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From YouTube: October 13, 2021 Transportation & Public Works Committee
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B
A
C
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
this
is
the
transportation
public
works,
regular
committee
meeting
this
day
october,
13th
2021,
I'm
councilmember,
reich.
I
chair
this
committee
and
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues.
As
we
begin,
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
members
of
the
city
staff
as
authorized
by
minnesota
statute,
section
13d
.021
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency.
C
B
C
We
have
a
quorum
and
we'll
proceed
with
today's
agenda,
which
we
have
13
items.
4
through
13
are
the
consent
items
I'll
go
through
them?
Any
committee
matter
can
pull
them,
pull
them
for
full
consideration
as
they
wish
item
4.
Is
the
setting
of
a
public
hearing
for
october
27th
to
consider
the
ordnance
amending
traffic
code
to
modernize
and
enhance
the
language
for
current
traffic
condition
situations?
C
Five
is
the
contract
with
tool
design
group
for
engineering
design
services
for
the
first
avenue
south
street
reconstruction
and
bridge
over
greenway
project?
Six
is
a
contract
member
with
fpa
incorporated
for
the
skylight
fall
protection
project
at
the
fridley
water
plant?
Seven
is
the
contract
amendment
with
thomas
sun's,
construction
for
the
signals
and
pedestrian
improvements
project
eight?
Is
the
agreement
and
limited
use
permit
with
the
minnesota
department
of
transportation
for
the
proposed
queen
avenue
north
bike
trail
and
trunk
highway
55
right
away?
C
Nine
is
the
layout
approval
and
easements
for
the
upper
harbor
terminal.
10
is
the
levine
of
various
2021
public
works
department.
Special
assessments,
11
is
accepting
the
hennepin
county
grant
for
five
new
organics
recycling
drop-off
sites.
12
is
the
proving
of
the
application
for
the
george
floyd
global
memorial
block
event
permit
to
be
held
october.
14,
2021
and
13
is
the
bid
for
five
revised
signal
systems,
storm
sewer
and
pedestrian
curb
ramp
improvements
project.
B
C
E
Good
afternoon,
chair
reich
brian
dodds,
deputy
director
city
engineer.
We've
got
three
public
hearings
today
and
the
first
two
will
be
presented
by
jeff
hanlon,
he's
a
professional
engineer,
principal
professional
engineer
in
the
transportation,
engineering
and
design
division.
The
two
hearings
are
for
the
first.
Two
hearings
are
for
2022
assessments
for
non-governmental
tax-exempt
parcels,
the
first
for
street
light
operation
fee,
and
the
second
is
for
street
maintenance.
I'll
turn
it
over
to
jeff.
F
Thank
you
brian
good
afternoon,
mr
chair
and
committee
members.
My
name
is
jeff
handland.
I
am
a
principal
professional
engineer
in
the
transportation,
engineering
and
design
division
of
public
works.
My
staff
administers
public
works,
special
assessments
with
a
singular
presentation.
I
am
introducing
two
related
public
hearings
for
assessments
on
non-governmental
tax
exempt
properties.
F
F
F
F
F
So
while
there
are
1212
eligible
properties
in
the
city,
notices
were
mailed
to
51
properties
because
they
were
new
or
had
property
boundary
changes
for
street
light
operation
assessments.
The
median
assessment
is
43
dollars
a
year
and
the
total
for
all
street
lighting
assessments
payable
in
2022
is
one
hundred
and
six
thousand
eight
hundred
and
ten
dollars
for
street
maintenance
assessments.
C
I'm
not
seeing
any
indication
of
that.
I
will
open
the
public
hearing.
I
will
note
I'm
partially.
My
chat
is
partially
blocked
for
some
reason
kind
of
a
weird
technical
difficulty,
so
I
won't
be
able
to
read
all
the
names
of
the
people
who
may
have
signed
in
but
for
item
one.
I
do
see
some
names
for
public
hearing,
but
I
don't
know
if
it's
for
this
one
or
not
again
because
of
this
weird
technical
difficulty.
I
have.
C
G
Mr
chair,
this
might
be
an
question
for
follow-up
either
offline
or
during
the
public
works
budget
presentation.
But
it's
come
to
my
attention
through
constituent
contacts
that
we
have
quite
a
large
backlog
of
streetlight
maintenance
issues.
G
G
C
Certainly,
if
staff
has
a
quick
answer
for
now,
that
would
be
welcome
and
certainly
we
can
do
more
follow
up
for
more
in-depth
conversation.
But
if
there's
a
quick,
quick
answer,
that'd
be
great.
E
Sure,
thank
you,
chair
reich
and
committee
members.
Our
current
backlog
on
streetlight
maintenance
issues
is
fairly
typical.
We've
been
tracking
those
and
looking
at
those
recently
because
we
haven't
received,
seen
some
complaints
on
it
and
have
looked
into
the
issue,
but
it
is
about
the
same
amount
as
we've
seen
in
the
past.
However,
I
mean
it's:
it's
always
a
priority
to
address
these
items.
It's
a
it's
an
item
that
keeps
our
streets
well
lit.
Our
sidewalks
well
lit
it.
E
It
makes
our
city
look
taken
care
of
and
and
put
together,
and
so
we
have
been
been
looking
at
it
a
little
bit
more
and
we
will
be
having
some
further
discussions
in
the
budget
process
on
that.
So
thank
you
for
bringing
that
to
our
attention.
C
Yeah,
I
think
this
is
definitely
a
topic,
because
I've
heard
and
heard
some
of
this
issue
come
up
as
well,
so
certainly
something
to
understand
in
the
aggregate,
but
there
also
could
be
pockets
that
we
might
want
to
be
aware
of
as
well
any
further
discussion
or
questions
on
this
item
item
one
has
been
moved
and
so
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll.
C
That
carries
we
can
now
go
to
item
number
two
and
I'll
give
the
floor
to
mr
docs.
E
Thank
you
chair.
We
are
on
the
second
public
hearing
non-governmental
tax
exempt
parcel
for
street
maintenance
and
jeff
hanlon
already
presented
on
this.
So
I
think
we
can
go
right
to
the
public
hearing.
C
C
C
That
carries,
we
will
now
proceed
to
public
hearing
number.
Three
and
again,
mr
dodds,.
E
Thank
you,
cherry
members
of
the
committee.
The
third
public
hearing
will
be
presented
by
andrew
carlson
project
manager
for
special
service
districts
and
the
transportation
maintenance
repair
division.
The
hearing
is
for
special
service
districts.
These
are
non
428,
a
districts
and
there
it
is
for
2022,
proposed
services
and
service
charges
turn
it
over
to
andrew.
H
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
mr
chair
and
council
members.
My
name
is
andrew
carlson
and
I'm
the
project
manager
for
special
service
districts.
Previously
we
were
before
you
at
the
september
15th
meeting
to
present
the
2022
services
and
service
charges
for
our
428,
a
special
service
districts.
H
As
you
may
recall,
428a
refers
to
minnesota
state
statute,
which
grants
municipalities
the
authority
to
establish
special
service
districts
by
ordinance
all
the
special
service
districts
before
you
today
are
non
428a
or
what
we
refer
to
as
legacy
districts.
These
districts
all
predate
the
428
a
statute,
but
regardless
of
a
district's
origins,
all
special
service
districts
allow
property
owners
in
a
commercial
area
to
collectively
impose
service
charges
on
themselves
each
year
to
create
a
pool
of
funds.
H
H
H
H
Over
the
summer,
public
work
staff
worked
with
each
district's
advisory
board
to
recommend
the
services,
prepare
estimated
budgets
and
review
their
assessment
methodologies
for
the
coming
year.
These
service
charges
would
be
collected
in
the
2022
real
estate
taxes
in
the
same
manner
as
special
assessments.
H
Lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
the
combined
budget
cost
estimate
for
these
districts
accounts
for
over
1.2
million
dollars
annually
in
private
investment
within
the
minneapolis
public
right
away.
So
with
that,
that
concludes
my
presentation
and
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions.
C
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff,
not
seen
any
indication
of
that?
I
will
open
the
public
hearing
and
I
have
made
an
adjustment
to
my
screen.
I
do
see
some
names
in
the
queue
totaling
five,
if
that's
accurate,
I
will
call
upon
them
in
turn,
starting
with
stephen
schachtman.
Please
address
the
committee.
C
All
right:
well,
oh
hello!
Please
need
state
your
name
and
address.
I
Oh,
thank
you.
I'm
sorry,
I
had
a
little
trouble.
My
name
is
steven
shackman.
My
family
has
owned
the
building
at
2309-2329
hennepin
avenue.
Since
1948..
A
I
However,
I'm
very
very
concerned
about
the
options
that
are
currently
being
considered
by
the
public
works
department
for
hennepin
avenue.
That's
going
to
severely
impact
my
tenants
and
all
the
other
businesses
around
us
with
lots
of
parking
loading
and
unloading
areas
as
well
as
reduced
access
from
the
center
medians
and
virtually
no
left
turns.
F
I
Little
to
no
parking
at
my
facility-
and
I
just
wrote
off
as
of
last
week-
probably
eighty
five
thousand
dollars
in
uncollectible
rent
and
as
an
incentive
to
my
res
tenants
over
there,
based
on
all
the
upheaval
in
that
area.
I
So
it's
true
that
80
to
90
of
the
apartments
are
vintage
buildings
such
as
ours
and
we
give
hennepin
avenue
its
character
and
we
have
one
or
more
cars
and
we
rely
on
street
parking.
So
I'm
asking
this
committee
and
all
council
members
to
reconsider
and
ask
the
public
works
department
to
evaluate
a
third
option
that
is
supported
by
the
hennepin
county
property
owners
association
as
well
as
others,
and
we
could
give
you
successful
e-line
service
while
maintaining
our
critical
businesses
and
give
them
access
and
parking.
Thank
you.
J
Yes,
I'm
tom
fletcher,
flexure
management
address,
I
think
he
said
you
need-
is
4445
west
77th
street
in
a
diner
for
a
business
and
I'm
a
long
very
long
time.
Member
of
the
lobby,
hill
special
service
district
advisory
board-
and
I
do
first
of
all
strongly
support
the
proposed
lorry
hill
special
service
district
2022
assessment,
as
presented
along
with
its
efforts
to
approve
hennepin
avenue,
as
I
have
for
years
in
the
past.
J
That
being
said,
I
would
like
to
make
what
I
think
are
two
relevant
comments
regarding
the
proposed
hennepin
avenue
reconstruction
project
before
that
comes
firmly
to
the
council
as
you're
likely
aware,
there's
united
property
and
business
owner
opposition
to
the
two
options
that
public
works
department
is
currently
considering
and
we,
you
may
not
know,
we've
proposed
a
third
option
which
is
not
currently
public
works
says
they
don't
want
to
move
forward,
even
though
we
think
it's
a
win-win
for
both
transit
and
and
for
the
area.
J
So
a
couple
things
I'll
bring
up
real,
quick
and
then
I'll
be
done.
Hopefully
I
will
be
done.
First,
in
the
lower
hill
business
meeting
last
spring,
public
works
staff
stated
that
they
had
no
data
on
the
likely
transit
benefits
from
their
preferred
options,
nor
the
traffic
and
parking
impacts
on
neighborhood
streets.
I
would
encourage
the
council
members
to
ask
public
works,
what
data
they
do
have.
J
J
Second,
I
would
like
to
note
that
under
state
law,
the
city
must
show
that
a
special
assessment
increase
the
property
value
by
at
least
the
amount
of
assessment.
I
would
encourage
council
members
to
ask
the
city
attorney
what
their
thought
is.
It
turns
to
their
ability
to
defend
an
assessment
that
takes
away
parking
from
businesses
in
access
and
likely
reduces
property
values,
and
the
proposed
assessment
by
public
works
is
roughly
1.8
million
for
this
project
to
the
local
to
the
properties.
J
Finally,
I
can
assure
you,
the
business
of
property
owners
on
the
avenue
are
strongly
united
in
opposition
to
the
public
works
proposed
options.
I
would
respectfully
request
that
the
city
consider
working
in
good
faith
with
hennepin
avenue,
property
owners
and
businesses
who,
for
many
years,
have
invested
time
and
money
along
the
avenue
to
design
a
win-win
solution
that
doesn't
turn
hennepin
avenue
into
a
freeway
and
that
we
can
all
support,
including
the
proposed
assessments
for
them.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
J
C
You
for
your
comments.
We
can
now
go
down
to
randall
gast.
A
Yeah,
this
randall
gas,
the
president
of
the
dinkytone
business
alliance
and
the
the
dba
supports
the
proposed
budget,
but
we
would
like
to
go
on
record
as
questioning
the
effectiveness
of
the
special
services
programs
based
on
the
current
situation.
We
have
with
crime
in
the
area
and
some
of
the
civil
unrest
that
have
occurred.
A
We
do
know
that
there
has
been
efforts
on
the
part
of
the
special
services
district
to
take
care
of
many
items,
but
I
I
would
say
there
seems
to
be
a
gap
in
people's
understanding.
There
was
a
previous
on
this
call.
It
was
a
comment
about
street
lights
and
I
can
certainly
understand
there's
a
backlog
of
repairs
to
be
done,
but
I
would
suggest
that
if
the
street
lights
and
dinky
town
are
the
minneapolis
standard,
it's
not
a
very
high
standard,
because
the
street
lights
are
very
bad
shape
in
that
particular
area.
A
And
anybody
that's
seen
it
can
comment,
but
so
in
in
retrospect
we
just
we
support
the
budget.
A
We
think
there
is
an
effectiveness
issue
with
the
special
services
program
and
I
would
just
say
that
all
of
these
good
efforts
were
created
decades
ago,
but
today
is
today,
and
things
are
a
bit
different
and
there's
a
different
sense
of
urgency.
Today,
with
the
business
community
in
dickie
town
sees
it's
been
a
very
difficult
year,
as
we
all
can
imagine,
so
we
we
just
want
to
go
on
notice
and
say
that
we
are
going
to
be
working
with
special
services
representatives.
A
C
I'm
not
hearing
any
further
indication.
I
will
close
the
public
hearing
and
note
the
comments
that
were
made
in
this
conversation
and
it's
interesting.
I
think
I
actually
have
a
question
for
mr
carlson.
C
It
strikes
me
that
I
have
had
a
few
comments
similar
to
what
council
president
bender
had
raised
in
terms
of
street
light
repair
and
the
ones
that
that
were
brought
to
my
attention.
Actually
were
the
pedestrian
street
lights
on
central,
which
is
covered
by
the
special
service
district?
C
I
don't
know
if,
if
this
is
something
that
the
special
service
districts
themselves
have
taken
up,
if
there's
it's
something
that
would
allow
for
participation
from
that
group
in
that
area,
either
technically
or
just
obviously
I
can
imagine
the
sentiment
is
the
city
should
be
taking
care
of
their
lights?
Why
should
we
have
to
do
this?
It's
not
an
extra
but
anyways.
I'm
just
wondering
if
that's
in
the
mix.
H
Right
and
it
kind
of
gets
to
the
opening
comments-
I'm
sorry,
chairman
reich
and
council
members,
so
special
service
districts
exist
to
provide
for
enhanced
services
and
special
amenities.
H
This
is
the
time
of
year,
where
you'll
see
our
contractor
doing
lighting
checks
to
ensure
that
our
festoon
electrical
systems
in
districts
that
provide
for
holiday
decorations
are
operational
that
can
include
holiday
fixtures
such
as
snowflakes
and
garland,
and
then
in
certain
districts
such
as
central
avenue,
they
provide
for
a
beautiful
canopy
of
tree
lighting,
so
that
work
is
currently
taking
place.
We
do
work
in
close
partnership
with
our
colleagues
in
the
traffic
department
to
help
ensure
that
those
polls
are
safe
and
properly
maintained.
H
So
it
is
a
partnership.
It
is
something
we
work
closely
with
other
pro
other
city
departments
with
as
well
as,
for
example,
the
park
board
when
it
comes
to
our
our
urban
tree
trees
as
well.
So
while
we
provide
for
those
enhanced
level
services,
we
have
to
work
within
the
purview
of.
What's
in
our
our
proposed
operating
plan
and.
C
K
Thank
you
sure
wreck.
I
I
just
want
to
really
kind
of
validate
some
of
the
comments
that
we
heard
on
the
dinkytown
special
service
district.
I
think,
and
and
first
really
thank
both
andrew
carlson
and
interim
director
jelly.
K
You
know
we
started
kind
of
bringing
the
alarm
back
on
noticing
that
some
things
weren't
working
a
couple
of
months
ago
now,
based
on
feedback
similar
to
what
you
heard
from
from
randall
and
others
in
the
dinky
town,
business
association
and
from
the
marcy
homes,
neighborhood
association
and
some
of
those
things
have
been
fixed.
K
We
still
have
a
ways
to
go,
and
so
I
certainly
I
walked,
walked
to
the
route
with
representatives
from
the
university
in
the
marcy
holmes
neighborhood
last
week
they
pointed
to
some
things
that
were
improved,
but
we,
we
still
saw
some
some
pretty
significant
issues
with
with
garbage
removal
with
tree
maintenance
and
with
some
you
know,
speaking
to
your
point
about
the
lighting
lights
that
were
installed
by
the
special
service
district,
so
they're
kind
of
non-standard
equipment
and
non-standard
features
that
it's
a
little
unclear
where
you
know
how
how
we
find
budget
to
repair
these.
K
Now
that
they're
kind
of
getting
towards
the
end
of
their
useful
life,
so
there
really
is
a
question
that
I
think
we
have
to
ask
about.
Is
it
the
special
service
district
or
is
it
something
that
we
as
public
works,
should
be
making
an
investment
in
new
equipment
and
sort
of
thinking
about
upgrading
pedestrian
scale
lighting
on
some
very
high
traffic
pedestrian
corridors?
K
But
right
now
the
condition
is
that
they've
been
kind
of
patched
together,
there's
some
that
have
some
exposed,
wiring
and
other
other
issues
that
actually
at
least
appear
to
to
people
who,
who
don't
know
as
much
about
it
as
as
though
they
might
be
dangerous
and-
and
I
I
can't
necessarily
refute
in
a
in
a
couple
cases
that
might
be
the
case.
So
so
I
I.
I
do
think
that
there's
still
some
some
significant
work
to
do
to
provide
the
value.
K
Add
that
we
really
want
these
special
service
districts
to
be.
I
I
see
some
real
improvements,
so
I
want
to
really
thank
staff
and
and
encourage
continued
improvement
in
those
areas,
and
we
know
that
you
know.
K
Dinky
town
is
an
area
that
that
we
we
want
to
make
sure
to
invest
in
so
that
the
university
as
our
partner,
you
know,
really
sees
sees
that
part
of
the
city
as
a
benefit
to
recruiting
students
and
staff
to
be
part
of
the
university
community
and
and
for
that
area
to
continue
to
thrive.
So
I
want
to
both
validate
the
feedback
that
we
got
and
encouraged
the
continued
improvement.
I
think
we're
on
the
right
trajectory,
but
but
still
have
some
work
to
do.
B
C
That
carries
additional
thanks
to
mr
carlson,
the
team.
This
is
really
where
the
outward
face
of
government
really
really
truly
is
in
our
community.
So
I
appreciate
the
work
and
I
know
the
people
that
I
talk
to
appreciate
as
well.
So
I
wanted
to
extend
that.
I
seen
that
we
have
no
additional
items.