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Casselberry Economic Development Advisory Board Minutes of April 16, 2013 Meeting Page 4 He stated they plan on adding some striping to re- emphasize that bikes share the roadway. He stated that the City wanted the streets themselves to be a better pedestrian experience. The Board stated one potential strategy is to focus on making the City the best possible experience for Casselberry residents and businesses so they stay local first. After this has been established, they should then broaden their scope to integrate with larger connectors such as Interstate 4 and SunRail. They stated that Casselberry has a high level of internal connectivity and the City's focus should be Casselberry- centric. Mr. Brock stated that the City is working on a better experience for Casselberry residents through infrastructure projects and using money from the Tree Fund which pays for the planting of new trees in the public right -of -way. The Board said that there should be an effort to make people feel connected to Casselberry. There should be a sense of ownership coming from the community. They stated the commodity in Casselberry is the people of Casselberry and they are the core consumer. Fostering that core consumer will draw others from the outside. Mr. Lloyd left the meeting at 1:01 pm. Public Comment Mr. John Casselberry, 700 S. Lost Lake Lane, Casselberry Florida came forward. Mr. Casselberry felt that multimodal systems start to fall apart when it rains. He felt that maybe the City should contract with cab companies, He additionally felt that something smaller than a bus (for the FlexBus demonstration project) might work better and it should accommodate bicycles. Mr. Kelly Brock, City Engineer, stated that the bus will be a smaller vehicle, about 14 passengers, and would accommodate bike racks. Mr. Casselberry additionally felt that the Interstate 4 plan was very similar to a project in Jacksonville, He felt the biggest difficulty on Interstate 4 was traffic merging and that local traffic may be its biggest congestion factor. Other Business Mr. Kyle Dudgeon, Economic Development Planner, suggested that the Board consider 'Marketing and Branding' as the concept for their next meeting.