Laserfiche WebLink
Item No. 3C <br />Meeting Date: January 30, 2006 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; EDA: EDA Business <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Economic Development Authority <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Walkable Community Workshop <br /> <br />Date of Report: January 26, 2006 <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Mounds View has been participating in the on-going Active Living Ramsey <br />County (ALRC) initiative. ALRC’s mission is to create and promote environments <br />that make it safe and convenient for people to integrate physical activity into their <br />daily routines. As a part of this initiative, Ramsey County received funding to <br />hold workshops in eight Ramsey County cities. Interested communities were <br />invited to apply to host one of these workshops. Mounds View was recently <br />chosen to host a Walkable Community Workshop, which will be led by trainers <br />from the National Center for Bicycling & Walking. St. Paul (3), Roseville, <br />Lauderdale, St. Anthony, and New Brighton will also be holding workshops. <br /> <br />Hosting a Walkable Community Workshop will be a great way for Mounds View <br />to engage a group of staff, residents, elected officials and city commissioners <br />and address specific barriers that make it unsafe or inconvenient for people to <br />walk or bike in our community. The workshop will consist of concentrating on a <br />specific geographic focus area in the city, and planning design and safety <br />guidelines. The focus area for our workshop will be the proposed County Road <br />10 trail section on the south side of CR 10 running between Long Lake Road and <br />Silver Lake Road. This stretch is just over ½ mile long. This particular area has <br />a high amount of pedestrian use, and is a small enough area to be able to work <br />on in one day. <br /> <br />This 4-hour workshop will be held on the afternoon of May 11, 2006. All elected <br />officials, city commissioners and staff are invited and encouraged to participate in <br />the workshop. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />____________________________ <br />Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate