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80 5. Communication Items <br />81 Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry provided a brief <br />82 review and update on projects and maintenance activities listed in the staff report <br />83 dated March 20, 2024. <br />84 <br />85 Member Hodder commented on the watermain "Lead Free Roseville" program. He <br />86 noted he filled out the information but it did not seem go through and he had to <br />87 resubmit so he wanted staff to be aware of that. <br />88 <br />89 Mr. Freihammer indicated there have been a few issues and the site provider is <br />90 trying to fix it. He provided additional updates to the Commission. <br />91 <br />92 Chair Ficek updated the Commission on the Green To Go survey on its website. <br />93 April 7 is the six Rs of recycling event and on April 27 is the Clean Up and Clothing <br />94 Recycling. <br />95 ' <br />96 6. Bike Plan Introduction <br />97 Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer Jennifer Lowry explained Roseville <br />98 was awarded an Active Transportation Planning Assistance grant from MnDOT <br />99 that Roseville will use to create a bike plan that complements the existing Pathway <br />100 Master Plan. <br />101 <br />102 Member Rudolph asked as the bike planning process moves along, if there has been <br />103 any consideration of a parallel track of communication. Maybe there is an <br />104 opportunity to include in the engagement how people like to learn about these kinds <br />105 of things and what that could look like. <br />106 <br />107 Ms. Lowry explained that a lot of cities are using the active transportation planning <br />108 grant for an active transportation plan, which typically has education and <br />109 infrastructure and enforcement elements to it. It is a little different that the City is <br />110 delivering a bike plan. The application was more tied to the actual planning and <br />111 identifying of routes and prioritizing them. She did not think that precludes <br />112 conversations about opportunities and resources for the education. She noted this is <br />113 definitely something that can be discussed and not sure if it will be something that <br />114 will be delivered at the end of this, but if there is support for it and the City has the <br />115 resources, even just time to do it, she would like to look at it some more. <br />116 <br />117 Member Rudolph indicated in her opinion, bikers do not need to learn about using <br />118 bike lanes, drivers do. <br />119 <br />120 Ms. Lowry agreed but unless it is a part of required training, she thought that the <br />121 people who are disrespectful to bicyclists are the ones who would be coming to any <br />122 kind of training. She thought it is something useful to talk through with the <br />123 communication staff, if there is something that can be put in newsletters to reach <br />124 people passively. <br />125 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />Page 6 of 69 <br />