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126 127 Chair Ficek asked regarding the County Hierarchy slide, will more money be 128 allocated to people who walk then money will be allocated to people who bike and 129 down the line. He asked for Mr. Merrick to expand on the information. 130 131 Mr. Merrick explained it is not necessarily more money because the physical 132 infrastructure of roadways is quite a bit more than building a trail or sidewalk, it is 133 more about how they look at designing a roadway. He gave the Commission an 134 example and explained they first look at what the biking and walking needs are in 135 the corridor and how can they best accommodate those needs. He noted this is for 136 a full reconstruction of a roadway. 137 138 Chair Ficek indicated what he envisioned under that guideline is the County could 139 induce some vehicle congestion in order to make the crossing safer for pedestrian 140 traffic. 141 \ 142 Mr. Merrick explained those are discussions that do take place and those decisions 143 are made on a project -by -project basis that involve, often times, the City that the 144 County is working with. They also look at balancing those vehicle needs with 145 bicycle and walking needs. 146 147 Member Misra explained in Roseville there are so many major thoroughfares so the 148 City does not have a lot of authority unilaterally to impose speed limits or change 149 certain traffic parameters. It seems to her that with an increased emphasis on 150 pedestrians and bikes going forward that maybe that is up for consideration on some 151 of the existing and proposed projects. 152 153 Mr. Merrick explained the issue of speed does come up in a lot of the corridors. 154 Speeds on County corridors are set by Minnesota Statute, which requires that 155 MnDOT conducts a speed study and whatever the eighty-fifth percentile is of 156 people driving in the corridor is what the posted speed is along the County road. He 157 indicated the County Board is very interested in this topic and are having ongoing 158 discussions about looking at some creative ways they could look at posting speeds 159 in certain County corridors different than what he just described. The County is 160 working with its traffic engineer and the County Board to do some pilot studies in 161 the coming years. 162 163 Mr. Culver explained the PWETC will likely be talking about speed limits at the 164 local level before the end of the year. City's do have the ability to set speed limits 165 based on some engineering studies on its own. He explained it is a tough authority 166 to have because the City has to make sure it is done in the right way and the biggest 167 difficulty is the enforcement. 168 169 Mr. Culver indicated he wanted to find out what the Commission thinks as far as 170 what Roseville should be looking at for further action on a bike network plan and 171 if the Commissioners had any other input on Mr. Merrick's slides. Should the City Page 4 of 6