Subd. 8. Compliance with City Ordinances and other Regulations. Members of the Traffic Safety Section shall adhere to, and be governed by, all of the ordinances of the City. -2- Subd. 9. Official Status of Traffic Safety Aides. Traffic Safety Aides shall be employees of the City and perform only the duties authorized by this ordinance as directed by the Director of Public Works to control traffic for the purpose of analysis, safety, and reporting. Such Aides shall not issue tickets nor make arrests as civilians, or otherwise, while acting in the course of their duties. Subd. 10. Uniform and Equipment. The Director of Public Works shall, at the expense of the City, supply each Traffic Safety Aide with an uniform suitable for identi.ication purposes and such other equipment as may be necessary in the rurformance of their duties. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, without publication, on the date hereof. Adopted by the City Council Se. ember 15,' 969 41, tagwr" stration: May Approved as to form and legality: 4e) -3 -c -(4A-7 City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 1074 entitled: AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SECTION OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, SAFETY, CONTROL, AND REPORTING IN ThE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE CITY MANAGER AND SUFE VISION BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC STORKS; AND SETTING FORTH QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF APPOINTS S WHO SHALL BE KNOWN AS TRAFFIC SAFETY AIDES Introduced by Date first Readir. ;-DateEtergen0Y Waived Sacord Reading -Date 9`15-69Waived Jote: Aye 5 hay Published Date9/18/69 Effective Date 10-3=69 C'de Reference tt SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION SIT. LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. State of Minnesota f SS. County o Hennepin t Bloomington, Minnesota W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to 411 erve the City of St. Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of ue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business urs for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- tained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto (8) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1988 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed ORDINANCE NO, 1074 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for 1 successive weeks. that it was first so published on Thu Xr s o1e and was thereafter printed and published on every 18 day of Sept. 19 69 to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and 1s hereby acknowledged as being lipsize and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: 1- `abcdefghl jklmnopgrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz is Subscribed and sworn to before me this (Notarial Seal) day of Barbara Samuelson, Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn. :ommission Expires November 8, 1971 (Official Publication) SEPTEMBER 15, 1969 7D ORDINANCE NO 1074 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ESTAB- LISHING A SECTION OF TRAFFIC AN- ALYSIS, SAFETY, CONTROL, AND RE- PORTING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EN- GINEERING, PROVIDING FOR APPOINT- MENT BY THE CITY MANAGER AND SUPERVISION BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND, SETTING FORTH QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF AP- POINTEES WHO SHALL BE KNOWN AS TRAFFIC SAFETY AIDES THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES OR- DAIN Section 1 The City Council hereby de- clares that the emergency hereinafter defined exists and that an emergency ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, morals, safety or welfare in accordance with Section 305 3 06, 3 08 and 5 06 of the Charter of the City of St Louis Park Section 2 The City Council hereby finds and determines the following facts and de- fines and declares the existence of an emer- gency as follows 1 Among the duties to be performed are those in connection with safety on the streets where children make crossings on their way to school 2 The school year is already in progress aid immediate needs for pedestrian protec- tion now exist 3 That temporary traffic signs and signs with moving parts will be serviced as a part of the duties to be performed 4 That preparations for establishing the Traffic Analysis, Safety Control, and Report- ing Section of the Department of Engineenng as set forth in this ordinance have been com- pleted and personnel is ready and awaiting appointment 5 That traffic counts and surveys for early fall must necessarily be done at once or their collection be delayed a year 6 That personnel now trained and equipped cannot be appointed until this Section is es- tablished by ordinance 7 That the general welfare of the com- munity and that of drivers and pedestrians specifically makes urgent and necessary the passage and immediate effective date of this ordinance Section 3 A Traffic Analysis, Safety, Con- trol and Reporting Section in the Depart- ment of Engineeringushall be established and regulated as follows Section 1 775 Subd 1 Short Title This or- dinance shall be known and may be cited as the Traffic Safety Section Ordinance of 1 the City of St Louis Park Subd 2 Traffic Safety Section Established The Traffic Analysis Safety, Control, and Reporting Section of the Department of Engineenng is hereby established with du- ties and responsibilities as hereafter set forth Subd 3 Appointment The City Manager shall appoint Traffic Safety Aides to the Traffic Safety Section in sufficient num- bers to fulfill the requirements of the Sec lion 1 Subd 4 Qualifications of Employees To be eligible for appointment to the Traffic Safety Section a person shall a Be not less than twenty-one 1211 years of age b Be of good moral character and pos- sess the ability to work with the pub lic c Be in good health sound in body and mind and possess the physical ca- pacity to perform the required du- ties , d Be prompt reliable and dependable Subd 5 Training and Supernsion The Director of Public Works shall supervise the activities of the Traffic Section With the assistance of the Police Department, City Attorney and any other persons deem- ed qualified in the field of traffic analysis safety reporting and control, he shall con- duct a course of training in these fields Appointees shall present themselves for a period of formal training of such intensity and duration as is necessary for the per- formance of the required duties Subd 6 Assignment of Localities and Duty Hours The Director of Public Works shall undertake properly authorized pro) ects and assign Traffic Safety Aides to localities at specified duty hours to com- plete such projects and insure maximum results in achievement of the purposes of the Section Subd 7 Duties of Traffic Safety Aides Du- ties of Aides shall be to compile informa- tion and statistical data on traffic within the City serve as field observers for the Departinent of Engineenng on matters of traffic assist in the maintenance of the orderly movement of pedestrian and ve- hicular traffic and other duties incidental to projects in the analysis safety reporting and control of traffic within the City Sud 8 Compliance with City Ordinances and other, Regulations Members of the Traffic Safety Section shall adhere Co and be governed by all of the ordinances of the City Sud 9 Official Status of Traffic Safety Aides Traffic Safety Aides shall be em- ployees of the City and perform only the duties authorized by this ordinance as directed by the Director of Public Works to control traffic for the purpose of analysis, safety and reporting Such Aides shall not issue tickets nor make arrests as civilians, or otherwise while acting in the course of their duties Sod 10 Uniform and Equipment Theo Director of Public Works shall, at the ex- pense of the City supply each Traffic Safe- ty Aide with an uniform suitable for iden- tification purposes and such other equip- ment as may be necessary in the per- formance of their duties Section 4 Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its pas- sage without publication, on the date hereof Adopted by the City Council September 15, 1969 0 Z 0 ii Affidavit of Publication St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of The Minnehaha Creek atershed managers do not ve funds for the study for 4 • • 1P lb