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Home My WebLink About10-21-2020 Traffic Safety Minutes MEETING MINUTES TRAFFIC SAFETY October 21, 2020 10:00 AM Highway Facility - Baldwin Highway Facility - Baldwin - 300 Oak Ridge Parkway, Baldwin, Wisconsin NOTICE Notice: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Traffic Safety Committee meeting will be available to members and reporting departments on-line, utilizing the Zoom platform. CALL TO ORDER Chair Klatt called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. ROLL CALL Attendee Organization Title Status Arrived Name Jeff Klatt St. Croix Chair Present County William Peavey St. Croix County Board Supervisor Present County Bob Feidler St. Croix County Board Supervisor Present County Daniel St. Croix Traffic Safety Present Bieberitz County Natasha St. Croix Emergency Management Present Cardinal County JR Dachel St. Croix Education Excused County Kirk Danielson St. Croix WSP Present County Scott Knudson St. Croix Sheriff Excused County Dan Kontos St. Croix WisDOT/BOTS Present County Robbie Krejci St. Croix Highway Commissioner Present County Matt Melby St. Croix Medical Services Absent County Karl Anderson St. Croix Law Absent County Rick Olig St. Croix Law Enforcement Excused County Liaison/Consultant Tim Ramberg St. Croix Citizen Member Present County Natasha Cardinal & Tim Ramberg appeared via Zoom. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Traffic Safety Regular Meeting October 23, 2019 10:00 AM Minutes were accepted as presented. RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT BUSINESS ITEMS 1. State Patrol Crash & Traffic Report Sergeant Danielson presented a handout to the committee (handout is attached to these minutes). Brief discussion was held. RESULT: DISCUSSED 2. St Croix County Crash Report Chair Klatt informed the committee that St. Croix County has had three fatalities so far this year, compared to 13 at this same time last year. RESULT: DISCUSSED 3. WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety Report Dan Kontos, Law Enforcement Liaison, introduced himself to the committee. He presented a slide show (packet is attached to these minutes). Dan Bierberitz updated the committee on the following construction projects: th 1. I-94, STH 128 - 250 St: Will be doing median restoration and paving this week or next week (weather dependent). The project is still on schedule to be completed by mid November. 2. I-94, Kinnickinnic River to CTH T: This project is complete. 3. USH 12, USH 63 - STH 128: Project is about 95% complete. They are working on a barrier just east of CTH NN to finish up. Next year, we will work on the intersection of USH 12 & STH 128 to make it a 4-way stop. 4. STH 35 & CTH M, River Falls. This is a safety improvement project installing a jug-handle. Items that need to be completed yet are paving, lighting and st landscaping. Expected completion date is Oct. 31; however, with the recent snow fall/cold weather, the project may extend into November. RESULT: DISCUSSED 4. STH 128 near Wilson Kwik Trip (JK) Chair Klatt advised that the additional signage has made a slight improvement; however, there are still issues. Robbie Krejci noted that he has received many complaints about this area. A lengthy discussion ensued. RESULT: DISCUSSED 5. CTH A - Town of Hudson (JK) Robbie Krejci informed the committee that Ayers & Associates are working on some improvement plans for CTH A. RESULT: DISCUSSED 6. Applications for ATV Routes - CTH TT-170th St to Village of Hammond Limits & CTH D-150th Ave-Emerald (RK) Robbie Krejci discussed the application process; he advised that new requests must be submitted by 1/31 of each year, and decisions are to be made in March of that same year. RESULT: DISCUSSED 7. County Construction Project Update (RK) Robbie Krejci updated the committee on the following: 1) The CTH I & CTH E surface project, and enhancements that were made; 2) CTH A & CTH E transitory project is complete, but may be re-aligned again in the future; 3) The traffic population on CTH I has grown immensely; 4) CTH GG - the speed limit was lowered (urban transition); and 5) CTH V & CTH E - a designer is looking at this area and has some good ideas on how we can enhance that intersection; 5) CTH N from the west end (near STH 65) to the east, top lift asphalt project was scheduled for this year, but has been postponed until next year. A very lengthy discussion regarding all of the water problems our county experienced in June, which resulted in many road closures, a washed out bridge and one death. St. Croix County had $225,000 to $250,000 worth of flood damage. RESULT: DISCUSSED 8. 2020 ATV Route application update (RK) This was a duplicate entry (see Business Item #8278). RESULT: DISCUSSED REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Robbie Krejci requested that Work Zone Safety Group be added to our next agenda. He advised that he is looking for support from our committee on the Flagger's Bill of Rights. ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE ADJOURN Chair Klatt adjourned the meeting at 11:20 a.m. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Highway Department in Baldwin.