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RESOLU'?'IOI,t �1084 <br /> A RESOLUTION DECLARIPdr TfiE IN'.?'ERSECTION <br /> • OF OLD CRYSTAL BA�' ROAD AND STAmE HIGHF�7AY <br /> #12 AS A DANC�E�OUS INT�RSECTIOrd <br /> [4HEREAS, the Orono City Council is very concerned about <br /> the safety and welfare of_ its citizens , and <br /> WfiFREAS, the safety of our school children, �•�hether they <br /> are riding a bus or cvalkin_q across the intersection of Iiighway #12 <br /> and Old Crystal Bay Road, should be protected, and <br /> [OHEREAS, the peak flow of traffic at the intersection of <br /> Old Crystal Bav Road and Highway �12 must be controlled, and <br /> �7HE?tEAS, traffic is increasing as shown by the State' s <br /> own count, and <br /> [aIiEFtEAS, the visibility to the west of_ the intersection of <br /> Old Crystal Bay P,oad and Highway ��12 is very limited and very difficult <br /> to see on-coming traffic, and <br /> ���HEREAS, parents of school children �aho attend the Orono <br /> Schools have expressed concern about the hazards of the intersection, <br /> and <br /> �+1HEREAS, there have been two .fatal accidents and fourteen <br /> • personal injury accidents at this location from 1974 to 1977 , and <br /> WHEREAS, the owner and drivers of the school buses have <br /> re�orted the dangerous conditions that exist at the intersection, and <br /> WHEREAS, the Orono School Board and the Orono Cit�� Council <br /> have rec�uested f_or many years a stop light at Old Cr_ystal Ba_y Road <br /> and Highway #12, and <br /> WHEREAS, in cooperation �aith the State Departrlent of Trans- <br /> portation staff, the Orono School Board, and the Cit�:� of Orono, <br /> warning flashers were installed in 1973, prewarning f_lashers were <br /> installed in 1976, and present plans are under consi�eration for an <br /> installation of a semaphore someti?�e in 1983. <br /> T10�°�, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the <br /> City of Orono hereby declares the intersection o_f Old Crystal Bav <br /> Road and High�aay #12 as a d�nqerous intersection and rec�uire that the <br /> State Highway Department, as a temporary measure, install red flashers <br /> and a four-�aay stop sign at this intersection immediately to protect <br /> the safety, health and welfare of school chilc�ren anc� other residents <br /> of the City and School District. <br /> Adopted by the City Council of the Citv of Orono, r�innesota at a <br /> regular meeting held October 16 , 1979. <br /> • `� <br /> �dilliarl B. Van Ysest, r4a_ or <br /> Attest: ��t/ /i <br /> Walter . Benson, Cit�� Z�drlinistrator <br />