Winter Maintenance Experts Breakfast Discussion Panel
Join maintenance supervisors from Saint Paul Public Works, University of Minnesota Facilities Management, and the Minneapolis Park Board in a Q&A, free-flowing panel conversation on best local maintenance practices for encouraging year-round non-motorized transportation
March 16, 2010 - 7:30 am to 9:30 a.m.
Radisson University Hotel
Alumni Room
615 Washington Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Bike Walk Twin Cities and Transit for Livable Communities heard you loud and clear: You want the opportunity to directly ask maintenance supervisors about their best practices, to hear their recommendations about what works and what doesn't, and to learn about practical ways to extend your maintenance program's reach for pedestrians and cyclists in this era of shrinking budgets and increasing demands.
Join us for breakfast as we host a panel conversation with a group of distinguished maintenance and operations professionals:
• Doug Lauer and Jim Webber, from the University of Minnesota's Facilities Management Division, responsible for maintaining facilities to meet the wintertime needs of more than 50,000 pedestrians and 2,000 cyclists.
• Paul St. Martin and Kevin Nelson, from Saint Paul Public Works. This year the city has piloted several innovative practices for maintenance of pedestrian crossings and on-street bicycle facilities - without incurring any additional cost.
• Mike Schmidt, from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. During Mike's thirty-year tenure, the Park Board went from zero wintertime trail maintenance to today's almost sixty miles of year-round walk-bike trails that serve as a backbone of our region's non-motorized transportation network.
• You! Share your own success stories and lessons learned from your experiences
RSVP/registration is required
This panel conversation is offered at no cost to participants, and includes breakfast.
The intended audience for this course is city and county maintenance staff and supervisors.
Space is limited. Please contact Jaméz Smith of Transit for Livable Communities at 651-767-0298 ext 112 or jamezs@tlcminnesota.org on or before March 1st to register.
For more information contact Steve Clark: stevec@tlcminnesota.org
