The upcoming construction project on Highway 169 will be the program topic at the Thursday, Dec. 8, Rotary Club of Edina meeting. Melissa Madison, Executive Director of the I-494 Corridor Commission and Commuter Services, and Andrew Lutaya, a senior project manager with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, will speak about the scope and timeline of the project that begins in January 2017. Their program is titled "State of the Commute." 
 
New member Kim Stoner will be officially inducted into the club at the meeting.
 
The Dec. 8 meeting is the last regular Rotary meeting of the year. The Rotary Holiday Party will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Edina Country Club. Due to the holidays, there are no Rotary meetings Dec. 22 and 29. The next regular meeting will be at the usual time and place Jan. 5, 2017.
 
Melissa Madison and Andrew Lutaya will speak about the scope and timeline of the 169 construction project that begins in January 2017 at the Dec. 8 Edina Rotary Club meeting. Their program is titled "State of the Commute." 
 
Melissa Madison is the Executive Director of the I-494 Corridor Commission and Commuter Services and has worked with them for the past 13 years. She is serving her fifth year on the national Board of Directors for the Association for Commuter Transportation and is the most recent President of their Midwest Chapter. She is also the Vice Chair of the National Telework Council. 

Andrew Lutaya is with the Minnesota Department of  Transportation. Andrew is a senior project manager with the Metro District and is leading the preliminary project development of the Highway 169 Improvements and the Nine Mile Creek Bridge replacement project. Andrew is a licensed professional engineer in Minnesota with over 10 years of experience in civil engineering and project management.
New member Kim Stoner will be officially inducted into the club at the meeting.
 
The Dec. 8 meeting is the last regular Rotary meeting of the year. The Rotary Holiday Party will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Edina Country Club. Due to the holidays, there are no Rotary meetings Dec. 22 and 29. The next regular meeting will be at the usual time and place Jan. 5, 2017.
 
The Rotary Club of Edina usually meets at 12:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Edina Country Club. All are welcome to attend. Cost is $20 for adults, $12 for children. Cash, checks and credit payments are accepted at the door (a service fee is applied to each lunch paid for with a credit card).