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168 with the coordination and safety of the audit by making sure everyone has vests and 169 supplies needed to conduct those audits. 170 171 Member Fergus explained he loved the idea of things being very walkable and he 172 would appreciate it if this could also focus on the bike -ability of this. 173 174 Mr. Bierscheid explained he does bike a lot and he hopes to be able to follow up 175 with that after the walkability audit. 176 177 Chair Ficek explained he is an engineer and being one he knows that engineers got 178 really good at moving cars through the cities and now engineers are trying to relearn 179 and discover that people need to get around in other ways. That is one thing that 180 has been evolving in his own career. He indicated he is encouraged by this. He 181 wondered if there is somewhere that the Commission can go to see the outcome of 182 these audits. He asked if there is information from other cities. 183 184 Mr. Bierscheid indicated there is and he will get the information out to the 185 Commission. He noted Rochester, MN just completed theirs and he talked to 186 people, and it was very successful. He indicated the goal is to get one audit done 187 this fall and re-evaluate that and then next spring start the whole process. 188 189 Chair Ficek thanked Mr. Bierscheid for coming and making the presentation. 190 191 9. Bench Ordinance 192 Public Works Director Jesse Freihammer indicated the City of Roseville has an 193 existing bench ordinance that regulates benches in the City rights -of -way. He noted 194 there are currently 51 benches that are installed by one company that are permitted. 195 The ordinance was last updated in 2008. He explained after looking at other city 196 ordinances and consulting with the City Attorney, the current ordinance could use 197 some updates to be clearer on some items and to add some additional language. He 198 asked the Commission to discuss and provide feedback on potential ordinance 199 changes. 200 201 Member Rudolf indicated she was cautiously supportive of more benches because 202 her job closely touches transit and she feels, especially on the heels of this new 203 walkability index, really just thinking about encouraging pedestrian and alternative 204 transportation options for people and making that more possible and she thought 205 there was a number of situations, including older residents but also parents with 206 children or various people after a long day of work waiting at the bus stop it would 207 be nice to have a place to sit. In general, she is supportive. She thought there are 208 considerations to be had for the types of advertising and the locations and number 209 of them, but in general she was in favor of it. 210 211 Mr. Freihammer explained the one thing all the ordinances have is the bench 212 companies propose where the benches go, and the City allows or does not allow 213 them. He indicated these are really advertising companies and not bench companies Page 5 of 7 Page 7 of 82