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RESOLUTION NO. 4385
NOVEMBER 1, 1971
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PLACEMENT OF STOP AND YIELD
SIGNS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND REPEALING RESOLUTION
NOS. 3953 AND 4017
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park has caused a traffic analysis
to be made of volume of traffic and ^ccident rate in the area north of
Minnetonka Boulevard and bounded by Brunswick Avenue on the east and
Louisiana Avenue on the west and the intersection of 18th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue, and
WHEREAS, said analysis indicates that the following control on
traffic at said intersection is warranted upon the basis of its physical
characteristics and upon driver behavior and traffic conditions, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 702, adopted June 3, 1959, by the City Council
provides for installation of traffic control signs, signals and devices
when and as required by resolution of the City Council, and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 3953, adopted April 27, 1970 and Resolution
No. 4017 adopted August 31, 1970 by the City Council authorized and directed
the placement of stop and yield signs at the various intersections in
the area described above• which resolutions should be repealed since the
signs are no longer necessary, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park
that the City Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to install
traffic control signs at the following intersections:
Stop signs on Pennsylvania Avenue at West 18th Street for
north and south bound traffic
Four-way stop signs at Dakota Avenue and West 28th Street
Stop signs on Brunswick, Colorado, Edgewood, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho and Jersey Avenues where they intersect with 28th Street
Stop signs on 29th Street at the intersection with Hampshire
Avenue
Stop signs on 27th Street at Hampshire and Dakota Avenues
Yield signs on 27th Street at the intersection of Kentucky
Avenue
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Resolution No. 3953, adopted
April 27, 1970 and Resolution No. 4017, adopted August 31, 1970
are hereby repealed and the City Engineer is hereby authorized and
directed to remove the traffic control signs described in said
Resolution Nos. 3953 and 4017.
Adopted by the City Council .ovember 1, 1971.
Re ewed for dinistration:
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City anage
Approved as to form and legality:
City ttorney
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