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From YouTube: June 23, 2015 Transportation & Public Works
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Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee Meeting
A
I'll
call
this
meeting
to
order.
It's
the
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
transportation
Public
Works
Committee,
I'm,
councilmember
I
Kyle,
be
chairing
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
by
colleagues
on
the
committee,
including
councilmember,
gordon
bender,
Palmisano,
glidden
and
yang.
We
are
a
full
committee.
B
A
Do
have
eight
items
today:
seven
which
are
on
the
consent
committee
members
can
pull
any
item
for
further
discussion
if
they
wish
item
one
is
the
e
street
reconstruction
street
lighting
project
and
capital
budget
amendment?
That's
a
resolution
amending
the
2015
capital
budget
for
that
project
and
increasing
the
appropriation
by
180
6680
dollars
to
be
funded
from
assessments
of
a
University
of
Minnesota
funding
of
106
100
106,000
$105,
improving
a
resolution
declaring
the
city's
intent
to
reimburse
expenditures
up
to
80,000
593
with
proceeds
of
tax-exempt
bonds
data.
A
Then
we
refer
to
ways
and
means
item
7,
7,
Street
project
at
the
capital
budget,
amendment
amending
that
capital
budget
I
increase
near
appropriation
for
that
project
by
1
million
dollars
in
increasing
transportation,
economic
development
grant
funds
of
the
project
by
1
million
nineteen
thousand
six
hundred
forty
five
dollars.
That
will
be
referred
to
ways
and
means
item
three:
is
the
pedestrian
visor
II
committee
appointments?
Those
folks
are
listed
in
your
packet
item?
Four
is
40th
or
50th,
and
France
special
service
district
advisory
board
appointments.
Those
people
are
listed
in
your
packet
item.
A
That
will
refer
to
ways
and
means,
and
our
final
item
on
consent
is
accepting
a
little
bit
of
London
construction
company
in
the
amount
of
eight
million
two
hundred
forty-three
thousand
three
hundred
sixty
four
dollars
and
thirty-nine
cents
furnish
and
deliver
all
labor
materials
and
incense
was
actually
for
the
construction
of
the
seventh
Street
trunk
highway
94
ramp
and
authorizing
the
proper
City
officers
execute
a
contract
for
the
project.
That
item
is
referred
to
ways
and
means
is
a
any
committee
member
which
they
pulled.
An
item
I
see
none
I'll
approve
all.
A
B
C
C
Today
we
are
recommending
adoption
of
the
plan
based
on
discussion
after
the
presentation
give
a
brief
outline
of
what
I'll
cover
today.
A
brief
recap
of
the
plan
on
that.
We
that
we
covered
at
our
last
tpw
meeting
in
April
I
want
to
focus
a
lot
on
the
summary
of
public
engagement.
We
had
a
really
good
time
talking
to
people
over
the
past
month,
the
six
weeks
and
we
learned
a
lot
of
information
and
then
I'll
cover
five
substantive
changes
to
the
plan
that
we
made
and
then
we'll
discuss
some
next
steps.
C
A
quick
recap
of
the
plan
we're
proposing
up
to
55
miles
of
protected
bikeways
new
protected
bike
weighs
in
the
city
of
minneapolis.
By
2020.
We
separated
them
into
three
tiers
hot
based
on
priority
and
funding
availability
and
many
of
the
projects,
especially
in
Tier.
One
are
already
funded
and
programmed
in
our
CIP,
and
then
one
thing
that
we've
talked
to
fairly
extensively
about
in
the
public
engagement
process
was
the
need
to
develop
engagement
plans
around
corridors.
C
C
We
want
to
make
sure
we
engage
folks
around
those
projects,
so
just
to
recap
of
what
a
protected
bike
way
is.
As
you
know,
we
have
a
wonderful
network
of
off-street
shared
use,
paths
that
that
is
really
nationally
I.
Think
recognized,
especially
with
our
parks
system.
What
protected
bike
lanes
do
is
bring
some
of
the
features
of
a
protected
off
street
trail
onto
the
street,
typically
within
the
curves,
based
on
what
we're
presenting
here,
but
also
other
forms
of
physical
protections
such
as
planters
or
a
curb
protected
bike.
C
Lane
and
I
think
this
is
a
really
important
movement
in
the
city
as
well
as
in
the
state
and
nation,
because
we
know
a
lot
of
people
don't
feel
comfortable
sharing
space
with
cars
and
that
protection
that
physical
protection,
we
believe,
can
really
inspire
a
lot
of
new
types
of
riders
to
bike
in
our
city,
and
it
also
helped
connect
our
amazing
trail
system
with
destinations
that
people
use
on
a
daily
basis.
Again,
our
our
off
street
rails
are
most
common
type
of
protected
by
clay.
C
Protected
bike
ways
were
not
specifically
identified
in
the
2011
master
plan
and
I.
Think
that's
one
of
the
primary
reasons
we
are
bringing
this
draft
plan
back
to
today,
and
the
2013
climate
action
plan
calls
for
the
30
miles
of
protected
bike
ways
by
2020
and
that's
something
that
we
we've
really
latched
on
to
in
the
city,
both
at
the
staff
level
and
Public
Works,
and
also
are
some
of
our
campaign
partners.
They're
here
in
this
room
again,
I
just
want
to
re-emphasize
a
standard
bike.
C
Lane
is
comfortable
for
a
small
portion
of
the
population,
I
think
of
I.
Don't
have
a
specific
statistic,
but
I
think
of
it
as
around
maybe
like
ten
percent
of
riders
are
really
comfortable
just
riding
in
the
road
without
physical
protection
and
there's
this
whole
other
group
of
people
I
think
over
half
the
population
would
identify,
as
wanting
to
bicycle
more
if
they
felt
more
safe.
C
If
they
felt
more
comfortable
in
that
group
of
people
is
who
we
really
want
to
reach
over
the
next
five
or
ten
years,
because
I
think
if
we
make
the
average
person
comfortable
riding
the
Minneapolis
will
see
a
dramatic
increase
in
in
bicycling
I'm
in
Minneapolis
and
I.
Think
that's
one
of
the
goals
that
we
we
want
to
focus
on
is
dramatically
increasing,
ridership
the
media
outlets.
C
Just
a
brief
reminder:
we
looked
at
17
corridors
as
part
of
this
feasibility
analysis
that
outlines
what
the
facility
might
look
like.
What
some
of
the
challenges
are
and
we're
a
lot
of
these.
A
lot
of
these
projects
in
the
feasibility
analysis
are
also
in
our
our
CIP
of
the
next
five
years
and
here's
just
an
example.
What
that
can
look
like
so
for
each
of
the
17
corridors
you
can.
You
can
basically
look
at
all
the
different
different
challenges,
potential
alignments
and
some
possible
cross
sections
of
that
it
would.
C
That
would
look
like
alright,
so
engagement
over
the
over
the
month-long
open
public
comment
period.
We
received
over
1,700
formal
comments.
I
just
want
to
thank
Nick
ray
within
our
audience.
He
poured
over
that
data
and
did
a
really
good
job
pulling
out
themes
and
that
helped
us
helped
us
understand
what
people
think
about
protected
bike
ways
again
dramatically
supportive
of
the
of
the
plan
and
I.
Don't
think
that's
surprising,
because
when
you
talk
generally
about
protected
bike
ways,
it
just
make
sense
that
a
lot
of
people
are
supportive
of
them.
C
A
few.
A
few
of
the
big
themes,
reasons
that
people
on
support
protect
the
bike
weighs
safety
was
by
far
the
top
in
terms
of
simply
what
they
what
they
commented
on,
but
also
health
people
are
really
interested
in
in
public
health.
The
environment
was
another
one
prioritizing
bicycling
was
another
reason
to
be
in
support.
Connectivity
was
very
important
and
then
equity.
C
So
again,
the
next
the
next
series
of
slides
are
are
just
some
pictures
of
of
what
we
did
during
the
public
comment
period.
Again,
we
had
a
great
time
talking
people,
so
this
was
our
open
house
in
april
at
the
central
library
here
in
downtown.
We
had
really
great
conversations.
People
there,
Minneapolis
Bike
Week,
was
a
fantastic
opportunity
to
engage
people
and
I
think
it
kind
of
shows
the
power
of
those
those
types
of
events
and
encouragement
activities.
So
we
just
got
out
and
talked
to
every
day.
C
People
that
are
in
downtown
got
their
sense
of
what
you
know.
What
what
they
thought
about.
Bicycling
and
protected
bike
weighs
among
a
variety
of
other
things,
the
North
Minneapolis
bicycle
advocacy.
Council
I'm
did
some
of
their
own
outreach,
which
we,
which
we
enjoyed
hearing
about
that
I
got
these
photos
from
Alexis
Penney
Joshua
food
Hudak
gave
me
these
photos,
so
the
Sierra
Club
did
a
lot
of
outreach
around
protected
by
quiz
and
vote
on
the
bottom
right.
They
came
to
our
building
and
hand
it
off
their
their
postcards,
which
was
fun.
C
C
Okay,
so
the
five
substantive
changes
to
the
plan
you
can
see
here.
We
addressed
protected
bike
ways
that
are
not
currently
in
the
plan,
which
was
a
big
one.
We
addressed
selection
and
criteria
of
protected
bike
weighs
moving
forward
significant
conversation
around
the
routes
that
are
yet
to
be
determined
and
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
good
thoughts
on
that
maintenance
considerations.
We
made
some
tweaks
to
that
and
look
forward
to
discussion,
further
discussion
and
then
there's
there's
some
discussion
about
Washington
Avenue
with
the
county.
C
They
provided
a
letter
of
support
and
asked
us
to
maybe
reconsider
where
we
have
that
in
our
tears
to
your
system.
Okay,
so
I'll
go
through
those
one
by
one.
The
additional
protected
by
quiz.
This
plan
again
is
a
very,
is
pretty
much
a
short-term
plan
in
terms
of
transportation.
So
it's
a
five,
maybe
ten
year
plan
that
really
sets
those
priorities
for
the
next
five
years.
It's
not
a
30-year
vision.
So
I
imagine
that
will
need
to
update
this.
C
Project
selection
and
criteria,
we
added
some
equity
criteria
and
then
other
considerations
in
the
development
of
the
plan.
We
focused
heavily
on
the
technical
criteria.
As
we
noted
in
our
last
last
presentation.
We
looked
at
some
of
our
street
lighting
policy
and
other
other
forms
of
criteria
and
added
added
some
equity
criteria
and
other
considerations.
C
I
think
routes
identified
in
the
overall
bicycle
master
plan
is
one
that
is
really
important
because
all
of
these
routes
that
we're
talking
about
are
not
new
they're
they're
on
a
bicycle
master
plan,
it's
just
pretty
much
we're
recommending
moving
from
a
standard
bike
lane
feel
protected
bike
lane
in
a
lot
of
cases.
The
street
reconstruction
projects
that
are
already
planned
is
another
big
driver
of
our
five-year
protective
likely
plan
and
then
linkages
to
other
projects
such
as
Hennepin,
County,
Amanda.
C
C
This
was
another
big
topic
of
discussion
for
us.
We
added
language
to
clarify
the
numbers
in
their
maintenance
up,
connecta
bikeways,
as
well
as
other
forms
of
bikeways
and
pedestrian
ways
as
well
as
the
roadway
are
very
important.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
people
can
bike
and
walk
in
the
winter
we
are.
We
do
have
some
direction
from
the
BSC
and
the
PSC
to
undertake
the
winter
bike
and
walking
study
that
would
focus
largely
on
I'm
winter
maintenance,
among
other
things,
hopefully,
encouragement
and
things
like
that
as
well.
C
So
that's
something
that
we're
proposing
to
work
on.
So
again,
more
evaluation
is
needed
on
the
maintence,
but
the
the
language
that
we
added
was
more
more
or
less
clarified
that
we're
new
to
maintaining
protected
bike
lanes
in
Minneapolis,
who
don't
have
a
ton
of
experience
with
that
right
now,
and
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
as
we
evaluate
study
and
then
maintain
them
that
we
that
we
also
consider
the
costs
required
for
them.
C
Then.
Lastly,
I
believe
is
change
to
washington
avenue
again.
Hennepin
County
provided
a
letter
of
support
and
asked
us
to
essentially
move
the
the
project
from
312
23,
and
so
we
did
that
in
the
plan
and
before
I
forget.
We
also
as
part
of
the
engagement.
We
also
met
with
the
downtown
Improvement
District
greening
committee
and
they
provided
us
with
a
letter
of
support
with
with
some
specific
recommendations
that
they
wanted
to
see,
such
as
no
net
loss.
In
greening
they
were
interested
in
mus
figuring
out,
some
of
the
to
be
determined.
C
Are
we
presented
to
the
transportation
management
organization
and
got
their
feedback
on
some
of
the
downtown
routes
as
well?
Minneapolis
Bicycle,
Advisory
Committee,
and
then
we
we
also
talked
presented
this
plan
to
the
Minneapolis
corporate
bike
forum.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
people
that
work
in
some
of
the
large
corporations
in
downtown
and
bike
regularly.
So
they
were
interested
in
that
as
well.
C
So
the
next
steps
we
have
three
projects
on
our
plate:
4
2015,
protected
bike
lanes,
Oak,
Street,
Plymouth,
Avenue
and
eighth
Avenue
and
26
Street
and
28
street,
and
then
we're
also
looking
forward
to
development
to
LPN
engagement
strategies
around
corridors.
So
that's
all
I
have
sergeant
patron
today.
E
A
E
For
the
presentation
for
all
this
work,
what
an
enormous
amount
of
work
and
I
know
that
started
before
you
even
got
here
so
I'm
xana
clintock.
Did
it
so
much
great
working
about
this
forward?
I
have
a
small
question
and
I
think
I
want
to
make
a
motion
if
you
could
go
back
one
slide
about
Washington
Avenue
yep,
so
this
was
tier
1
and
we
moved
it
at
three.
Why
did
we
move
it
to
two
or
three
okay.
C
D
E
I
actually
think
moving
it
down
to
tier
3
will
make
it
less
likely
to
get
funding
and
less
likely
to
be
seen
as
important
as
it
really
is,
and
it's
a
creek
at
it.
It's
I
think
a
key
critical
connection
to
the
University
and
it
fits
all
that
criteria
about
high
byte
demand,
high
traffic
conflict
and
good
integration
with
our
system
and
I
did
notice
in
our
criteria.
E
E
F
G
D
D
D
This
is
the
next
generation
of
bicycling
in
Minneapolis,
and
it's
a
big
deal
for
people
who
bicycle
today
and
for
people
who
want
to
bicycle
but
feel
afraid
to
or
don't
feel
comfortable,
and
so
this
is
something
that's
going
to
enable
people
to
reach
destinations
by
bicycle.
We
have
this
amazing
trail
system.
You
can
bicycle
for
miles
without
going
on
the
roadway
in
Minneapolis
and
it's
one
of
the
things
that
makes
our
city
so
great,
but
now
you'll
be
able
to
bicycle
to
the
grocery
store
more
easily
to
work
to
school.
D
D
We
just
heard
yesterday
and
the
Health
Committee
about
our
ozone
pollution
levels
and
we're
potentially
about
to
reach
non-attainment
for
ozone,
which
has
all
kinds
of
implications
and
transportation
uses,
are
one
of
the
big
contributors
to
that
pollution.
Just
one
example
of
how
this
plan
will
help
address
public
health
issues.
This
plan
will
make
it
possible
for
people
to
get
physical
activity
as
they
meet
their
daily
needs.
D
It's
an
important
piece
of
how
we
are
supporting
community
health
across
our
city
and
building
our
infrastructure
in
a
way
that
supports
health,
and
you
know,
I,
think
even
more
than
that
it
gives
people
even
those
who
will
never
get
on
a
bicycle.
The
feeling
that
their
street
is
designed
for
people
not
just
for
cars
that
our
streets,
our
community
places
that
are
meant
for
people
to
use
in
all
kinds
of
ways,
and
even
after
decades
of
designing
them
mostly
for
cars
to
pass
through
our
communities.
D
We
still
have
an
opportunity
now
to
return
them
to
community
use
for
them
to
be
really
important
places
in
our
neighborhoods.
It
will
help
support
small
businesses.
We
know
from
research
and
studies
that
have
been
done
in
cities
that
have
implemented
improvements
for
biking
and
walking
that
small
businesses
thrive,
that
even
some
of
those
fears
about
removing
vehicle
lanes
or
parking
that
often
the
amount
of
business
that
happens
after
a
bicycle.
D
Pedestrian
improvement
actually
increases
business
for
small
businesses,
especially
those
that
are
in
our
neighborhoods,
and
this
is
really
critical
for
the
work
that
our
school
district
is
doing.
In
partnership
with
public
health
and
transportation.
Our
public
works
department
to
support
kids,
walking
and
biking
to
school,
and
you
know
the
the
stories
that
we
hear
from
our
principles
and
our
teachers
about
how
much
of
an
impact
it
has
on
kids
to
be
able
to
come
to
school
after
having
some
physical
activity.
It
really
transforms
the
school
day
and
a
lot
of
ways.
D
Now
we
have
funding
already
in
this
year's
budget
thanks
to
mayor
Hodges
and
the
support
of
the
council,
and
especially
the
leadership
of
chair
Reich,
who
has
been
a
huge
champion
of
this
work
to
start
implementing
this
plan
now,
and
it's
already
attracting
other
funds
as
well.
We
already
are
getting
grants
millions
of
dollars
in
federal
funding,
to
help
us
implement
this
plan,
so
I
just
think
it
shows
how
important
it
is
to
have
these
lines
on
paper
ready
to
go
so
that
we
can
start
this
work.
You
know
as
soon
as
possible.
G
Don't
really
want
to
go
after
that,
but
I
do
have
one
small
question:
I'm
slide
20
mr.
doodle
I
really
appreciate
you
know
the
showing
of
all
of
the
engagement
that
is
taking
place
and
I
really
think
that
that
speaks
to
the
strength
of
this
next
iteration
of
work
and
I
really
like,
because
that
is
often
something
that
is
it.
That
is
criticized
by
people
that
are
critical
of
some
of
the
changes
that
we're
making.
Is
that
we're
doing
this
in
a
vacuum?
G
G
But
I
know
that,
for
example,
third
Avenue
South
would
probably
require
removal
of
the
media
and
the
planted
median
that
they've
been
taking
care
of
for
years.
So
can
you
speak
a
little
bit
about
the
engagement
process
as
it
looks
downtown
because
that's
different
than
working
with
small
businesses,
yeah.
C
And
I
think
that'll
be
a
key
part
of
how
we,
how
we
determine
our
engagement
plans
I,
think
identifying
those
key
players
in
each
of
the
corridors
will
be
important
and
matching
the
public
engagement
appropriately.
Regarding
specifically
downtown
I.
Don't
know
that
I
don't
know
that
we
have
an
engagement
plan,
particularly
for
third
and
ninth,
and
things
like
that
right
now,
but
it's
I
would
say
our
top
priority
after
we
passed.
The
plan
is
to
try
to
develop
a
standard
standard
for
engagement
around
these
projects.
C
E
A
Councillor
glidden
had
to
go
for
other
business,
but
she
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
extended
her
thanks
to
you
as
well
pretty
heartfelt.
Actually,
she
saw
the
work
the
staff
did
in
her
community
very
directly.
It
was.
It
was
incredibly
engaged,
very
thoughtful,
very
thorough
and
then
even
the
attention
that
she
was
able
to
get
as
a
policymaker.
A
You
know,
reading
with
her
walking
her
through
it
answering
questions
that
she
had
or
stakeholders
head
that
level
of
attention
was
was
I,
guess
deeply
appreciated
by
her,
and
she
wanted
me
to
extend
that
and
I'm
sure
others
can
share
those
stories
as
well.
I
think
the
comments
about
how
much
work
that
went
into
this
I
cannot
be
underscored,
and
so
I
want
to
echo
not
only
the
value
of
what
has
been
produced
and
I
think
the
ongoing
importance
of
it
I
want
to
just
because
it
can't
be
said
enough.
A
The
work
that
went
into
us
is
it
was
incredible.
I
was
a
pretty
quick
turnaround
for
a
lot
of
work.
That's
going
to
have
a
big
importance
and
then
just
because
you
know
Civic
boosterism
is
not.
You
know
I'm
not
immune
to
that.
Just
when
Seattle
and
Portland
probably
thought
they
had
their
game
plan
to
catch
up
to
Minneapolis.
We
unload
this
I'm.
Just
sorry,
they
must
be
groaning
and
misery
as
we
uphold
our
annual
number
one
spot
in
America
and.
D
A
20
elite
in
the
world,
so
that's
really
cool
and
I
enjoy
a
little
moment
of
breaking.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
know
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit.
Customer
a
vendor
has
some
reinforcement,
encouragement
for
the
maintenance
issue.
I
know,
but
I
want
to
pass
the
underlying
motion
here
now
and
then
we
can
discuss
that
part
of
it,
which
is
work
that
I
know
you're
undergoing
and
will
continue
undergo
moving
forward.
A
So
on
the
underlying
motion,
which
it
has
been
amended
by
councilmember
Gordon
regarding
washington
avenue-
and
this
is
approving
the
protective
by
koi
update
for
the
Minneapolis
bicycle
master
plan
as
described
by
staff
I'll.
Can
you
further
discussion
on
this
item,
seeing
none
all
in
favor,
say
aye
dissenting
name
that
carries
and
then
I'll
yield
the
Florida
councillor
vendor
Thank.
D
You
mr.
chair
I
have
a
staff
direction
that
is
in
front
of
the
committee
related
to
the
maintenance
evaluation
work
that
mr.
dear
doll
described,
and
my
belief
is
that
this
is
a
budget
neutral
direction
for
this
year,
though
it
may
have
future
budget
implications
or
may
have
budget
implications
that
may
need
to
come
back,
but
I'm
not
suggesting
that
this
arm.
This
direction
now
would
have
a
monetary
effect,
because
we
already
have
some
funding
and
our
budget
related
to
maintenance.
D
So
the
motion
is
to
direct
Public
Works
staff
to
conduct
the
bicycle
pedestrian
facility,
winter
maintenance
evaluation
to
be
piloted
this
next
winter,
in
20,
15
and
16.
The
evaluation
should
include
examples
of
all
bicycle
facility
types,
including
off
street
trails,
protected
bike,
weighs
on
street
bike
lanes
and
bicycle
boulevards,
and
also.
B
D
E
B
D
C
A
Your
sony
about
learning,
but
then
there's
that
hands-on
learning
so
I
think
that
incorporates
that
notion
rather
well.
Any
further
discussion
on
that
I
will
make
a
comment.
You
know
because
this
really
does
underscore
the
work
moving
forward.
You
know
once
you've
had
this
baseline,
you
gotta
kind
of
get
into
it
start
implementing
and
in
the
maintenance
issues
follow
very
quickly
after
you
implement
something.
So
I
really
want
to
then
highlight
our
ongoing
desire
to
continue
working
with
our
partners
with
the
advocacy
people,
the
community
groups.
There
are
linked
to
a
lot
of
that
feedback.
A
You
know
we're
an
issue
topic
and
local
geographic
concerns
can
really
come
together.
Productively.
I,
just
you
know,
Ethan
has
been
doing
a
lot
of
this
work
with
other
advocates
citywide,
but
new
leadership
has
really
emerged
strong
in
parts
of
the
city,
particularly
North,
Minneapolis,
Alexis
Penney's
here,
and
to
see
that
kind
of
activism
where
issues
around
community
building
are
really
becoming
inspired
by
this
conversation
around
biking.
This
is
real
on
the
ground,
ground,
work
and
I
think
we
can
tap
into
that
energy.