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34 Chair Ficek asked on the Hamline project if more lanes are going to be opened or 35 how will that work with the signals not working. 36 37 Ms. Smith explained she asked the County that today and it was thought it would 38 be similar to what is there, but she indicated she was going to talk to them to see 39 what it looks like later in the week next week because she wondered if it could just 40 be pulled off to the side for Saturday because it sounds like it should be paved. 41 42 Chair Ficek indicated he would not advocate for completely opening it up because 43 then it will introduce confusion as people are looking around and wondering who 44 is next so there is some benefit to having reduced lanes and an all way stop but the 45 northbound lane could be opened and maybe the southbound ramp, but he thought 46 the ramp could be left as one lane. 47 48 Chair Ficek noted regarding Less Mow May, it was obvious that people are not 49 mowing so he wondered how the City will reach out to explain the Ordinance will 50 kickback in on June 1 sc 51 52 Mr. Johnson explained staff has been working with communications and there are 53 plans set up to do more communication blasts later in the month of May. He 54 explained this is also on the City website. 55 56 Chair Ficek asked if there will be a grace period. 57 58 Mr. Johnson explained in talking with community development, just like last year, 59 there are repeat offenders and staff will contact those people first when complaints 60 start coming in. 61 62 5. Council Request for Commission Review 63 Mayor Roe indicated he was filling in for Councilmember Etten. He reviewed the 64 subject background and what the City Council was asking of the Commission. 65 66 Chair Ficek indicated the Commission reviewed this in March and the Commission 67 does actually have some things to recommend to the City Council and he would be 68 happy for the Commission to open it up again and take a look. One of his questions 69 though is in the packet there was the notion of how often a Commission should 70 meet and he wondered if everything was on the table to discuss. 71 72 Mayor Roe explained it may be more relevant for some Commissions more than 73 others, but the Council did want to open it up to those kinds of things too, number 74 of members, frequency of meetings and that sort of thing, to make sure that the 75 Commissions are doing the work as a City. The Council is looking for feedback 76 on any and all questions or information the Commissions come up with. 77 78 Chair Ficek indicated one thing the Commission discussed and put into their 79 recommendations was looking at public safety. It kind of falls under transportation Page 2 of 3 Page 4 of 125