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�4�� *�� ,�- Memo To: Mayor and Council Neal Beets, City Manager From: Duane Schwartz, Chief Sletner, Captain Mathwig, and Thomas �aschke Date: May 15,2006 Date: OS/15/06 Iten�: 3 . f City Council Goal 6 Statewide Leadership of Transit and Traffic Issues Re: Discussion on the Goal of Adding Leadership to Statewide Discussion on Transit and Other Traffic Issues Introduction At the Apri122,2006 Goal-setting meeting, the Council and Staff identified nine (9) goals for the next year (200612007). The 6th-ranked goal or priority as stated at the meeting was: �cicl leadership to state discussions on transit and other traffic issues In an effort to further define this goal and to identify potential objectives or action steps that may be needed to achieve it, the following information is submitted De�ning the Goal As the Council is aware, there is increasing congestion on the entire transportation system. This has an impact on the quality of life in the City of Roseville affecting neighborhoods and our ability to move about. Mndot and Ramsey County have fallen severely behind in delivering improvement projects. Both Highway 36 and Interstate 35W are in need of expansion. Metro Transit has cut transit routes several times in the past ten years. State aid in the fonn of gas tax dollars is being shared by an increasing number of cities as the metro area continues to expand. This has a negative effect on the revenue of the City of Roseville. A greater share of recent transportation projects and transit system expansion over the past ten years has occurred in the west and south metro areas and the central cities. Efficient transportation is vital to Roseville's continued success in attracting retail business and customers and to continue to expand the business and commercial activity that provides j obs for our residents. Yn order to heighten the awareness and action on this goal it is could be modified as follows: The City will engage in Local, Regional and Statewide discussions on transit and transportation issues to improve funding resources and deliver effective multi-modal solutions to improve our ability to ��xv� about. With this goal statement, the City will commit to identifying common transportation goals shared by other governmental entities and will actively pursue regional and statewide solutions.