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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 15, 2019
AGENDA #: 5M
PREPARED BY: ANN ORLOFSKY, CITY CLERK
PRESENTED BY: MICHAEL PLANTE, CITY MANAGER
AGENDA ITEM:
Consider Adopting a Proclamation Establishing Get on Board Day on April
25, 2019
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The purpose is to adopt a resolution in support of Get on Board Day and Metro
Valley Transit Authority’s Get on Board Commuter Challenge.
History
Metro Valley Transit Authority is promoting its first Get on Board Commuter
Challenge in Conjunction with the first national Get on Board Day. The weeklong
commuter challenge – from Monday, April 22, to Sunday, April 28 – targets
residents and employees within MVTA’s seven member-city service area.
Participants who alter their commutes during the week by using public transit,
bicycles, carpools, walking or teleworking will be eligible for incentive prizes
donated by local business partners.
IMPACT:
The goal of the Get on Board Day Commuter Challenge is to encourage people
that may not otherwise use alternative modes of transportation to use it at least
once during the week. By doing so, they may be more inclined to continue in the
future.
ALTERNATIVES: 1. Motion and second as part of the consent agenda to adopt the resolution
as presented.
2. Motion and second to remove the resolution from the consent agenda for
additional discussion.
RECOMMENDED
MOTION:
Alternative #1
PROCLAMATION
DECLARING APRIL 25, 2019 NATIONAL GET ON BOARD DAY
WHEREAS: April 25, 2019, marks National Get on Board Day, a day to showcase the benefits and build support for public
transportation, as public transit offers economic opportunity and powers community growth by driving economic
development and revitalizing neighborhoods:
WHEREAS: Every $1 invested in public transportation generates approximately $4 in economic returns;
WHEREAS: Public transportation is a $71 billion industry that directly employs 420,000 people and supports millions of private
sector jobs;
WHEREAS: 87 percent of public transit trips directly impact the economy by connecting people to jobs or retail and entertainment
venues;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Kirt Briggs, Mayor of Prior Lake, MN
do hereby proclaim Thursday, April 25, 2019, as:
Get on Board Day in the City of Prior Lake.
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Kirt Briggs, Mayor