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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 20, 2006 Page 8 1 best option. He does not see growth of the business from this location. This location will 2 house more of the administrative functions of the business. 3 4 Chair Stromgren would like Mr. O'Brien to look at reduction of the parking lot width and 5 at the north end, because it is a primary road, and city owned frontage of boulevard is 6 narrower on 29h,he is wondering about the last two parking spaces. The idea of getting 7 rid of the extra entrance/exit on 29t' is a good idea for safety and will be a nice green 8 space. 9 10 No action required. 11 12 VIII. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION. 13 8.1 Comprehensive Plan Task Force Update 14 15 Ms. Moore-Sykes updated the Planning Commission about some of the Task Force 16 activities relating to comprehensive land use. The Task Force met earlier this month. The 17 assignment was to take pictures around the community of items members thought should 18 be changed, removed, added or kept. Bill Weber, the consultant working on the update, 19 has taken all ideas and will put together a draft for the taskforce to look at in August or 20 September. 21 22 8.2 Quarterly Code Enforcement Report 23 24 Chair Stromgren stated this is included in packet and no discussion was needed. 25 26 8.3 Walkable Communities— Safe Routes Grant 27 28 Ms. Moor-Sykes reported they are working on putting together a grant available for the 29 Walkable Communities Project. MNDOT has monies available for communities who 30 want to install or upgrade sidewalks and trails to encourage and enhance the safe 31 walkability and biking of children to school. Ms. Moore-Sykes outlined the benefit of 32 this project. This project will encourage kids to get away from the TV and go outside, be 33 active and enjoy the outdoors. It also reduces dependence on gasoline and cars or busses 34 to take children back and forth to school. Currently kids are not encouraged to walk or 35 bike because it is not safe and we do not have sidewalks that take them to school. Up to 36 $175,000 is available to communities who choose to participate in this program. This 37 would go to the infrastructure. A non-infrastructure part of the grant is allocated to 38 educating children about safe routes to school using bikes or walking and the 39 attractiveness of this mode of transportation. The application is due right after July 4, 40 2006. They need and have participation from Hennepin and Ramsey Counties and Cathy 41 Knapp, transportation director of the school district. This project is targeted towards 42 grades 8-12. 43 44 IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS.