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Mounds View City Council March 25, 2019 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Council Member Bergeron questioned if the coffee talk meetings had been scheduled. Mr. 2 Lindeburg reported MnDOT was still working on a schedule for these meetings and information 3 would be posted on MnDOT's website in the near future. 4 5 Council Member Meehlhause asked how many people were invited to attend the Colonial Village 6 neighborhood meeting. Mr. Lindeburg explained those affected by the noise wall had been 7 invited to attend the neighborhood meeting. 8 9 Council Member Gunn invited MnDOT to put up a booth at Festival in the Park which would be Io held on Saturday, August 17th at Silver View Park. Mr. Lindeburg commented he would have a 11 representative at this event. 12 13 Mayor Mueller asked if Mounds View would be getting any temporary signals during the 14 MnPASS project. She encouraged MnDOT to consider a signal at Silver Lake Road and County 15 Road H2 which was currently a four way stop. Mr. Lindeburg stated he did not believe a 16 temporary signal would be placed at this intersection. He explained that concerns regarding 17 traffic along Silver Lake Road have been brought to his attention and commented he would be 18 monitoring this situation. 19 20 Mayor Mueller inquired how residents could sign up for email notifications for this project. Mr. 21 Lindeburg explained residents could visit MnDOT's website at 22 mndot.gov/metro/projects/35wnorthmnpass to sign up for project updates. In addition, residents 23 could email MnDOT with questions or concerns at info(c35wnorthmnpass.com. He reported 24 residents could also call with questions and that number was 651-800-4965. 25 26 Mayor Mueller questioned if MnDOT would be working with mapping companies to inform 27 them of the upcoming construction and ramp closures. Mr. Lindeburg stated MnDOT did work 28 with the mapping companies to keep them informed and stated typically they were pretty good at 29 keeping the roads up to date. 30 31 Mayor Mueller thanked Mr. Lindeburg for his thorough presentation regarding the MnPASS 32 project. 33 34 C. Steve Markuson — Twin Cities Gateway. 35 36 Steve Markuson, Twin Cities Gateway, thanked the Council for their time. He commented on 37 the successes and accomplishments the Twin Cities Gateway (TCG) has had in the last year. He 38 discussed how impactful tourism was for the State of Minnesota and for the communities within 39 the Gateway. He reported 69% of State tourism spending was completed in the metro area. He 40 commented further on what happens when visitors come to town. The goals of TCG were 41 reviewed with the Council as being to reach micro -targeted markets, drive incremental overnight 42 stays, increase non -peak period business, leverage resources/partnerships and to maximize 43 prospect engagement. He was pleased to report that lodging tax for the nine member cities were 44 up in 2018 and surpassed $1 million. He reviewed the TCG's marketing strategies and 45 commented on the positive hits the Gateway's website has received.