Faribault Council Member Wants Bikes on Downtown Sidewalks
The Faribault City Council Ad Hoc Committee concerning On-Street Bicycle Routes discussed a few issues earlier this week at City Hall. Council Member Janna Viscomi asked about allowing bikes on downtown sidewalks. She said recently she was nearly wiped out by a vehicle backing out of a parking space on Central Avenue.
Viscomi says there is no space on the street for a bike, A hundred percent. I can t believe nobody s been killed to be honest with you. I was almost taken out in a second. So it s just something to consider. If there s some kind of terminology that we can put where it still allows bicyclists on the sidewalk for safety, but they re not smoking people has they re coming out of a door. That was always the concern because kids are just flying. But if we can keep them safe and keep people walking safe, we re going to have to share that space. It s just too nuts down here.
Faribault Council Appears to Approve $250,000 Match for Paradise
The Faribault City Council met as a Joint Committee last evening via ZOOM and tackled several different issues. City Aministrator Tim Murray explained the Paradise Center for the Arts (PCA) had approached the city about providing a matching grant or forgivable loan in the amount of $250,000.
If approved the plan would be for the Paradise Center for the Arts to pay off their mortgage and line of credit used to operate the facility. That total is just over a half million dollars.
The PCA has already started their campaign to raise their share of the amount needed.