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-2- depending on how things transpire. We talked about Complete Streets. Complete Streets emphasizes a complete feel, not just to facilitate traffic movement, but including bikes, trails and walking. We hope to have a speaker come and speak about this process and look at ways to get more involved with in City planning in the street construction. A new Chair was elected, Brian Strub. Parker expressed his thanks to the Commission for supporting what the Trails Committee has been doing. The next meeting is March 3rd at 5:30 p.m. He invited anyone interested to come. They will be talking about TCAAP and other items. Heinrich inquired about the bike paths on the street and the distance between a biker and vehicle. Parker felt this will be part of the discussion with Complete Streets. We want to make sure we have enough safe distance between bikers and motor vehicles. Heinrich mentioned that in Arizona they have signs stating vehicles are required to stay at least 3 feet from the bicycle. Parker stated this is something that the Complete Streets would address to the State and something like this could be adopted. Parker felt this is an important safety issue. We want to keep traffic moving smoothly but still allow bikers on t1le same street. In the future, we hope to see more accommodations for bikers. The Trails Committee died help facilitate this on Long Lake Road to give enough width for bikers and clearly, mark the lanes. - Frischman thanked Parker for his volunteer efforts on the Trails Committee. We have benefitted from it and look forward to your continued involvement on the Trails Committee. Frischman recognized that Chris Wolla was present; She stated'he has done a lot of behind the scenes work related to the disc golf. She stated the disc golfers present here this evening said a lot of nice things about you. She thanked hirA for his worm with this disc golf course group. Breuer invited Wolla to the podium'. Breuer stated Wolla has put a lot of effort in working with this group and she is glad that you recognized all his efforts. Wolla stated that this group has a lot of passion and concern for the disc golf at Hansen Place and want to see it succeed and be a good place for families to go and enjoy the sport. They are a fun group to work with and they appreciate what we do. They have a lot of concern and want to see that course look good, to succeed and get along with the neighborhood. Frischman thanked Wolla on behalf of PREC. We know it wouldn't have happened without you. VI. Correspondence A:` j, Council Report — Council Member Mary Burg Council Member Burg stated the Council did have a work session this evening. The discussion related to impact to the budget regarding loss of revenue from the Charter School and the impact of hiring positions that currently exist within the City and if positions will be eliminated or keep them as they are. We are looking at what the impact is for future budgets given loss of revenue from the State and impact on the reserves that the City has. It is a very complicated mix of how the funds come together and how that impacts staffing. Many have seen a freeze on their wages and we are still working through some of the union issues. Our discussion was regarding what direction to give the City Manager regarding our 2010 budget and how it impacts 2011 and beyond with loss of revenue impacts. It has a large impact on Parks & Rec. because there are a lot of critical positions missing. City Forester is not even on the table, Recreation Supervisor is being held up. Council needed to decide whether to freeze any hiring or give the City Manager directive to hire with results of any increases next year causing lay offs next year because of increases in our budget and loss of revenue. We will come