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From YouTube: August 11, 2021 Transportation & Public Works Committee
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C
Begin
good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
this
tpw
meeting
august
11
2021,
I'm
councilman
kevin
reich.
I
chair
the
committee
and
then
joined
by
my
colleagues.
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
members
of
the
city
staff
as
under
authorized
by
minnesota
statute,
section
13d
0.021
due
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
C
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C
C
I
will
go
through
them
at
this
time.
Two
is
the
permanent
temporary
easement
agreements
for
the
parkland
sanitary
rehabilitation
project.
Three
is
a
request
for
proposals
for
ground
mounted
solar
power
installation
at
the
columbia
heights
water
treatment.
Campus
four
is
the
bryan
avenue
south
street
reconstruction
project
and
we
will
be
pulling
that
for
further
deliberation.
C
C
Seven
is
the
setting
of
a
public
hearing
for
september
29
21
to
consider
the
sanitary
sewer
service
availability
charges.
Eight
is
setting
the
public
hearing
also
for
the
29th
of
september
for
this
year
to
consider
water
and
sewer
service
repair
assessments.
Nine
is
the
40th
in
chicago
special
service
district
authorizing
a
second
budget.
Amendment
details
listed
10
is
the
contract
with
pure
technologies,
us
incorporated
for
water
transmission
system
valve
exercising
and
condition
assessment
services.
C
11
is
the
contract
with
cortera
incorporated
for
the
gopher
state?
One
call
ticket
management
system
12
is
the
bid
for
graffiti
abatement.
13
is
the
bid
for
the
standish
americans
with
disabilities
acts,
pedestrian
ramp
improvement
project
and
14
is
receiving
and
filing
the
report
of
the
traffic
zones,
restrictions
and
controls
for
the
second
quarter
of
this
year.
As
noted,
we
will
poll
item
four
and
six.
Does
any
committee
member
wish
to
pull
the
remainder
items?
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
No,
my
purpose
for
being
in
queue
is
to
pull
item
number
four.
I
also
wanted
to
let
anyone
viewing
know
that
the
project
team
is
prepared
to
make
a
brief
presentation,
and
it
seems
like
the
best
place
for
that
in
our
agenda
today,
would
be
after
the
public
hearing
on
item
number
one.
If
that
wanted
to
suggest
that
as
an
order.
F
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C
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G
B
Thank
you,
director
jelly
and
mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
Again,
I'm
mike
kennedy.
I'm
the
public
works
director
of
our
transportation
maintenance,
repair
division
here,
we're
here
we're
here
for
the
public
hearing
for
the
2021
ali
renovation
program
to
extend
the
operational
life
of
the
of
concrete
alleys
and
to
facilitate
localized
drainage.
The
department
of
public
works
recommends
that,
when
needed,
concrete
alleys
be
overlaid
with
the
bituminous
or
asphalt
material.
B
B
The
2021
adopted
uniform
assessment
rate
will
be
used
for
the
portion
of
the
project
cost
being
assessed
conforming
to
the
current
city
policy
of
using
a
uniform
assessment
rate
for
council
resolution,
the
uniform
assessment
rate
for
alley
renovation
this
year
is
seven
cents
per
square
foot
of
land
area,
budding
the
valley
to
be
improved.
The
rate
is
the
same
for
residential
and
non-residential
properties
proposed
alley.
Renovation.
Special
assessments
were
determined
using
a
formula
that
combines
the
benefited
land
area
with
an
annually
established
uniform
assessment
rate.
C
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff
for
the
presentation
not
seen
any
inquiries?
This
is
a
public
hearing.
I
will
now
open
the
floor
clerk.
Are
there
any
people
who
signed
up
not
seen
anything
in
chat,
no
indication
of
anyone
signed
if
there's
anyone
online
or
star
six,
to
make
comments
not
hearing
any
indication
there?
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
thank
staff
for
the
presentation
and
get
a
little
shout
out
for
allies,
just
as
we've
kind
of
highlighted
how
our
right-of-way
and
roads
are
so
important
for
so
many
of
our
objectives.
C
So
our
allies,
even
though
they
seem
a
little
more
humble,
even
the
connotation
of
back
alley,
makes
it
seem
sort
of
a
lesser
thing,
but
it
does
all
the
same
things
that
our
roads
do.
In
addition,
it's
a
workplace
environment
for
our
trash
haulers
and
collectors
and
recyclers,
and
in
addition,
it
helps
us
manage
water.
So
a
little
shout
out
for
allies,
and
thank
you,
mr
kennedy,
with
that.
I
will
move
item
number
one
as
presented
and
ask
the
clerk
to
please
call
the
vote.
A
C
G
Thank
you
chair
right
item.
4
is
bryant
avenue,
south
lake
street
west
50th
street
layout
approval
and
I'd
like
to
introduce
liz,
heyman
senior
transportation,
planner
and
trey
joyner
an
associate
transportation
planner
with
our
transportation
planning
and
programming
division
to
give
the
presentation.
H
Thank
you,
brett.
Thank
you.
Chair
reich
council
members.
As
brett
said,
my
name
is
liz
heyman,
I'm
a
senior
transportation
planner
for
public
works,
we're
here
to
present
on
the
recommended
concept
that
brian
we're
bringing
forward
for
bryant
avenue.
Bryant
avenue
is
a
two
and
a
half
mile
reconstruction
project
that
spans
from
lake
street
in
the
north
to
50th
street
in
the
west
and
public
works
sees
this
as
a
true
opportunity
to
reimagine
our
right-of-way
next
side.
Please
we're
reconstructing
bryan
avenue,
because
the
assets
out
on
the
street
today
are
beyond
their
useful
life.
H
We
don't
have
any
room
today
for
street
trees
or
boulevards,
and
it's
really
in
need
of
an
upgrade,
but
we're
also
upgrading
bryant
avenue
is
because
it's
a
truly
multimodal
street
and
when
we
look
at
our
20-year
streets
for
planning
framework,
which
is
how
we
prioritize
street
reconstruction
projects
within
the
city,
our
data
shows
that
this
is
a
true
priority
for
both
public
works
and
the
city
and
is
in
need
of
an
upgrade
next
slide.
Please.
H
We
do
want
to
note
that
there
are
assessments
that
go
along
with
a
street
reconstruction
project
like
this.
Just
like
every
street
reconstruction
project
in
the
city,
assessments
do
not
vary,
vary
based
on
the
project
design
itself
and
approximately
2.1
million
dollars
in
assessments
will
be
used
to
fund
this
project
next
slide.
Please.
H
H
Please
so,
taking
that
policy,
public
works
came
out
with
a
set
of
project
goals,
we
worked
to
be
very
transparent
with
people
that
we
were
not
coming
to
this
project
with
a
blank
slate
and
that
we
were
coming
based
and
with
our
foundation
in
policy
for
this
work.
So
our
public
works
project
goals
for
this
project
were
to
improve
pedestrian
safety,
access
and
comfort
to
create
an
all
ages.
H
Availabilities
bicycle
connection
in
the
area:
language
straight
up,
our
out
of
our
transportation
action
plan
to
support
existing
and
future
transit
service
in
the
area,
to
use
green
infrastructure
to
collect
and
treat
stormwater
runoff
and
to
accommodate
business
deliveries
and
customer
access
next
slide.
Please
so
our
next
bucket
of
analysis
or
excuse
me
that
comes
into
our
concept,
design
work
was
our
technical
analysis
and
I
really
think
we've
done
our
homework
on
this
one.
H
If
you
visited
the
project
website,
if
you've
listened
into
some
of
our
presentations,
we
have
done
a
whole
host
of
technical
work
to
look
at
what
is
physically
possible
out
there
in
this
area
of
southwest
minneapolis,
to
look
at
our
constraints
within
the
right-of-way
and
also
what
our
opportunities
are.
We've
done:
in-depth
traffic
analysis
both
on
bryant
avenue
and
lindell.
H
We've
ran
bus,
turning
movements
on
lynda
to
see
how
buses
operate
out
there
in
the
real
world
through
intersections
and
we've
looked
at
alternative
bikeway
opportunities
to
see
how
maybe
we
could
build
something
different
off,
bryant
avenue
itself
next
slide,
please
and
then
also.
Very
importantly,
we've
had
a
robust
stakeholder
engagement
process.
H
H
So
at
the
very
outset
of
this,
as
I
mentioned,
when
we
started
this
process
in
may
of
2020,
we
asked
people,
you
know
what
are
your
visions
for
the
transportation
networks
in
this
area
of
the
city,
and
we
heard
a
lot
of
things
that
you
know.
Meshed
really
well
with
public
works
project
goals,
and
you
can
see
some
of
those
things
here
on
the
screen.
H
This
concept
proposal
included
a
two-way
street
on
bryant
avenue.
It
included
an
off-street
bicycle
trail
for
the
full
length.
However,
we
were
recommending
a
shared
use
path
in
the
southern
section
in
this
draft
concept,
and
then
we
introduced
the
idea
of
moving
transit
service
that
exists
on
brian
today
to
lindale
avenue
next
slide,
please,
and
what
we
heard
in
response
to
that.
We
heard
a
lot
of
concerns
about
the
shared
use
path.
We
also
incurred
concerns
about
parking
removal.
H
The
december
2020
draft
concept
proposal
was
only
able
to
maintain
approximately
30
percent
of
on-street
parking
throughout
the
entire
corridor,
which
of
course
was
a
very
large
change
from
what
people
are
used
to
seeing
out
there.
We
also
heard
him
from
the
lynda
idea
of
moving
transit
to
lindale
people
told
us
a
lot
about
the
difficulty
that
people
have
crossing
lindale
on
foot.
People
were
concerned
about
the
lack
of
detail,
so
we
kind
of
come
out
which
is
a
higher
level
concept.
H
Next
slide,
please.
So
what
we
did
with
that
is.
We
really
went
back
to
the
drawing
board.
We
went
to
re-evaluate
our
options,
ones
that
we
had
previously.
You
know,
thought
that
weren't
going
to
be
able
to
meet
our
goals
and
our
stakeholder
priorities
and
we
reviewed
those.
So
the
first
thing
we
did
was
reviewed
an
option,
for
you
know,
alternative
bicycle
route
and
how
we
could
build
out
an
all
ages,
all
abilities
connection
on
an
adjacent
street
for
bryant
and
what
we
found
really
reaffirmed
kind
of
our
first
cut.
H
It
would
have
included
parking
removal
on
adjacent
streets
and
on
bryant
avenue
itself,
because
we
really
have
to
build
out
some
robust
infrastructure
on
an
adjacent
street
to
make
an
all
ages
all
abilities
connection
and,
of
course,
along
with
robust
infrastructure,
often
comes
a
robust
cost.
So
we'd
be
looking
at
a
high
level
of
investment
on
bryan
avenue
itself
to
reconstruct,
along
with
a
high-level
investment
on
an
adjacent
corridor.
Next
slide,
please.
H
So
we
looked
at
that
kind
of
ruled
it
out
as
an
option
that
was
going
to
meet
our
project
goals
and
our
stakeholder
priorities
in
the
best
way
that
we
could,
and
instead
we
kind
of
started
to
focus
our
technical
analysis
around
a
one-way
option
for
bryant.
So
in
may
of
2021
we
came
out
with
a
one-way
concept
for
vehicles
on
bryant
and
and
that
concept
allowed
us
to
answer.
The
three
main
concerns
on
bryant
that
we
heard
from
stakeholders-
and
that
was
you
know
we
we
separated
out.
H
H
Again,
the
majority
of
folks
really
started
to
call
us
around
that
idea
of
the
one
way
doing
the
best
job
at
answering
and
balancing
all
those
items
next
slide.
Please,
there
are
still
concerns
that
we're
hearing.
You
know
with
our
recommended
concept
and
again,
as
you
all
know,
we're
likely
not
going
to
get
to
a
hundred
percent
consensus
from
everyone
who's
out
there
using
this
street
and
then
so.
You
can
see
some
of
these
things
that
that
people
have
been
asking
us
about
our
recommended
concept.
H
Next
slide,
please,
but
when,
when
we
think
about
trying,
you
know
to
move
the
city
into
the
future
and
where
we
need
to
be
public
works
staff
again
always
brings
it
back
to
our
guiding
policies
and
we
look
towards
how
we're
going
to
be
being
able
to
build
out
those
resilient
transportation
networks.
Next
slide,
please,
and
so
we
can.
H
We
come
back
to
that
framework
and
our
policy
guidance,
and
we
look
really
closely
at
how
all
of
our
options
were
able
to
balance
what
we
needed
to
do
out
here
in
our
right-of-way
in
our
constrained
right-of-way
on
bryant
avenue.
You
can
see
that
the
option
that
we're
recommending
here
today
in
public
works
opinion
does
the
best
job
at
balancing
everything
we
need
to
do
both
today
and
into
the
future
in
this
area
of
southwest
minneapolis.
I
Thanks
liz,
as
mentioned
I'll,
highlight
some
of
our
concept:
design
for
the
converging
one-way
design
on
brian
and
also
go
over
some
of
the
transit
accommodations
made
along
lindale,
so
as
an
overview
on
brian
we're,
showing
a
converging
one-way
design,
which
is
southbound
from
lake
street
west
to
46th
street
west
and
northbound
from
50th
street
west
to
46th
street
west
next
slide.
Please.
I
So,
with
the
recommended
recommendation
to
relocate
trans
to
lindell,
we
were
relocating
six
routes.
Those
are
three
local
routes
and
three
limited
stop
routes
and
also
placing
15
stops.
That's
a
combination
of
pull-out
and
in-lane
stops,
and
also
with
this
proposal,
we
have
taken
into
account
any
additional
room
needed
for
transit
amenities,
such
as
shelters
along
glendale
next
slide.
Please.
I
So
an
important
reason
we're
recommending
the
relocation
of
trains
to
lindell
its
impact
to
travel
times
during
the
peak
hour.
So
we've
been
so
we've
projected
out
our
traffic
number
modeling
numbers
to
2040
and
what
we've
seen
is
minimal
travel
times
during
the
peak
hour
with
and
without
transit
are
very
similar,
as
you
can
see
in
the
image
above
so
if
you're
traveling
from
one
end
of
the
corridor
during
the
peak
hour,
you're
we're
only
expecting
about
a
15
second
increase
in
travel
time
for
both
northbound
and
southbound
locations.
I
We
heard
that
liz
mentioned
through
all
phases
of
engagement
about
the
difficulty
of
crossing
lindell
as
a
pedestrian
and
just
other
just
another
thing
to
note
is
that
the
through
movements
on
lindell,
where
we're
posing
these
stops,
only
represent
about
two
to
three
percent
of
vehicle
movements
at
those
intersections,
so
we're
minimally
impacting
vehicle
movements
at
those
intersections
next
slide.
Please
one
major
change
with
this
proposal.
I
Their
recommendation
to
move
transit
to
lindell
are:
is
a
new
pullout?
Stop
at
the
50th
intersection
this
recommendation
or
this
this
change.
The
curb
line
is
primarily
to
get
buses
out
of
the
travel
lane
at
a
busy
county
intersection
to
board
transit
riders
as
vehicle
flow
can
continue
through
the
intersection
next
slide.
Please,
and
for
the
remaining
stops
along
along
the
landau
corridor,
we're
proposing
a
combination
of,
as
I
mentioned
in
lane
and
pullout,
stop
that
do
not
impact
existing
curb
lines
next
slide,
please.
I
The
last
piece
of
context
that
I'll
highlight
about
the
transit
recommendation
is
metro.
Transit's
plans
for
bus,
rapid
transit
by
2040.
when
you
look
at
the
space
need
to
accommodate
bus.
Rapid
transit
in
the
future.
Lindell
stands
out
as
a
quarter
was
available
right
away,
where
we
don't
have
to
compromise
space
allocated
to
other
travel
modes
like
biking
and
walking
next
slide,
please.
I
So
with
that
I'd
like
to
call
it
our
concept
on
bryant,
you
can
look
in
your
chemical
council
packets
and
see
you'll
see
the
concept.
It
shows
two
typical
cross-sections
along
the
project,
extents,
a
constrained
cross-section
and
a
relatively
uncontrolled
cross-section
that
both
meet
recently
adopted
street
design
and
bikeway
design
guidance
next
slide,
please.
I
Next
slide,
please
one
of
the
primary
reasons
why
we're
recommending
a
southbound
direction
from
lake
to
46
is
accommodate
school
loading
and
offloading
by
clara
barton
school,
and
that
see
the
image
on
your
right.
As
you
know,
buses
don't
have
doors
on
the
left
side
and
so
we're
recommending
that
southbound
direction
primarily
to
kind
of
accommodate
those
those
maneuvers
at
that
intersection
and
as
it
pertains
to
50th
at
busy
county
street,
we're
recommending
a
northbound
one-way
to
balance
vehicle
flow
in
the
area.
Next
slide,
please.
I
So,
as
I
mentioned
some
of
the
challenges,
the
one-way
concept
does,
however,
remove
traffic
into
our
adjacent
residential
streets,
but
this
additional
traffic
is
largely
seen
as
a
modest
increase
during
the
peak
times
and
not
all
times
during
the
day
and
in
context.
The
lint
at
lindale
windows,
a
quarter
of
about
10
000
vehicles
per
day
and
the
addition
of
65
to
additional
100
vehicles
per
hour
in
during
the
peak
hour
is
largely
seen
as
a
minimal,
given
the
context
and
volume
of
that
street
next
slide.
Please
so.
I
Next
slide,
please
and
kind
of
addressing
some
of
that
project
goal
about
treating
stormwater
and
green
and
installing
green
infrastructure.
The
one
way
also
allows
us
to
treat
stormwater
where
we
need
it
most.
The
image
above
shows
an
example
of
a
watershed
in
the
area
which
that
example
of
a
watershed
that
overlaps
with
the
bryant
project
and
with
the
removal
and
relocation
of
transit
and
reduction
of
a
vehicle
traveling
we're
able
to
provide
larger
boulevards
in
areas
where
we
have
the
greatest
opportunity
to
treat
stormwater
in
the
public
right-of-way.
I
And
finally,
the
other
major
opportunity
of
the
one-way
design
is
the
ability
to
address
concerns
around
speeding.
We've
heard
during
off
the
first
phases
of
engagement
by
right
sizing
our
parking
along
the
corridor,
we're
better
fit
to
we're
better
fit
to
meet
the
expected
usage
during
the
peak
times
of
the
day
along
the
corridor
and
also
provide
a
core
that
feels
much
more
narrow
and
discourages
vehicles
traveling
at
higher
speeds.
F
F
And
I
mean
this
is
going
to
be
the
nicest
street
south
of
downtown
when
it's
done
and
so
what
a
huge
benefit
for
our
community,
and
it
really
is
a
result
of
so
many
conversations
and
such
creative
thinking
from
our
staff
and
the
engineering
team.
So
thank
you
for
all
of
that.
I
I
do
I'll
just
say
too.
You
know
I
always
think
about
these
road
reconstruction
projects
are
are
in
place
for
50
years.
That's
the
life
span
of
a
road.
That's
been
reconstructed
in
minneapolis.
F
You
know
my
kids
will
be
in
their
late
50s,
their
early
60s.
When
this
road
is
being
contemplated
for
the
next
change,
and
so
our
responsibility
is,
of
course,
to
listen
to
the
current
context
and
understand
the
current
impacts
and
also
to
think
in
that
50-year
time
frame,
the
united
nations,
of
course
came
out
with
their
updated
climate
change
recommendations.
F
There
was
just
a
very
powerful
editorial
in
the
star
tribune
today,
echoing
the
urgency
of
action
and,
in
addition
to
all
of
the
short-term
community
benefits
that
this
project
will
bring.
You
know
it
is
so
crucial
that
we
really
make
good
on
our
promises
to
to
support
mood,
shift
to
support
sustainable
infrastructure
and
sustainable
transportation
choices,
so
appreciate
both
the
short
and
long
term
benefits
of
this
project.
Thanks,
mr
chair.
E
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Yes,
I'm
pleased
that
council
member
council
president
vendors
move
this
for
approval.
I
wanted
to
thank
everyone
for
reaching
out
and
engaging
in
the
bryant
avenue
south
reconstruction
plan.
You
know
we
have
see
received
hundreds,
if
not
I'm
not
sure,
council
member
bender
may
be
thousands
of
communications
about
this
project
over
time.
We've
had
many
neighborhood
meetings,
many
neighborhood
or
community
engagement
sessions,
and
especially
this
past
week.
E
The
pace
of
that
has
really
picked
up,
and
I
wanted
to
speak
briefly
about
some
of
the
voices
of
people
who
want
to
delay
this
project
concerns
that
people
had
about
community
feedback
and
a
little
bit
more
about
what
comes
next.
So
first,
just
to
speak
a
little
bit
about
the
immense
amount
of
feedback
we've
received
these
past
few
weeks
to
delay
this
project.
E
Seven
years
ago,
as
a
new
council
member,
without
as
much
depth
of
understanding
and
as
to
how
capital
five-year
plans
and
public
works
and
road
projects
can
fluctuate,
I
was
being
asked
to
participate
in
block
meetings
with
residents
of
bryant
where
they
were
clamoring
for
moving
up
the
original
timeline
for
this
road
project,
and
that
was
back
in
2014
back.
Then
I
was
only
able
to
tell
them
that
maybe
we
would
begin
to
start
design,
work
and
start
to.
E
E
Public
works
has
really
adjusted
this
design
based
on
the
feedback,
local
businesses
and
residents,
and
the
schools
were
engaged
every
step
of
the
way,
and
I
know
we
cannot
design
something
ever
that
makes
people
100
percent
pleased
and
I've
been
pleased
to
hear
from
some
neighborhood
meetings
that
they
feel
we've
been
really
responsive
to
feedback.
Yet
I
continue
to
hear
and
hold
this
important
frustration
from
others
that
we
have
not.
E
E
So
I
mostly
wanted
to
say
in
terms
of
this.
Thank
you
to
the
project
team.
You've
done
an
admirable
job
in
putting
the
kind
of
work
and
exhibited
public
service
that
I
am
so
proud
of
by
our
employees.
You've
showed
grace
in
the
face
of
a
lot
of
emotion
and
you
put
in
extra
time.
You
didn't
hesitate
to
dive
into
the
details
of
other
ideas
and
ultimately,
you
allowed
this
project
to
go
in
a
direction
that
community
feedback
was
going
and
that's
why
we're
at
this
one-way
design
plan
that
we
are
today.
E
I
also
mr
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
briefly
touch
on
where
we
go
from
here,
because
this
project
sure
is
not
done.
This
is
a
basic
geometry
and
concept
layout
and
there
is
still
a
lot
more
work
for
it
to
be
done
to
fit
into
our
landscape.
These
might
include
things
like
how
to
best
design
the
convergence
point
of
the
two
one
ways
at
46th
street,
for
safety
and
for
clarity.
E
J
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
It's
hard
to
follow
the
comments
from
councilmember,
palmisano
and
council
president
bender,
who
spoke
very
eloquently
on
this
issue,
and
I
just
want
to
extend
my
gratitude
to
staff
for
the
presentation.
I
found
it
very
helpful
in
understanding
this
issue
and
wanted
to
just
highlight
the
fact
that
you
know
you
said:
look
based
off
of
feedback.
J
We
saw
this
was
in
the
right
direction
and
we
went
back
to
the
drawing
board.
I
think
that's
a
really
powerful
thing.
I
think
it
deserves
to
be
highlighted,
and
I
appreciate
the
willingness
to
be
flexible
and
adaptive
as
you
are
receiving
feedback
and
to
keep
trying
to
refine
and
improve
these
project
designs.
I
think
it's
it's
it's
a
success
story
in
that
regard.
That
shows
that
you
are
listening.
J
The
public
works
is
listening,
that
the
city
is
listening
and
it's
not
lost
on
me
and
shouldn't
be
lost
on
any
of
us,
and
I
really
appreciate
it
so
kudos
for
a
great
presentation
and
all
of
your
work
on
this,
and
I
appreciate
hearing
the
comments
as
well
from
my
colleagues.
It's
really
heartening
to
hear
all
that
went
into
this
and
I'm
excited
to
get
a
chance
to
use
the
new
bryant
avenue
south
when
it
is
eventually
finished.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you
for
that.
Anyone
else
wish
to
ask
questions
or
make
comments
for
the
presentation
not
seen
any.
I
will
concur
with
council
member
johnson's
assessment
that
the
two
council
members
represent
the
areas
council
president
bender
and
palmisano
really
captured
the
essence
of
what
what
is
being
trying
to
accomplish
here
and
the
magnitude
of
what
is
before
us
just
in
this
phase
of
concepts
and
how
they're
imbued
with
our
policies
moving
forward
and,
of
course,
we
rely
on
them
for
the
stakeholder
and
local
context.
C
Definitely
I
recognize
what
staff
has
presented
from
the
broader
policy
lens,
but,
as
we've
discussed,
this
is
a
convergence
of
local
context
and
broader
policies.
So
thank
you
for
the
comments
it
edified,
my
my
understanding
of
this
project
and
the
magnitude
of
it.
Thank
you
to
staff
for
all
the
work
that
led
to
this.
C
I
I
know
what
it
takes
to
get
get
it
done
on
in
these
situations
with
multiple
stakeholder
input
points,
and
the
challenge
is
to
make
so
much
happen
in
our
right
of
way
based
on
our
policies.
So
I
definitely
recognize
that
more
broadly
speaking.
So
with
that,
I
believe,
council
president,
has
moved
this.
We've
had
discussion
I'll
now
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role.
D
G
F
Today,
we
are
considering
our
city's
comment
to
the
metropolitan
council
and,
of
course,
this
is
a
transit
project
run
by
the
metropolitan
by
metro
transit,
which
is
part
of
the
met
council
on
a
county
road.
So,
of
course,
our
role
as
a
city.
As
a
is
you
know
as
a
partner
in
that.
In
that
context
I
did.
I
was
hoping
that
staff
could
provide
in
this
in
this
forum
a
little
bit
more
kind
of
explanation
and
background
about
the
decision
that
has
been
made
or
is
in
the
process
of
being
made.
F
F
It
seems
that
they're
at
at
least
in
the
public-facing
documents
that
showed
a
dedicated
lane
east
to
west,
but
the
version
that
is
coming
forward
and
that
the
letter
is
referencing
is
this
hybrid
version
that
does
not
have
dedicated
bus
facilities
for
almost
the
entirety
of
minneapolis,
except
for
the
little
portion
that
goes
around
the
lake,
where
there's
lake
street
and
excelsior
boulevard
and
a
massive
amount
of
street
right
of
way
there.
So
can
you
help
us
understand
what
trade-offs
are
in
place?
Is
it?
Is
it
vehicle
travel
lanes?
Is
it
parking?
F
Is
it
you
know
kind
of
all
of
the
above?
What
are
the
trade-offs
that
are
going
into
understanding
how
to
allocate
this
right-of-way
and
what's
led
up
to
the
decisions
about
dedicated
liens,
and
I
know
that
those
decisions
are
not
being
made
by
our
staff,
so
just
hoping
you
can
sort
of
summarize
what
we've
been
hearing
from
the
partners.
K
First,
I
want
to
start
by
saying
the
city
is
strongly
committed
in
partnership
with
metro,
transit
and
hennepin
county
in
making
improvements
along
this
very
critical
corridor
in
our
city,
in
coordination
with
the
b-line,
we
want
to
have
transit
priority
across
our
system,
as
shown
in
our
various
policies,
around
climate
equity
and
more
shift
goals.
However,
our
modeling
indicates
that
we
cannot
meet
our
transit
priority
goals
with
the
extensive
bus
priority
or
bus
only
lanes
concept,
which
would
provide
a
10
improvement
in
transit
travel
time
in
the
pm.
K
The
model
indicated
that,
with
the
projected
2040
traffic
volumes,
in
addition
to
reduced
lane
capacity
for
general
purpose
traffic,
this
would
result
in
long
delays
and
long
queues
for
general
purpose
vehicles,
which
would
include
spill
over
effects
on
transit
travel
times.
When
bi-directional
bus
only
lanes
are
considered
in
both
directions
for
the
entirety
of
lake
street.
K
K
The
balance
bus
priority
concept
still
allows
us
to
combine
best
priority
treatments
with
other
potential
safety
improvements.
We
do
know
that
lake
street
is
has
been
a
high
injury
street
in
our
network,
with
eight
percent
of
all
crashes
occurring
on
lake
street.
So
safety
is
really
an
imperative
goal.
K
K
F
K
Correct
turret
council
president
bender,
so
with
the
in
the
extensive
bus
priority
concept
where
we,
where
bus
only
lanes,
are
proposed
in
both
directions.
Currently,
we
know
that
lake
street
is
four
lanes,
which
means
the
bus
only
lanes
would
be
sharing
the
outer
lanes
with
right
turn
lanes.
The
center
middle
lanes
would
be
dedicated
to
through
traffic
as
well
as
left
turning
traffic
and
with
the
forecast
of
2040
traffic
volumes.
F
Okay,
I
appreciate
that
I'll
just
make
a
comment,
and
it's
not
directed
to
you.
You
know,
as
a
staff
person
working
on
it,
it's
just
more
of
a
global
concept
about
you
know.
I
think
the
way
that
we
measure
vehicle,
delay
and
and
I'd
be
happy
to
follow
up
offline
too
and
talk
through
some
of
these
technical
details.
L
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
providing
a
little
detail
on
this
and
thank
you
to
council
president
bender
for
raising
this
issue.
I
also
think
we
need
to
be
advocating
for
more
commitment
to
dedicated
bus
transit
lanes
generally.
I
think
that
in
many
ways
the
assumptions
that
we're
making
about
how
traffic
is
going
to
interact
with
the
lanes
is
based
on
a
very
incomplete
implementation
of
them.
So
far,
we've
only
rolled
out
transit
lanes
in
a
few
places.
L
I
think
we
probably
have
a
lot
of
enforcement
and
education
that
we
can
do
over
time,
but
I
think
we
need
to
be
building
towards
the
future,
where
we
really
can
dedicate
part
of
the
public
realm
to
bus
travel
in
a
way
that
we
believe
in,
and
I
I
don't
think
that
we're
going
to
get
there
if
we
don't
leave
ourselves
room
in
the
public
realm
to
get
there.
So
I
I
am
hopeful
that
we
can
at
least
speaking
from
the
city's
voice.
L
L
A
K
K
So
we
we
are
looking
at
all
those
options
where
west
of
hennepin
it
would
be
a
four
to
three
at
some
intersections.
Obviously
we're
looking
where
we
can
implement
left
turn
lanes
at
high
crash
intersections,
such
as
lindale
and
cedar
and
bloomington.
So
those
are
all
being
modeled
and
well.
Those
are
currently
being
modeled.
K
Council,
member
gordon
I
I
would
say
that
a
metro
transit
wants
the
the
concept
that
would
meet
their
goal
of
having
20
percent
of
travel
improvement
from
the
baseline,
so
for
them
their
priority
is
on
transit
and
with
the
county
and
the
city.
Other
items
come
into
play
as
we
talked
about
within
our
policies,
our
climate,
climate,
equity
and
so
on
and
safety.
A
Okay,
I
mean
that
sounds
like
they
might
be,
supportive
of
that
or
even
exceeding
the
20
percent.
If
not-
and
I
guess
I'm
curious
if
the
county
is
the
problem,
I
know
there
is
certainly
going
to
be
a
lot
of
traffic
on
some
segments
of
lake
street,
especially
near
you
know,
nikola,
35w
and
and
there
so
those
aren't
in
the
second
board,
but
I
certainly
think
that
the
more
we
could
push
and
challenge
our
partners
to
look
at
making
this
concept
happen.
A
K
A
C
F
Thanks,
mr
chair,
I
I
had
a
chance
to
talk
this
through
with
director
jelly
today
and
and
some
new,
mr
chair
and
so
wanted
to
move
this
very
short
kind
of
simple
staff
direction.
But
it
would
say
just
staff
in
public
works
is
directed
to
amend
the
city's
comment
on
the
bee
line:
bus
rapid
transit
corridor
plan
to
emphasize
the
city's
preference
for
dedicated
transit
lane
in
the
lanes
in
alignment
with
the
city's
adopted
transportation
action
plan.
F
I
know
that
dr
jelly
had
had
taken
a
stab
at
kind
of
responding
to
this.
I
didn't
want
to
bring
a
specific
edit
to
the
letter
today,
but
just
wanted
to
have
this
committee
have
the
chance
to
be
on
record
that
we
do
want
to
just
really
emphasize
the
issues
that
we've
been
talking
about
and
and
then
specifically
the
dedicated
lanes
wherever
possible.