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. MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, March 28, 2011 7:00 o'clock p.m. • (8. CRYSTAL BAYROAD SPEED BUMPS, Continued) Sean Foy, 3345 Crystal Bay Road, stated there are three options in the original proposal but only two options were presented tonight. Loftus stated the permanent and temporary speed bumps typically look the same. Foy asked when the road is scheduled to be repaved. Loftus stated it is not scheduled within the next 10 years. Foy commented that the City is spending millions of dollars on one road and yet on this project they are talking about assessing the residents even though it is a safety issue. People drive through there at excessive rates of speed all the time, especially in the wintertime. Someone is going to get hurt and it will be on someone else's conscience if something is not done to improve the situation. Mark Zagaria, 3295 Crystal Bay Road, stated in terms of the speed humps or bumps, he has some issues with them. One is that anyone driving on the road has already accepted the responsibility of driving over speed bumps other than the residents on Crystal Bay Road because the bumps are already in Minnetonka Beach and that road only goes to Crystal Bay Road. The speed bumps or humps will not appreciably reduce the traffic. They will slow people down, but the down side of them is that. they are quite noisy. If you walk in Minnetonka Beach, there are those that slow down for the speed bumps and there are those who speed up for them. • Zagaria indicated he does not feel the speed humps will be less noisy and they will make a lot of noise during the middle of the night. Zagaria noted they are proposing one about 50 feet from his bedroom and that he does not want to be listening to that all night long, particularly in the summer with the windows open. While there is a speed problem on the road, he would prefer the speed over the noise. Zagaria indicated he would be happy with the speed bumps or humps as long as they are not within 200 feet of the edge of his property. Since the noise generated from them is considerable, that should be taken into consideration. Josh Jobs, 3375 Crystal Bay Road, indicated he has two kids, one who is three and one who is two. The road was there when he purchased the property, but it is a narrow road and the posted speed limit is 15 miles an hour. There are two thoroughfares to handle cross traffic, and at the time he purchased the property, he did not know there would be an overabundant amount of traffic. The speed on the road is excessive and the volume of traffic is also considerable. Jobs indicated he hopes the City moves forward with increasing the safety for the families in the neighborhood. Ann O'Reilly, 3349 Crystal Bay Road, stated they have resided here for six years but did not have children when they first moved here. O'Reilly stated she is amazed at the amount of traffic currently on the road and that every year it seems to get more and more pronounced. The number of children in the neighborhood has increased. There are numerous children under ten years old and the demographics have changed considerably. O'Reilly stated the residents presented a petition last fall where about 80 percent of the residents acknowledged that there was a problem with the traffic and they requested a cul -de -sac be constructed. The City did not want to do that. O'Reilly stated she appreciates the opportunity to evaluate the is permanent speed humps, which is probably the best option and would be a long -term solution since it Page 16 of 24