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MINUTES New Brighton Economic Development Commission Regular Meeting—August 8, 2006 7:00 a.m. Members/Liaisons Present: Gina Bauman, Gene Delaune, Dennis Flahave, Linda Harmon, Lisa Harreld, John Kaufhold, Steve Larson, Jim Sculthorp, and Gary Stang. Members/Liaisons Absent: Bob Benke, Mark Nelson, and Bruce Nustad. Staff Present: Jeanna Troha, Grant Fernelius, Grant Wyffels, David Black, and Jennifer Lavandowska. Others Present: Jon Horn(Kimley-Horn and Associates) Call to Order Linda Harmon called the meeting to order at 7:00 a.m. Approval of Minutes No minutes of the July 11, 2006 meeting were available. The Commission accepted as record of the meeting the agenda presented for references as documentation of the meeting. Old Highway 8 Grant Wyffels, Public Works Director, and Jon Horn, Kimley-Horn and Associates presented two options for the Old Highway 8 reconstruction. The road will be redesigned from the I-694 bridge to the Long Lake Regional Park entrance, which is roughly 2600 feet. The options were designed with the Northwest Quadrant Design Guidelines in mind and will include medians, boulevards, and lighting. Wyffels added that this design will be presented to all commissions, and their recommendations will be considered. Horn reported that the design is based on the traffic study that was completed in 2006. Currently there are 9,700 vehicles per day using this road and it is anticipated that by 2030 there will be over 20,000 vehicles. Because this is an arterial roadway they have strived for a design that will slow and calm traffic. The road will continue to have two lanes each way,but a landscaped median will be added. As development occurs potential signal lights may also be added. Bicycle lanes are included in Option 1, while in Option 2 there are no bike lanes, but the boulevards are larger and more space is available for landscaping. Both options allow for parking on both sides of the street. Stang inquired if the bike paths would be made of asphalt or concrete; he indicated that he is uncomfortable bicycling on concrete. Kaufhold asked if the bike lanes could pass through the commercial area instead of along the highway. Harmon replied that she would not encourage biking through that area. Stang inquired how the bike paths will work with the parking on the street. Horn replied that Selby Avenue in St. Paul has a similar configuration and it works well.