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Falcon Heights City Council Workshop Minutes <br />Wednesday, June 3, 2015 <br />6:30 p.m. <br />Members Present: Mayor Lindstrom, Council Member Long, Council Member Harris, <br />Council Member Mercer -Taylor, and Council Member Brown Thunder <br />City Staff Present: City Administrator- Sack Thongvanh <br />City Engineer- Kristine Giga <br />Administrative Coordinator- Katie Thrasher <br />Announcements: Mayor Lindstrom presented an update on the Kaboom Playground build. It <br />was a successful day. Thank you to KABOOM! for their organization, to city staff, and to the <br />many volunteers. <br />1) Discussion regarding sidewalks along Garden Ave: How would we move forward <br />knowing we won't be working on Garden Ave in 2015? <br />Councilor Harris expressed interest in participating in a task force. The task force would <br />ideally have eight people, two of which are Falcon Heights Elementary School or District <br />representatives, potentially the former Planning Commission Chair, a few Planning <br />Commission members, and a consultant. The City will also need to consider a timeline <br />for when we want a completed report. The task force would be an opportunity to consider <br />nation-wide solutions to the issue. The task force should also take into consideration how <br />the school property is divided up and how that affects traffic. <br />Councilor Mercer -Taylor recommended reaching out to Transit for Livable Communities, <br />the group that worked with The City on the bike path. Best practices and cutting edge <br />solutions should be considered. The City could also consider involving the Center for <br />Transportation Studies, or potentially utilizing residents who have been a fellow or have <br />studied at the Center. If The City plans to create an RFP for a consultant planner, it would <br />be wise to separate that RFP from the recycling RFP happening in the summer. <br />Councilor Long stated that the council will need to give very specific charge to the <br />taskforce if we go that route. We will have to consider what questions to ask, and what <br />we want from them in terms of a work product. Some questions to be addressed in the <br />charge for the taskforce are: Is there a safety issue on Garden? If so, what is that safety <br />issue: congestion or speed? What needs to be done to address that if there is a concern in <br />an efficient, cost effective, and cost -equitable manner? <br />City Administrator Sack Thongvanh stated that he has eliminated office hours for the <br />City's planning consultant WSB due to filling a City planner position, but will continue <br />to use their expertise on a project to project basis. We would need to talk with WSB or <br />
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