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Description
City officials provide an update on the City’s plans to ensure that emergency vehicles and buses can navigate streets that have narrowed because of the heavy snowpack.
Speakers will include Public Works Director Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Minneapolis Fire Chief Bryan Tyner, Hennepin EMS Chief Martin Scheerer and Ibrahima Diop, senior officer of Finance and Operations at Minneapolis Public Schools. The heavy snow accumulation has narrowed streets, which pose a safety hazard when emergency vehicles cannot navigate these streets to reach people who need assistance.
A
They
will
begin
9
pm
on
Thursday
January
26th
Vehicles
can
no
longer
park
on
the
even
side
of
streets
in
Minneapolis
on
non-snow
emergency
routes.
That
is
very
important,
and
that
is
actually
reflected
as
well.
In
this
poster
behind
me,
some
streets
may
have
some
additional
signage
due
to
restrictions
on
those
streets.
The
important
part
here
is
that
people
are
parking
their
vehicle
need
to
follow
the
signage
that
is
posted,
so
we
need
people
to
comply
generally.
This
is
the
rule.
A
Ticketing
and
towing
will
begin
after
9
pm
tomorrow,
Thursday
January
26th,
our
cruise
and
I'm,
joined
by
a
number
of
folks
from
Public
Works
that
if,
if
after
the
press
conference,
we
need
more
information,
our
crews
have
been
working
very,
very
hard
to
clear
the
streets
we
had
hoped
for
maybe
a
little
warmer
weather,
some
sunshine
that
would
have
given
us
some
ability
to
get
some
more
widening
on
the
streets.
That
did
not
happen
in
the
last
10
days.
A
We
are
about
as
wide
as
we
can
get
right
now
and
so
making
the
streets
passable,
particularly
for
Public
Safety
Vehicles,
is
important.
The
other
part
is
really
there's.
No
warm
temperatures
coming
in
sight
for
a
while,
and
we
think
that
that
is
another
factor
in
going
to
one-sided
parking
now
I'm
going
to
just
acknowledge
this
is
inconvenient
for
people,
and
we
understand
that.
A
We
hope
that
people
can
work
together
to
make
sure
that
people
are
safe
and
that
people
can,
you
know,
get
groceries
to
their
residences
and
things
like
that,
but
for
the
overall
Public
Safety,
if
there's
a
fire,
if
someone
has
a
heart
attack,
we
need
to
have
the
streets
in
a
way
that
large
Vehicles
can
move
down.
Then,
and
of
course,
we
do
not
want
to
have
kids
sitting
on
school
buses
for
long
periods
of
time,
so
I
want
to
say
a
Cynthia
sincere
thanks
to
everyone.
A
A
I
also
want
to
thank
our
crews,
both
our
folks
in
our
maintenance
crew
and
our
traffic
department.
They
both
have
been
doing
a
lot
of
work
already
and
will
continue
to
do
that.
Work
to
both
keep
the
streets
as
clear
as
possible
and
the
alleys
for
people
and
then
the
other
part
is
signing
the
streets
to
make
sure
that
it's
very
clear
where
parking
can
and
cannot
happen.
B
Thank
you
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Brian
Tyner
I
am
fire
chief
for
the
Minneapolis
Fire,
Department
and
I
have
advocated
for
and
fully
support
this
decision
to
go
to
one-sided
parking
in
the
interests
of
Public
Safety
in
the
entrance
of
keeping
you
and
your
neighbors
safe
when
there's
an
emergency,
whether
it
be
a
fire
or
a
medical
emergency
seconds
matter,
and
certainly
minutes
matter.
C
Chief
of
Martin
Shear
from
Hennepin
County
EMS,
so
we
provide
EMS
service
City
in
Minneapolis
and
many
other
cities
in
Hanover
County.
So
you
know
we
have
the
same
challenge
that
the
fire
department
does.
It
may
be
even
a
little
bit
more
our
trucks,
believe
it
or
not,
are
just
as
wide
the
ambulances
are
as
wide
as
the
fire
trucks,
as
you
can
see
in
this
picture
back
here.
That
makes
it
really
challenging
to
get
there.
C
We
often
respond
with
police
and
fire
as
well,
and
so
when
the
fire
trucks
are
on
scene,
for
example,
here
and
we
come
from
a
different
direction,
we
have
a
hard
time
getting
to
the
location
where
we're
at
so
we've
advocated
for
the
snow
emergency
to
help
our
crews
get
out.
There,
we've
had
some
significant
issues
and
trying
to
get
to
all
the
different
addresses
and
some
of
the
side
streets
are
really
a
challenge
for
us.
C
So
I
want
to
thank
the
City
of
Minneapolis
for
helping
us
out
and
thank
the
citizens
and
the
team
here
that
works
to
Paul
the
streets.
They
do
a
great
job
and
if
I
could
also
ask
everyone
if
they
can
maybe
shovel
their
walks,
we
we
bring
our
stretchers
most
often
up
to
the
scene
and
it's
difficult
to
navigate
the
stretchers,
who
have
little
tiny,
Wheels
Through,
the
all
the
snow
to
get
up
there.
C
So
if
we
have
a
nice
clear
path
to
the
house
that
helps
our
team
with
the
stretchers
and
transport
people
out,
so
it's
really
important.
If
we
could
do
this,
we
appreciate
everyone's
cooperation.
We
know
it's
not
a
great
thing
to
do.
My
my
family
lives
in
Minneapolis,
and
we
know
what
it's
like
so,
but
thank
you
for
your
cooperation
and
now
let
Abraham
jobs
from
Minneapolis
schools.
Talk,
bring
us
back
here
thanks.
D
D
We
have
to
give
our
drivers
a
great
thanks,
because
they've
been
doing
a
wonderful
job
since
November
with
narrowed
streets.
We
do
know
that,
with
the
both
sides
parking
on
both
sides
of
the
street
with
mounds
of
snow
on
every
corner,
it
makes
it
challenging
for
our
drivers
to
navigate
and,
quite
frankly,
if
a
bus
is
stuck,
that
means
students
would
be
coming
late
to
school,
and
that
is
not
good
for
good
learning
and
we
do
feel
that
their
safety,
the
safety
of
the
students
on
those
buses,
will
be
enhanced
by
this
measure.
D
So
we
fully
support
it
and
look
forward
to
working
with
the
city
and
with
the
fire
department
and
EMS
to
making
sure
that
we
share
any
information
to
making
sure
that
this
is
working
for
us,
and
so,
as
the
as
Margaret
said.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
patience
in
this.
We
know
that
this
may
be
an
inconvenience,
but
it
is
an
inconvenience
to
make
it
better
for
all
of
us.
So
thank
you
very
much
today
and
now.
If
there
are
any
questions
later
on,
we'll
feel
that.
A
A
A
Yeah,
so
the
question
was
about
our
snow
removal
budget
and
at
52
inches
we're
doing.
Okay,
we
have
the
budget
to
clear
the
streets
to
put
down.
We
do
try
to
do
limited
salt,
but
we
do
have
sand
and
we
are
continuing
to
keep
up
on
that.
I
I
will
say
that
the
city
council
and
the
mayor
have
always
been
very
understanding
that
we
live
in
a
snowy
climate
and
so
some
years
we
are
under
our
our
budget
and
other
years.
B
Okay,
I'll
start
so
I
can
say
that
every
winter
we
see
some
difference
in
our
response
times.
It's
it's
not
a
real,
significant
difference,
but
obviously
travel
is
slower
in
Winter
conditions,
and
so
so
have
we
seen
a
change
in
response
time.
Yes,
we
have
seen
a
slight
change
in
response
time,
but
we
still
our
average
response.
Time
is
529
for
the
entire
year.
Our
goal
is
to
get
there
in
five
minutes
or
less
so
we're
a
little
bit
above
that.
C
C
Sometimes
when
the
when
there's
that,
especially
like
I
mentioned
when
we
have
police
and
fire
and
EMS
all
responded
at
the
same
time,
the
road
gets
really
crowded
and
usually
police
and
fire
get
there
a
little
bit
a
minute
or
two
before
EMS
rides.
So
we
have
a
hard
time
finding
space
to
park
even
and
then
then,
if
the
school
bus
is
on
the
street,
it
adds
a
little
more
complexity
to
the
whole
issue
as
well.
So,
but
thank
you
good
question.
D
Thank
you
for
the
question
for
the
for
the
district
we
use.
We
have
a
key
performance
indicators,
kpas
that
are
tied
to
transportation
and
and
they
are
in
terms
of
on
time,
drop-off
and
pickup,
and
time
spent
on
the
bus,
and
we
do
know
that
when
conditions
are
not
favorable
it,
those
kpis
are
poorly
affected.
They,
the
time
spent
on
the
bus
is
elongated
and
the
drop
off
in
pickup
time
is
not
is
not
that
accurate,
so
we
would
go.
D
D
D
E
I
always
get
to
share
the
really
good
news.
So
on
the
big,
oh,
my
name
is
Lisa
Beck
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
Transportation.
So
it
varies
day
to
day
but,
for
example,
the
big
snow
event
we
had
that
lasts
over
multiple
days.
We
were
home
for
the
first
two
days
and
then
out
that
morning
we
had
19
buses
that
were
stuck
in
the
snow
that
had
to
be
rescued
by
our
mechanics
and
the
tow
trucks
to
get
them
out.
So
that's
the
extreme.
A
So
let
me
start
with
ice
rutted
streets
from
the
city
point
of
view.
This
the
storm
that
we
last
had
was
a
bit
of
a
more
unusual
storm
in
that
it
started
and
did
not
stop
for
a
while
it.
The
consistency
of
the
snow
changed
during
that
storm.
It
started
out
fairly
light.
It,
then,
is
what
we
call
became
concrete
snow
very
quickly.
Anyone
who's
been
out.
Shoveling
knows
it.
A
It
became
very
content,
water,
heavy
and
when
that
happens
and
dependent
on
just
when
the
snow
is
coming
down
and
people
driving
on
their
streets,
we
are
plowing
all
the
time.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
there
is
no
bus
or
bus,
barn
or
Barn
somewhere,
where
we
say
plow
drivers
start
your
engines
and
plow
the
streets
when
a
snow
emergency
starts
a
snow
emergency
is
a
parking
emergency
situation.
What
we
are
doing
in
our
crews
are
doing
is
the
moment.
Snow
is
starting
to
accumulate.
A
A
Then
we
move
to
residential
streets,
but
by
the
time
we
move
to
residential
streets,
in
this
case
that
heavy
content,
concrete
snow
was
starting
to
bond
already
with
the
roadway
and
I
will
say
we
have,
and
this
has
been
in
place
for
a
long
time
in
Minneapolis
our
standard
in
the
winter
is
not
bear
pavement.
Our
standard
is
a
snow-covered
Street.
This
is
unusual,
though,
with
the
level
of
rutting
out
there,
and
so
we've
been
doing
our
very
best.
Joe
palman's
cruise
from
Transportation
maintenance
and
repair
have
been
out
every
single
single
day.
A
We've
done
a
significant
amount
of
voluntary
overtime
already
to
try
to
break
up
this.
You
know
real
ice
covered
Street
situation.
Alleys
are
even
more
so
and
we
need
the
alleys
clear
for
delivery
of
services
like
trash
and
recycling
pickup
as
well,
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on
this,
so
it
really
has
to
do
with
condition
and
type
of
snow.
How
much
driving
is
done
on
that
snow
ahead
of
time
and
then
the
temps
that
come
after
a
storm?
And
so,
although
we
haven't
been
unusually,
you
know
or
normally
cold.
E
So,
what's
led
up
to
this
point
is
the
same
as
you
experience
in
your
cars
right.
Our
buses
run
on
the
streets
every
day,
all
the
time
on
every
one
of
the
types
of
roads
that
she
mentioned,
so
it
the
situations
for
that
any
given
bus
driver
depends
on
where
they
are
in
my
neighborhood.
It's
very
tight,
as
you
can
imagine,
a
bus
can't
just
be
in
the
middle
of
a
block
and
start
backing
up,
or
if
it
does,
it's
not
a
safe
situation.
E
E
It
may
be
someone
else
and
they're
dealing
with
the
the
situation
that
they're
in
so
up
until
this
point
I'm
sure
they
made
choices
to
try
to
get
through
that
street
and-
and
luckily
this,
this
change
in
our
parking
will
make
a
tremendous
difference
to
us
running
on
time,
as
well
as
the
safety
buses
are
not
as
heavy
as
you
think.
They
don't
really
actually
travel
very
well
on
on
winter
snow,
especially
if
they
don't
have
kids
on
them.
They're
very
light,
so
inclines
ice
ruts.
E
A
So
I
think
at
the
root
of
your
question
is:
could
calling
a
snow
emergency,
which
is
a
parking
tool,
have
prevented
what
we
see
today
earlier
and
I
think
we
actually
were
on
about
three
days
of
snow
when
that
snow
ended?
What
we
try
to
do
is
do
our
very
best
through
looking
at
a
number
of
weather
models
looking
at
measurements
throughout
the
city
to
see
where
we're
at,
because
in
Minneapolis
we
other
other
cities,
call
a
snow
emergency
or
parking
restrictions
at
a
much
lower
number
of
inches.
A
We,
if
we
have
four
inches
of
snow,
you
can
almost
guarantee
when
we
feel
that
we
can
get
out
there
and
get
the
best
snow
plowing
done
and
get
the
cars
moved.
We're
going
to
call
that
snow
emergency
when
it's
between
three
and
four
it's
a
bit
more
of
a
judgment,
call
I
think
we
have
called
at
every
snow
event
this
year.
Four!
So
far
in
2023,
we
had
two
in
the
end
of
the
beginning
of
this
snow
season,
already
I
think,
and
we
have
called
every
time
to
be
able
to
clear
those
streets.
A
As
I
said,
there
are
Crews
plowing.
The
streets
from
the
beginning
and
so
I
do
not
believe
that,
had
we
called
when
we
were
in
the
height
of
snow
coming
down
on
that
first
day
that
we
were
going
to
get
significantly
clearer,
we
were
already
plowing
those
arterials
and
Mains
main
snow
emergency
routes.
A
Yeah,
so
the
question
was
about:
do
we
have
suggestions
as
the
city
for
people
who
need
Alternatives,
particularly
in
very
dense
areas
of
the
city,
and
we
have
I
will
say:
we've
already
started
to
do
some
of
this
work
in
Stevens
Square.
We,
the
Stephen
Square
neighborhood,
was
one
that
was
identified
very
early
on
by
the
fire
department
and
our
crews
went
out
and
posted
it.
A
One-Sided
parking
did
additional
cleaning
and
we
could
actually
provide
a
before,
and
after
picture
of
that
for
all
of
you
to
show
you
what
our
crews
were
able
to
get
done,
there
is
I
would
say
that
we
do
not
have
a
specific
plan
for
people,
but
people
should
work
with
their
neighbors
on
this,
because
we
do
know
that
there
can
be
places
and
neighborhoods
that
have
parking
spaces
available.
It
takes
a
lot
of
work,
though,
because
often,
if
it's
a
business,
they
need
to
work
with
the
people
parking
their
cars
there.
A
A
A
What
I
would
say
is
we're
trying
to
give
people
as
much
notice
as
possible
here
by
having
this
press
conference
midday
on
Wednesday
we're
not
starting
until
nine
pm
tomorrow
night,
you
know,
we
know
that
people
need
a
little
bit
of
time
to
adjust
to
this
schedule
of
parking
or
this
the
way
that
things
are
going
to
happen.
Parking
on
the
odd
side
of
the
street.
A
I
think
that
it
is
also
important
to
you
know,
plan
ahead
and
that's
the
other
reason
we're
doing
this,
that
if
people
have
an
alternative
that
they
make
their
alternative
available
to
them
now
snow
emergency
routes,
people
can
still
Park
on
both
sides
of
a
snow
emergency,
a
route,
and
there
is
actually
a
lot
of
snow
emergency
route
in
the
city.
So
that
is
probably
going
to
be.
A
People's
best
option
is
to
park
on
those
snow
emergency
routes,
just
keeping
aware
that
when
there's
another
snow
event,
which
I
am
most
certain,
we
will
have
yet
again
this
winter.
What
we
do
is
that,
if
we
need
to
declare
a
snow
emergency
that
would
happen,
follow
the
snow
emergency
rules,
this
winter
parking
restriction
temporarily
goes
off
during
the
snow
emergency
to
be
able
to
allow
clearing,
and
then
we
go
right
back
into
it
with
the
parking
on
the
odd
side
of
the
street.
A
Correct
so
the
question
was:
if
there's
a
snow
emergency
which
most
likely
there
will
be,
then
these
winter
parking
restrictions
temporarily
are
lifted
so
that
people
can
park
back
on
the
for
the
day
of
the
snow.
The
evening
of
the
snow
emergency
route
they
can
park
on
both
sides
of
the
even
odd
Street,
and
then
they
have
to
follow
the
snow
emergency
rules.
And
then
we
go
back
to
the
odd
side
of
the
street
parking
for
non-snow
emergency
routes.
F
Good
morning
everyone
Brett
jelly
deputy
director
of
Public,
Works
I,
think
I'm
up
here,
because
I've
been
around
for
20
years.
There
were
the
snow,
emergency
rules
have
been
reviewed
or
in
winter
parking
restrictions
and
actually
this
morning,
if
you
look
back
in
the
archives
in
the
70s
and
80s,
things
were
even
different
than
they
are
today.
In
the
mid
to
early
2000s,
there
was
some
work.
It
was
called
snow.
Asis
parking
lots.
There
was
some
work
on
I,
see
Casper
nodding
his
head.
F
A
So
the
question
was
how
how
does
it
work
if
you're
parked
in
the
wrong
place
if
you're
parked,
once
the
restrictions
go
in
place,
9
pm
tomorrow
night?
If
you
are
on
the
even
side
of
the
street,
what
happens-
and
you
know
the
we
work
with
traffic
control,
which
is
not
in
public
works,
but
we
work
closely
with
traffic
control
to
make
sure
they
are
aware
of
when
this
goes
into
effect.
A
I
think
that
you
know
likely
there's
going
to
be
some
good
judgment
used
here
about
what
happens,
but
I
fully
think
that
by
the
weekend,
people
can
expect
that
if
they
are
in
the
wrong
spot,
they
could
get
a
ticket
they
could
get
towed
as
well
to
the
impound
lot.
So
it's
it's
serious
that
people
do
need
to
move
their
vehicle
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
doing
that.
A
A
The
other
part
of
your
question
was
about
3-1-1
generally.
There
are
three
really
great
ways
to
interact
with
311.
I
just
want
to
say
this
out
loud
get
the
app.
If
you
don't
have
the
app
use
the
app
you
can
report
something
or
get
information
almost
any
time
of
the
day
and
get
the
information
into
3-1-1,
because
the
3-1-1
call
center
is
open,
7
A.M
to
8,
P.M
I
believe
might
be
7
P.M,
8
P.M
Monday
through
Friday.
You
can
also
email,
3-1-1
and
emailing
3-1-1.
There
is.
A
We
just
had
a
presentation
on
this
in
our
Public
Works
committee
by
the
3-1-1
director.
There
is
no
response
time
difference
between
these
three
different
methods.
So,
if
it's
a
weekend,
people
can
use
the
app
or
email
in
they
can
leave
a
message
on
the
3-1-1
line
and
that
also
will
be
referenced.
But
if
they
need
information,
getting
that
call
in
between
today
and
tomorrow
for
information
particularly
around
the
disability,
parking
spaces
would
be
important.