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From YouTube: August 8, 2016 Transportation & Public Works
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Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee Meeting
A
I'll
call
just
meet
in
order.
It's
a
regular
scheduled
meeting
of
the
not
quite
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
the
transportation
Public
Works
Committee,
making
adjustments
for
tomorrow's
political
political
day.
It's
August,
8,
2016,
I'm
call
tomorrow
I'll
be
cheering
today's
meeting
and
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
councilmember
bender,
palmisano
and
Liddy.
We
are
warm
and
may
proceed
with
today's
agenda
on
today's
agenda.
We
have
16
items,
all
of
which
are
consent
minus
the
last
item
which
is
discussion.
A
A
Is
the
big
jump
project
letter
of
interest
item
6
as
the
Federal
Highway
Safety
Improvement
Program
funds,
2016
applications
item?
Seven?
Is
the
Minneapolis
open
streets,
2017,
organizer
selection
and
agreement
item
8?
Is
the
construction
of
traffic
signal
and
pedestrian
wraps
at
60th
street
west
and
xerxes
avenue
south
item
9
as
a
stormwater,
specially
vegetation
management
contract,
amendment
wetland,
habitat
restoration
for
the
amounts
listed
item?
10
is
the
intelligent
transportation
system,
enhancement
project?
That's
a
contract
amendment
with
Egan
and
company
for
that
work.
A
Item
11
is
the
Riverside
extension
reconstruction
project
contractor
memo
with
Thomas
sons,
construction
to
proceed
with
that
project
as
redefined
by
the
amendment
item.
12
is
the
third
street
south
46
Street
East
signal
upgrades
project
and
that's
a
contract
amendment
premier
electrical
corporation
to
do
that
work.
Item.
13
is
the
nicollet
central,
modern
streetcar
project
and
professional
service
contract
amendment
to
extend
some
of
the
analysis
being
done
for
that
item
14
as
the
nicollet
central
modern
streetcar
project
management
contract
amendment
again
to
proceed
with
further
analysis
and
15
as
the
traffic
zones
restrictions
in
control.
A
Second
quarter
report
for
2016
and
that
will
be
receive
and
file
that
report.
Anyone
wish
to
pull
an
item
I
see
none
I'll,
move
all
items
all
in
favor,
say
aye
senti
name
those
items
carry.
We
can
now
go
to
our
last
night
in
which
the
discussion
regarding
the
blue
line
extension,
final
environment
impact
statement
comments
good
morning,
director.
B
C
C
The
final
environmental
impact
statement
was
just
published
middle
of
july
of
this
year
and
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
here?
What
is
in
the
feis
document?
What
the
guidelines
for
staff
comments
were
a
summary
of
those
comments
and
then
just
a
few
minutes
at
the
end
for
questions,
the
Feis
is
a
very
substantial
document.
It's
about
three
inches
thick
and
there's
a
actual
document
and
then
there's
the
technical
appendix
that
goes
with
that.
The
documents
broken
down
into
12
different
chapters
that
look
at
different
elements
of
the
corridor.
C
Look
at
different
needs,
different
things
that
have
to
be
examined.
You
can
see
them
in
front
of
you,
transportation
analysis,
there's
looking
at
community
and
social
impacts.
They
look
at
4f
impacts.
That
is,
there's
discussion,
a
number
of
different
topics,
as
you
can
see
in
front
of
you
here.
So
it's
a
very,
very
thorough
document.
It's
something
that
takes
a
lot
of
time.
A
lot
of
consulting
staff.
B
B
C
This
is
the
final
environmental
impact
statement
this
has
been
published,
so
the
comments
that
we're
making
aren't
going
to
have
any
bearing
on
this
document.
It's
out
there
it's
done.
However,
the
comments
are
important
because
it
advises
how
we
move
forward
with
this
project.
There's
still
final
design
to
complete
for
this
project,
there's
only
about
a
third
of
the
way
through
the
final
design
process.
C
So
there's
plenty
of
time
for
our
comments
to
matter,
and
I
will
say
that,
since
the
draft
environmental
impact
statement
was
published
and
we've
made
comments
through
our
weekly
irt
meetings,
issue
resolution
team
meetings,
we've
been
able
to
resolve
a
lot
of
the
comments
that
were
made
and
make
progress
on
some
of
the
bigger
bigger
topics.
So
we're
going
to
talk
about
some
of
the
different
areas
of
concern.
C
We
worked
very
closely
with
the
project
office
on
designing
the
olson
memorial
highway
corridor.
As
you
can
see,
there
is
a
train
running
down
the
middle.
We
worked
with
the
project
office
to
see
that
both
the
Golden
Valley
Road
implement
stations
were
included
as
part
of
the
project
scope
which
they
both
are.
C
We
worked
very
hard
to
lower
the
speed
limit
on
the
corridor.
Work
to
adjust
the
road
curvature
make
sure
that
ad
a
compliant
pedestrian
facilities
were
designed
or
begin
to
be
designed.
We
looked
at
narrowing
travel
lanes
and
through
the
Hennepin
County
process.
A
cycle
track
on
the
north
side
was
identified
also.
B
C
Of
the
things
that
we
wish
were
very
hard
was
a
one
cycle,
pedestrian
crossing
situation
at
the
intersections,
which
is
very
important,
as
this
is
a
very
long
spanned
across,
and
then
also
improvements
at
the
intersection
of
7th
Street
olson
memorial
highway,
which
I
believe
is
significantly
better
than
what
was
originally
proposed.
And
so
these
IRT
process
is
a
gradual
process.
C
Well,
these
are,
these
are
the
unresolved
things.
These
are
the
the
topics
that
we
haven't
fully
resolved.
We
haven't
come
to
conclusion
on,
but
the
topics
in
front
of
us
are
those
types
of
things
that
are
discussed
and
resolved
in
final
design,
so
things
like
how
did
the
stations
look?
How
are
the
traction
power
substations
screen?
What
do
the
wires?
Look
like
the
fencing,
the
lighting
landscape
and
all
of
that
stuff
comes
out
through
the
final
design
process.
C
No
different
than
any
of
the
other
light
rail
projects.
We
are
very
concerned
about
noise
and
vibration,
we're
very
concerned
about
the
limit
limiting
the
hours
operation
to
make
sure
that
works
not
being
done
at
night
or
we
don't
have
problems
with
trucks
with
dust
and
noise,
and
we
work
very
hard
with
the
different
project
offices
on
light
rail
project
to
make
sure
we
minimize
those
impacts,
residents
and
businesses.
We
continue
to
do
the
same
thing
here:
the
noise
and
vibration,
a
very
substantial
portion
of
the
final
impact
statement.
C
Most
of
the
concerns
are
outside
the
city.
There
are
a
few
homes
that
are
going
to
see
some
additional
noise,
but
we
ask
is
that
the
Met
Council,
where
possible,
limit
the
amount
of
whistles
and
bells
and
so
forth
when
their
discretion
applies?
There
are
certain
situations
where,
by
federal
law,
you
have
to
apply
the
horn,
but
we
are
asking
the
council
to
exercise
discretion
where
appropriate,
so
that
we
don't
have
constant
noise,
particularly
at
late
hours
of
the
night.
C
Traffic
is
obviously
a
major
concern
along
the
Wilson
corridor,
and
we
ask
the
project
office
to
consult
with
us,
particularly
on
things
like
signal
and
traffic
related
work,
things
that
come
out
and
final
design
such
as
signal
timing.
What
we
want
to
do
is
work
with
them
and
propose
detour
routes,
making
sure
that
the
pedestrian
realm
and
signage
and
striping
are
are
done
in
such
a
manner
that
it
minimizes.
B
C
Of
folks,
especially
those
who
want
to
cross
the
corridor,
ridership
is
one
of
those
topics
that
we
really
hadn't
gotten
a
good
handle
on
until
the
the
past
year,
or
so.
We
had
some
ranges.
Now.
We've
got
a
little
more
detail
on
ridership
and
the
two
stations
just
outside
the
city
limits
at
golden
valley,
road
and.
C
Are
amongst
the
lower
right
ship
station
so
we're
obviously
looking
to
bolster
ridership
at
all
the
stations,
but
particularly
these
two
one
of
the
ways
that
you
can
achieve
opening
day
increases,
for
instance,
at
the
plymouth
station,
is
to
provide
a
secondary
access
point.
So
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
the
project
office
to
to
work
on
that
issue.
A
lot
of
folks
within
a
10-minute
walk
shed
within
the
city
of
minneapolis,
both
at
the
plymouth
and
golden
valley
road
station.
So
it's
a
important
to
note.
C
C
We
move
forward.
We
believe
that
the
document
is
adequate,
that
it's
defined
by
statute
will
continue
to
work
as
a
next
step
with
the
project
office
to
resolve
all
the
remaining
comments
in
development
of
those
final
plans,
so
that
process
will
take
all
of
the
rest
of
this
year.
They've
indicated
that
the
sixty
percent
plans
will
be
done
next
year
early
part
of
next
year,
and
then
final
design
will
wrap
up
the
end
of
next
year.
A
Think
questions
per
the
presentation
all
right,
seeing
none.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Thank
you
very
much,
and
obviously
the
decision
before
us
today
is
a
very
circumscribed,
as
described
by
the
presentation
and
the
presenter.
Obviously
there's
a
lot
of
questions
moving
forward
in
terms
of
design
and
even
broader
policy
questions
about.
A
You
know:
densification,
here's
a
lot
of
investment
in
transit,
but
do
we
get
the
housing
economic
development
even
outside
of
our
boundaries,
and
so
those
conversations
will
continue
past
this
date
thanks
a
lot
with
that,
I
will
move
approving
the
comments
of
the
final
environmental
impact
statement
for
the
blue
line.
Extension
also
known
as
the
bottle
quarter
lote
project
and
directing
public
works
department
to
submit
the
comments
to
the
Metropolitan
in
Council.