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BROOKINGS TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
City & County Government Center, 520 3rd Street
Room 241 (2nd floor)
Thursday, March 10, 2022
12:10 p.m.
The Brookings Traffic Safety Committee held its monthly meeting on Thursday, March 10,
2022 at 12:10pm in the City & County Government Center, Room 241.
Members Present: Lewayne Erickson, Justin Bucher, Tim Andersen, Joe Fishbaugher,
Kacie Richard, Jake McGlade, Charles Schnabel, Paul Briseno, Jacob Meshke, Charlie
Richter, and Jeremy Linstad.
Members Absent: Brian Lueders, Don Norton, Gary Gramm, Kristina Lankow, and Tim
Heaton.
Others Present: Aaron Karl (Community Development), Mike Brandt (3M), Dave Getting
(3M), Jeffrey Hilden (TKDA), Ron Evans (3M), and Mike Maki (3M).
Call to Order: L. Erickson called the meeting to order.
Approval of Minutes: C. Richter / J. McGlade made a motion to approve the amended
minutes from the February meeting. All present voted aye. Motion passed.
Additions to Agenda:
Old Business: None
Discussion on parking on Fox Run:
C. Richter received a message from a concerned citizen that when vehicles are parking on
both side of the street, the road gets narrow, and they are requesting to remove parking on
one side of the street. There are mailboxes are on the east side of the street., single
homes on the west side of the street and twinhomes are on the east. J. Lindstad stated he
could see a safety concern for the collection trucks. P Briseno encourages parking on the
street because it slows down traffic. The national safety reports state your more apt to
survive the cars going slower verses going 35 mph. If the lanes are wider vehicles will
travel faster. P.Briseno would recommend no parking so many feet to the intersection. K.
Richard agrees with Briseno. C.Richter/J.McGlade made the motion to limit parking at
the intersection of 20th Street and Fox Run Trail that is adequate for traffic
movement patterns coming in and out of the street distance to be determined by the
City Engineer. All present voted aye. Motion passed.
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Discussion on traffic patterns on the future 3M expansion:
David with 3M explained with this project they would maintain the access at Orchard
however it will revise it from a 1-way in only to a 2-way so employees could enter and exit
at this location and this will require revisions. Currently there is no signal that faces the
west leg of the intersection. Planning on adding a temporary signal face on the north and
south west existing poles. C.Richter mentioned the city’s consultant agrees with putting up
the two traffic light signals on a temporary basis is sufficient. 3M will pay for the temporary
lights. The permanent traffic signals will be included in the overall improvement plan to the
22nd Avenue project.
A new access point, across from 12th Street South and 22nd Avenue South is also being
planned. This access point would be for trucks entering and exiting only. This driveway is
expected to be used by 40 vehicles, likely all trucks, each day. There is currently no signal
at this intersection, nor any marked pedestrian crossing for the major street. There was a
study conducted to determine if this intersection would warrant a traffic signal. Right now
there is not enough traffic volume to meet warrants at this time. C. Richter had a consulting
company come out as well and they agreed not enough traffic volume to meet warrants at
this time. At this point we feel the stop sign is acceptable at this location. The consultant
did have a concern when the interchange is open that the traffic patterns will change and
this study will have to be revisited. P. Briseno asked what the timeline is for this project. C.
Richter stated they will start this summer. K Richard stated this area has been discussed
multiple times with traffic coming from the west with the 8am school traffic and would like
to see a signal at this location. C.Richter will look at this area regularly.
New Business: None
Member Reports:
The next meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2022. Meeting adjourned.
Submitted by: Chris Larson