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bicycle lane stenciling, striping and other options that staff could address with <br /> Ramsey County for the next phase of the Rice Street project. <br /> 5. Neighborhood Traffic Management Policy <br /> Ms. Bloom provided an updated draft of the Roseville Neighborhood Traffic <br /> Management Program (TMP), including changes that she'd incorporated from <br /> individual member comments, other than those from Chair DeBenedet and <br /> Member Gjerdingen that had yet to be incorporated, pending additional <br /> consideration and review by the full Commission. <br /> 1.1 Purpose (Page 1) <br /> Discussion ensued regarding comments related to violation of traffic laws and <br /> addressing aggressive drive behavior; and whether identifying it may increase that <br /> aggressive road behavior. <br /> Ms. Bloom opined that staff felt the purpose of the plan was well-defined as <br /> written at this time. Ms. Bloom noted that there is already a standing Traffic <br /> Safety Committee, and when that was the decision-making body and the threshold <br /> for something becoming a TMP issue and traffic safety discussion. <br /> Mr. Schwartz opined that the TMP should be written around infrastructure design <br /> issues rather than enforcement issues. <br /> Member Vanderwall noted that both suggestions identified driver behaviors, and <br /> the results of driver behavior, and opined that this may be redundant; with the <br /> overlying issue being the result of driver behavior making for unsafe <br /> neighborhoods, and suggested that the intent of the TMP was to alleviate those <br /> conditions, without seeming to be accusatory of drivers. In other words, Member <br /> Vanderwall suggested that the TMP was based on how we manage traffic, not <br /> how we manage drivers. <br /> Chair DeBenedet opined that traffic was managed through managing traffic <br /> behavior; however, he agreed to not including "violation of traffic laws," in this <br /> draft of the TMP. However, Chair DeBenedet opined that wherever else it was <br /> addressed, it should be broadly defined in the Purpose Statement. <br /> Mr. Schwartz noted that in the enforcement section of the TMP (page 7), this <br /> strategy was addressed. <br /> Ms. Bloom sought direction from the Commission on how to best encapsulate the <br /> enforcement item. <br /> Discussion included providing positive versus negative terminology to define it <br /> without judgment; whether the intent of the TMP was to address the negatives, <br /> and the need to identify conditions that prompt using this procedure; staff was <br /> directed to include a separate sentence that addressed promoting safe walking, or <br /> Page 3 of 12 <br />