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The 4-way stop sign can be installed under the provisions of Stop Sign Warrant 2B-5 No. 1 in the <br />Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic control Devices Manual which allows for installation of <br />stop signs at intersections where "application of the normal right-of way rule is unduly hazardous" <br />Without the installation of this 4-way stop sign two hazardous conditions exist, an unsafe school <br />pedestrian crossing and traffic backups onto County Road 6, a heavy traffic and high speed <br />County Road. <br />We are also recommending that flashing red lights be installed on the two stop signs on Old <br />Crystal Bay Road. These are necessary because the stop signs are not located at a normal <br />intersection with two streets intersecting where drivers would normally expect a stop sign and <br />also because of the school pedestrian crosswalk. Per the CUP resolution for the new middle <br />school Condition No. 10, the school district is responsible for the installation costs for a flashing <br />light warning system at the new crosswalk. The City will then own and operate the warning <br />system. <br />We are also recommending installation of "No Passenger Loading and Unloading" signs to the <br />no parking area along Old Crystal Bay Road in the vicinity of the Orono school’s campus as there <br />are numerous students being dropped off along the road shoulder. Parents are doing this to avoid <br />the traffic queuing in the parking lots, at the designated drop off locations, in front of the schools. <br />This is extremely hazardous as students are walking along the road shoulder and crossing Old <br />Crystal Bay Road in numerous locations. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Motion to approve installation of a 4-way stop sign on Old Crystal Bay Road at the south <br />middle/ high school driveway, pedestrian crosswalk, based on Stop Sign Warrant 2B-5 No. 1. in <br />the Minnesota Manual on UniformTraffic Control Devices Manual. The two stop signs on Old <br />Crystal Bay Road should also include red flashing lights. Per the CUP resolution for the new <br />middle school Condition No. 10, the school district is responsible for the installation costs for a <br />flashing light warning system at the new crosswalk. The City will then own and operate the <br />warning system. <br />Motion to approve installation of "No Passenger Loading and Unloading" signs to the no parking <br />area along Old Crystal Bay Road in the vicinity of the Orono school’s campus.