Neighborhood Traffic Management Program Could Cost Property Owners $60,000

The Roseville Council approved at its Monday meeting a new neighborhood traffic management program designed to help the city to better respond to residents and businesses.

The council set aside $20,000 in the 2013 budget toward “construction and installation costs of major traffic management strategies.” Property owners will pay an additional $60,000 in the form of an assessment if residents request a traffic management effort on their street.

"The total cost each year will be a function of whether any requests come in for traffic management and whether any of those projects proceed, not to mention what the projects actually cost," Mayor Dan Roe wrote in an email.

Here is a round-up of some other items that came up at this week's Roseville Council meeting:

• The Roseville Council approved unanimously a construction agreement between the University of Minnesota and the city for the Fairview Pathway bike and pedestrian project.
• The council set a public hearing to consider approving a 3.2 percent on-sale Sunday liquor and wine license for Kyoto Sushi.
• The council approved the terms of the 2012-2013 police officers' union contract.