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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-01-19 MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/16/2017 1 Minutes City of Edina, Minnesota Transportation Commission Community Room January 19, 2017, 6:00 p.m. I. Call To Order Chair LaForce called the meeting to order. II. Roll Call Answering roll call were members Bass, Boettge, Brown, Janovy, LaForce, and Miranda. Absent at roll call were members Iyer, Koester, Olk and Olson. Member Iyer arrived after roll call. III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion was made by member Boettge and seconded by member Miranda approving the meeting agenda. All voted aye. Motion passed. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion was made by member Brown and seconded by member Miranda approving the Dec. 15, 2016, minutes. Member Bass abstained. Motion carried. V. Community Comments None. VI. Reports/Recommendations A. Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety Fund (PACS) Fund Equity Scoring Criteria Member Bass explained how the PACS Funds are spent; she said planner Nolan makes annual recommendations and projections for future years and he explains the factors in determining each project. She said one member has been advocating for equitable distribution of funds. She said the focus has been on money as the primary characteristic for distribution of funds and she suggested other criteria such as Community (People), Neighborhood (Place) and Cost (Money) have additional consideration. She asked for feedback on the criteria and assigning point value to each. The following were suggested: • Environmental measure. • Quadrant or social geography. • Include people who do not live in the community, i.e. students and employees. • Walk Score. • Attach criteria to projects in the Comprehensive Plan and tweak them annually. • Add criteria that focus on connecting neighborhoods. • Look at existing infrastructure and assign points to areas that are lacking. • Focus on Community characteristic and see what data the school district has for free/reduced lunch with the assumption that if there is an economic need there is also a transportation need. Members Bass and Janovy will work on identifying data sources and point assignments. B. Proposed Revisions to Multi-modal Surveys for Neighborhood Reconstruction Projects Member Janovy said she revised the streetlight question because residents are probably more likely to say no because it mentions special assessment; she said lighting is for safety and comfort. She added a transit question Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/16/2017 2 realizing that it will not be applicable in some neighborhoods but they can capture data where there are bus stops. Another change was to eliminate open ended questions because these are difficult to tabulate and to make sure the survey goes to residents living in the apartment complexes (e.g. Parklawn Avenue) and not to owners. Discussion • Add a question to capture more specifically where people are traveling to, i.e. France Avenue, to the airport, to downtown Minneapolis. • Do we send out post project survey? Yes. Engineering specialist Allison explained that the purpose of the draft letter was to summarize the survey results to residents, inform them of the next steps and respond to issues/concerns that would not be addressed with the project. The ETC offered suggested improvements to the letter. Discussion ensued about how to increase residents’ participation and using interns to door knock was suggested. C. Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA) Process Member Janovy explained the history of the TIA. She said it was drafted by staff and approved by the ETC in 2007. The ETC used it to review traffic impacts associated with site development up until 2011. There was some angst with the ETC only being able to review traffic surrounding the site and the TIA was given to the Planning Commission (PC) for implementation with a recommendation to update it. The update was not done and the process has changed. Member Janovy said the concern is how much of the Living Street Plan is being implemented when the PC review site developments. Discussion ensued. Planner Nolan said the PC has the TIA on their work plan too and he has been communicating with director Teague. He said one of the issues is schedule because the PC meets twice monthly. He is looking to see how other cities take care of this. D. Additional Updates on 2016 Work Plan Initiatives No updates. E. Traffic Safety Report of Jan. 4, 2017 B.1. Sidewalk is on the east side only. It seems odd that there isn’t a stop sign. Planner Nolan said they could not find a reason for the current set up (Allison said there used to be a stop sign but it was removed because drivers would get stuck on the hill during the winter months). B.2. There is at least one directional sign at a church. Planner Nolan said there are about two that are grandfathered; he said staff felt this request was more about advertising. B.3. Planner Nolan said most did not want the sign and staff is also focusing on not having excess signs. D.2. ADT should not be used as the determining factor. Planner Nolan said ADT is their first check for meeting warrant; he said the cameras were placed there several years ago and the wait time was no longer than one minute. An additional concern was how to capture all of the issues in one place that W. 66th Street has so that they can look comprehensively at solutions. D.6. Member Miranda said the ‘Hill’ sign should be replaced. Planner Nolan will review this again and also provide speed and volume count at the top of the hill as requested. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/16/2017 3 Motion made by member Iyer and seconded by member Bass to forward the Jan. 4, 2017, TSC report to the City Council. All voted aye. Motion passed. VII. Correspondence And Petitions The ETC acknowledged receipt of a letter from resident Ms. Sell. They said she had great ideas and would be a good candidate for the ETC. Member Bass said she sent her a letter today recommending Ms. Sell consider joining the ETC. VIII. Chair and Member Comments Member Miranda said Apple Maps now has a transit app; and Metro Transit also has an app. He attended the Southdale Library planning meeting recently and at another meeting with the Planning Commission, he was disappointed to see they did not have any road or bike route planned between the buildings/through the site. Member Brown said he was traveling on W. 54th Street and at Oaklawn Avenue a school bus could not pass because of the snowbank and construction vehicles and the driver proceeded to back up on W. 54th Street which was very dangerous. Planner Nolan will forward this to the residential redevelopment coordinator. Member Brown said a resident asked him pass on a suggestion to add ‘slow’ signs to City vehicles. Member Iyer suggested using interns to door knock to do surveys in hopes of improving the rate of return. Chair LaForce said member Loeffelholz resigned from the ETC to focus on his new business. With this resignation, he said the ETC will lose four members and he sent a correspondence to the City Council with a wish list for the replacement members – women, transit user, seniors, experienced with policies, resides east of France Avenue, resides in a multi-family housing area. IX. Staff Comments • Comprehensive Plan Update – contract and scope negotiations was just completed with Biko Associates; a Comp Plan training session for board/commission members is scheduled for Mar. 1, 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers. • The Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan is being drafted and will be presented to the ETC for feedback; the schedule is to issue the RFP by the end of February and select a consultant to begin in April. • The closure of Highway 169 was delayed and is now rescheduled for Jan. 23. The City has a voicemail recording set up to share information with callers, there will be increased police presence in the area, and the area will be evaluated for approximately two weeks before considering making changes. • Bloomington, MnDOT, Hennepin County and Edina are meeting to evaluate and make changes to France Avenue from Minnesota Drive to American Blvd because there have been at least 200 crashes. More to come. • Joe Totten, the previous traffic safety coordinator, applied for funding to study the effectiveness of stop bars and the $140,000 grant was recently approved. Students from the University of Minnesota will the select the locations and conduct the study. • The Southdale Library asked for a member of the ETC to serve on an ad hoc taskforce; member Brown volunteered. X. Calendar of Events A. Schedule of Meeting and Events as of Jan. 19, 2017 XI. Adjournment at 8:40 p.m. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 2/16/2017 4 J F M A M J J A S O N D SM WS # of Mtgs Attendance % Meetings/Work Sessions 1 1 NAME TERM (Date) (Date) Bass, Katherine 3/1/2017 1 1 100% Boettge, Emily 3/1/2017 1 1 100% Brown, Andy 3/1/2019 1 1 100% Iyer, Surya 3/1/2018 1 1 100% LaForce, Tom 3/1/2018 1 1 100% Loeffelholz, Ralf 3/1/2018 0 0% Janovy, Jennifer 3/1/2017 1 1 100% Miranda, Lou 3/1/2019 1 1 100% Olson, Larry 3/1/2017 0 0% Koester, David (student) 9/1/2017 0 0% Olk, Megan (student) 9/1/2017 0 0% TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE