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with the coordination and safety of the audit by making sure everyone has vests and <br />supplies needed to conduct those audits. <br />Member Fergus explained he loved the idea of things being very walkable and he <br />would appreciate it if this could also focus on the bike -ability of this. <br />Mr. Bierscheid explained he does bike a lot and he hopes to be able to follow up <br />with that after the walkability audit. <br />Chair Ficek explained he is an engineer and being one he knows that engineers got <br />really good at moving cars through the cities and now engineers are trying to relearn <br />and discover that people need to get around in other ways. That is one thing that <br />has been evolving in his own career. He indicated he is encouraged by this. He <br />wondered if there is somewhere that the Commission can go to see the outcome of <br />these audits. He asked if there is information from other cities. <br />Mr. Bierscheid indicated there is and he will get the information out to the <br />Commission. He noted Rochester, MN just completed theirs and he talked to <br />people, and it was very successful. He indicated the goal is to get one audit done <br />this fall and re-evaluate that and then next spring start the whole process. <br />Chair Ficek thanked Mr. Bierscheid for coming and making the presentation. <br />9. Bench Ordinance <br />Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer indicated the City of Roseville has an <br />existing bench ordinance that regulates benches in the City rights -of -way. He noted <br />there are currently 51 benches that are installed by one company that are permitted. <br />The ordinance was last updated in 2008. He explained after looking at other city <br />ordinances and consulting with the City Attorney, the current ordinance could use <br />some updates to be clearer on some items and to add some additional language. He <br />asked the Commission to discuss and provide feedback on potential ordinance <br />changes. <br />Member Rudolf indicated she was cautiously supportive of more benches because <br />her job closely touches transit and she feels, especially on the heels of this new <br />walkability index, really just thinking about encouraging pedestrian and alternative <br />transportation options for people and making that more possible and she thought <br />there was a number of situations, including older residents but also parents with <br />children or various people after a long day of work waiting at the bus stop it would <br />be nice to have a place to sit. In general, she is supportive. She thought there are <br />considerations to be had for the types of advertising and the locations and number <br />of them, but in general she was in favor of it. <br />Mr. Freihammer explained the one thing all the ordinances have is the bench <br />companies propose where the benches go, and the City allows or does not allow <br />them. He indicated these are really advertising companies and not bench companies <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />