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Mr. Schwartz noted a lack of consideration in the Blaine model for pedestrian <br /> treatments throughout the city for safety concerns, and established criteria needed <br /> for that, not just related to vehicular speeds. Mr. Schwartz suggested one <br /> consideration could be a safe route to school, and include that in the ranking <br /> criteria against some of the others that may add to rather than detract; and <br /> ultimately improve neighborhood livability. <br /> Member Felice suggested including a provision such as in the City of <br /> Bloomington, MN model for all requests to be considered in a given year to be <br /> submitted by the first day of February, then forwarded to the Police, Fire, and <br /> Public Works Departments for their review, as well as Metropolitan Transit and <br /> the School District, allowing all of those agencies to provide input and comment. <br /> Member Felice opined that it would be nice to have them all for the year to be <br /> able to rank them. <br /> Ms. Bloom noted that this provision would also allow those priorities to be <br /> included in funding and work plan reviews. <br /> Vice Chair Vanderwall noted consideration for ranking criteria for traffic <br /> management on streets and adjacent areas identified in the Pathway Master Plan <br /> for pedestrian and/or bicycle safety. <br /> Member Stenlund noted the problems with more bicycles on the roads and them <br /> not being respectful of road rules and their need to practice safety as well. <br /> Vice Chair Vanderwall concurred, noting the need for additional education. <br /> Further items for consideration in a traffic management policy included street <br /> parking considered as a traffic calming measure; costs to enforce illegal parking; <br /> adequate time to see pedestrians in crosswalks; parking near driveways creating <br /> sight line problems; consideration of"no stopping" areas and signage based on <br /> street speeds; geography of crosswalks and impacts to sight lines; research on <br /> types of flashing lights at intersections and those that changed driver habits and <br /> those not having any impact; and overhead lights to provide additional pedestrian <br /> safety at crosswalks. <br /> Vice Chair Vanderwall asked staff to begin drafting, and provide a work-based <br /> model of a model traffic management policy for the City of Roseville; and to <br /> provide that work product to individual commissioners at their earliest <br /> convenience for their comments. <br /> Ms. Bloom advised that she would pull together the City of Bloomington and <br /> Blain models as a start for the Roseville policy; and start a draft to be available for <br /> discussion at the next Commission meeting. Ms. Bloom suggested the first eleven <br /> (11) pages of the Blaine model as a starting point. <br /> Page 8 of 11 <br />