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Brookings, South Dakota
November 18, 2008
OFFICIAL MINUTES
The Brookings Transportation Board was called to order by Chairperson Jeff
Weldon on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 2:00 PM in the City Hall meeting room.
Members present were Art Conners, Terrell Spence, Nancy Hartenhoff-Crooks, Jerry
Raabe, Robb Rasmussen, Dennis Falken, Michael Forgy, Tyler Luckhurst, Dean
Kattelmann, and Weldon. City Engineer Jackie Lanning, City Clerk Shari Thornes were
also present. Roger DeGroot, Rob Jones, and Teresa McKnight, were absent.
Item #2 – (Rasmussen/Crooks) Motion to approve the minutes from the October 21,
2008, meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 – (Conners/Luckhurst) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted aye.
MOTION CARRIED.
Item #4 – Update on the Bicycle Planning Workshop- Tyler Luckhurst and Robb
Rasmussen reported on the conference held on Friday, November 14, 2008. The
conference was well attended. Notes taken by Luckhurst were distributed to the
Board. Discussed during the morning part of the conference were the Rapid City Trail
System, the Safe Routes to School Program, and the Safe Lanes pilot program being
integrated in Sioux Falls using sharrows (bicycles and vehicles using the same lane).
Afternoon sessions dealt with visions for Brookings in the coming five years and issues
that will need to be addressed.
Item #5 - Adoption of the final report – Board members had previously received the
report electronically. Weldon asked for comments. Kattelmann commented that
there were no timelines listed for completion of projects. He felt there was a need for
education before students return to SDSU in the fall. Weldon said that the driving
force will be the availability of funding so timelines are difficult to set. He felt that in
January, the Broad could begin looking at the report section by section in terms of
implementation. He added that discussing way-finding signage was necessary in
coordination with the city and the campus. Weldon said the Board needs to think
ahead about implementing the ideas or the report means nothing. Clarification of
wording and punctuation was also discussed. Weldon asked for any other discussion
on the report. There was none.
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(Forgy/Luckhurst) Motion to approve the Transportation Board report as
amended and to recommend it be forwarded to the City Council. All present voted
aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Weldon thanked the Board members for all their hard work and time spent on
the report.
Item #6 – Next meeting – The next meeting will be January 20, 2009.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Diane M. Spencer, Secretary Jeffrey Weldon, Chairperson