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Page 1 of 1 CONSENT ITEM – 8F MEMORANDUM DATE: January 13, 2025 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Jessica Jagoe, Interim City Administrator FROM: David Swearingen, P.E. Public Works Director / City Engineer SUBJECT: Complete Streets Policy Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A Council Should Consider Motions to approve, table, or deny the following: •Resolution 2025-004 declaring that it is the City of Arden Hills’ policy to utilize Complete Street principles in transportation planning and community design. Background/Discussion On June 24, 2024, the City Council reviewed the latest design estimates and status of funding sources and gave direction to staff to pursue the MnDOT SRTS grant program again. On December 9, 2024, City Council authorized Resolution 2024-058 to submit a MnDOT Safe Routes to School Infrastructure grant application related to the proposed Old Highway 10 Trail Improvement project. Through the MnDOT SRTS grant program application process last year, City Staff learned that the scoring could be improved if the City had an official Complete Streets Policy. Resolution 2025-004 declares that it is the City of Arden Hills’ policy to utilize Complete Street principles in transportation planning and community design. Complete Streets consist of the planning, scoping, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads in order to reasonably address the safety and accessibility needs of users of all ages and abilities. Complete streets consider the needs of motorists, pedestrians, transit users and vehicles, bicyclists, and commercial and emergency vehicles moving along and across roads, intersections, and crossings in a manner that is sensitive to the local context and recognizes that needs may vary throughout the community. Attachments Attachment A - Resolution 2025-004