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Transportation Board
Brookings, South Dakota
December 15, 2009
OFFICIAL MINUTES
The Brookings Transportation Board was called to order by Chairperson
Robb Rasmussen on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the City Hall
meeting room. Members present were, Michael Forgy, Art Conners, Jeff Weldon,
Roger DeGroot, Jerry Raabe, Rob Jones, Deanna Santema, Teresa McKnight,
Nancy Hartenhoff-Crooks, Dean Kattelmann and Rasmussen. Terrell Spence was
absent. Also present were City Engineer Jackie Lanning, Brenda Schweitzer –
BATA, and Mike Mullaney - BATA.
Item #2 – (Conners/Santema) Motion to approve the minutes from the November
7, 2009 meeting. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #3 – (DeGroot/Raabe) Motion to approve the agenda. Jeff Weldon added
Item #5a - 34th Avenue/20th Street Improvement Project to the agenda. The
amended agenda was voted on. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED.
Item #4 – Work on Progress Report for the City Council – Rasmussen asked if there
were any additions or corrections to the annual report. A few corrections were
made, and Chairperson Rasmussen will e-mail a corrected report to the
Transportation Board secretary before next month’s meeting for the final review
by the board. Jackie Lanning mentioned under the “Extension of the Bike Trail”
item , it should be 32nd Avenue not 34th Avenue as mentioned in the annual report.
Item #5 - Review BATA summary (to be included with progress report) – Brenda
Schweitzer, BATA Director, went over some of the goals listed in the BATA report.
She stated the transportation center is a top priority for 2010.
Item #5a - Jeff Weldon distributed a handout showing the 34th Avenue/20th Street
Improvement Project. He explained the traffic problems within the last few years
because of industry growth east of I -29. On the handout, he showed what the
solution would be with the 34th Avenue and 20th Street improvements. This will be
an on-going project for the next several years.
Item #6 – Elect chair and vice-chair– (Connors/Kattelmann) nominated Terrell
Spence for the 2010 chair. (Kattelmann/DeGroot) nominated Nancy Hartenhoff-
Crooks for the 2010 vice-chair. (DeGroot/Raabe) Made a motion to close
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nominations. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Rasmussen mentioned he
enjoyed being chairman this past year.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Barb M. Wiehr, Secretary Robb Rasmussen, Chairperson