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April 8, 2025 St. Anthony Council Work Session - 2 Assistant City Manager Ashley Morello reviewed the relationship to other plans including the City’s Climate Plan and the Comprehensive Plan. A key component of the Active Transportation is a local planning team, which will provide input throughout the planning process. The local planning team comprises of individuals from various stakeholder groups to represent diverse technical expertise. In addition to City Staff, the following groups have been invited to participate in the Local Planning Team: • Citizens for Sustainability. • School District. • Hennepin and Ramsey County Public Works. • Active Living Ramsey Communities. • Planning Commission. • Parks & Environmental Commission. • St. Anthony Kiwanis. • Resident advocate. Staff is waiting for MnDOT to finalize the schedule for the plan development. The following is the anticipated timeline: • Late April/May: Kickoff with local leads. • May: Kickoff with larger local planning team. • June/July: First visit to communities for walk audits, bike audits, focus groups. • August/September: Second visit to communities for action planning workshops. • October-December: Plan review and completion, kicking off supplemental technical assistance (implementation) projects. Ms. Morello noted that tonight’s meeting is primarily for discussion purposes. Staff’s intention is to inform the Council of what to expect throughout this planning process. It may be helpful if Council identified high level priorities or preferred outcomes of the plan. This may be valuable for the local planning team to define the vision and goals of the plan. A PowerPoint presentation was given summarizing the Plan. Councilmember Elnagdy asked what the options are for identifying the high-level priorities. Ms. Morello reviewed the preferred outcomes of the plan. Councilmember Jenson referred to the plan outcomes. Ms. Morello stated in the Active Transportation Community, there are people who are proponents’ year-round. This will be a future conversation. Mayor Webster stated when she has been meeting with youth on the Youth Council, they expressed alignment with the strategic plan regarding sustainability and skateboarding and roller blading where they see some safety concerns on sidewalks. There are several bike commuters in St. Anthony and some modifications may need to be made for safety. If we are able to improve the conditions and have safer ways in which people move around in community not using a car if they choose that. She is anxious to hear back from the planning team on how that is envisioned. There could be strategically placed bike lanes. Mayor Webster stated she believes the City was successful in getting this grant due to the two primary grant writers. She thanked Ms. Morello and Ms. Saulog for their efforts on writing the grant.