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Home My WebLink About2017-12-21 MinutesDraft Minutes Approved Minutes Approved Date: 1 Minutes City of Edina, Minnesota Transportation Commission Community Conference Room December 21, 2017, 6:00 p.m. I. Call To Order Chair LaForce called the meeting to order. II. Roll Call Answering roll call were commissioners Ahler, Iyer, Kane, LaForce, Ma, Olson, Richman, Ruthruff and Yeager. Absent: Commissioner Miranda III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion was made by commissioner Kane and seconded by commissioner Ruthruff to amend the agenda to present item VI.C. before VI.B. All voted aye. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion was made by commissioner Richman and seconded by commissioner Kane approving the amended November 16, 2017, minutes. All voted aye. Motion carried. V. Community Comments No Comment. VI. Reports/Recommendations A. Comprehensive Plan Update: Policies and Goals Subcommittee member, commissioner Richman updated the ETC on their review and recommended edits to the Transportation Chapter. Susan Lee (comp plan liaison from the Planning Commission) was in attendance to offer assistance. The following feedback was offered: 1. Do not delete #4. 2. Consider rewording ‘bulleted’ item that was added to #10. 3. #11 and #13 may be policy and not goal. 4. Before eliminating ‘Roadway Functions’ have a discussion with the consultant because some might be relevant. Planner Nolan will follow up with the subcommittee. 5. Follow the same format where they showed deleted/moved/added. 6. ‘Policies and Goals’ may not be applicable in all cases for the Transportation Chapter – flag the ones that they consider to be principles. Planner Nolan will follow up with subcommittee. Moving forward, a work session of the ETC might be needed to provide feedback, or could include information in the packet and provide feedback at a regular meeting. B. Business and Council Input for Planning Projects Commissioner Kane said this came about during the Passenger Rail Engagement study where he felt there was a communication gap between Council and the ETC. He mapped the current process and found two gaps and suggested a mid-way connection with Council to make sure the ETC is on track with their expectation and is including everyone. Planner Nolan said the size of the project may matter because bigger projects (with bigger budgets) like the Grandview Transportation Study have a mid-way check-in. Suggestions were: Council could check-in at any time and share their ideas (not practical for government setting); Identify sampling size (relates to cost); Draft Minutes Approved Minutes Approved Date: 2 Have a lead who check-in with Council; Next opportunity is with the Circulator project. Planner Nolan said Council has a Work Plan item to set level of community engagement at the beginning of projects so this will be helpful. Commissioner Kane excused himself at 7:15 p.m. C. Edina Circulator Bus Pilot Commissioner Olson said the subcommittee met and discussed makeup and rules for the taskforce; sponsorship, loops, days, ridership, a stop outside of Edina, advertising and marketing, feedback after the program begins, ongoing role of the taskforce after the program begins, etc. Planner Nolan clarified the total budget for two years is $100,000 starting Jan. 2018. He said the questions that the subcommittee has can be answered by DARTS. The next step is for the subcommittee to meet with DARTS. D. Dockless Bike Share Options for Edina Planner Nolan said he was contacted by two vendors who are interested in working with the City on this very new initiative. He said Minneapolis is already on board but there may be a lawsuit related to how they picked their vendor. He asked for feedback from the ETC and said staff would be meeting with the city manager too. Overall, the ETC likes the idea but suggested checking with other cities who are already using the service to learn pros and cons and new regulations/ordinances that might be needed. E. Traffic Safety Report of December 5, 2017 A.2. Delete ‘all’ from “all of Edgebrook” because it does not relate to all of Edgebrook. Motion was made by commissioner Ahler and seconded by commissioner Olson to forward the amended TSC report of December 5, 2017, to the City Council. All voted aye. Motion carried. VII. Correspondence and Petitions None. VIII. Chair and Member Comments Commissioner Iyer said the team he’s working with on the Comp Plan is excellent! Commissioner Ahler said the flashing lights for the pedestrian crossing near city hall was not working and yesterday it worked but cars did not stop. Planner Nolan said City of Richfield did a study and found they had 88% compliance. She also reported attending a Grandview Lid meeting and said the project is moving along. She said some continue to believe the project is a bad idea. Commissioner Ma said regarding dockless bike share, Washington, DC, has legal and non-legal places for parking and employees move bikes from inconvenient locations. Chair LaForce said his walk is a lot better now that the Hansen Road sidewalk is completed. He asked who is responsible for shoveling snow from the sidewalk, if there was an ordinance and how residents are educated when they get a new sidewalk. He reported that the asphalt against the gutter pan at the corner of Valley View Road and Maddox Lane is already deteriorating. He also said having subcommittees work offline on projects was very helpful. Draft Minutes Approved Minutes Approved Date: 3 IX. Staff Comments An open house for the Pedestrian Master Plan is scheduled for Dec. 6; the draft plan will be in the next ETC packet for feedback; Mr. Rosell will present it to the Planning Commission on Jan. 24; and the City Council to hold a public hearing on Feb. 7. A roundabout is being considered on W. 69th Street between Galleria and Southdale Center. Several years ago, engineering committed to a westbound left turn lane and this is in the CIP for 2018; however, a left turn lane would require removal of large trees. Funding would be a combination of state aid and PACS. Property owners are supportive of the roundabout. Construction is expected to begin the week of Jan. 8 on the section of the Nine Mile Creek Trail in Walnut Creek Park; ribbon cutting/opening is tentatively scheduled for the first week in June. As of the improving the Traffic Safety process, the ETC recommended the staff position become fulltime; this was approved and starting Jan. 2, Nick Bauler will be fulltime. X. Calendar of Events A. Schedule of Meeting and Event Dates as of December 21, 2017 For information purposes - no discussion. XI. Adjournment at 8:15 p.m. J F M A M J J A S O N D # of Mtgs Attendance % Meetings/Work Sessions 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 NAME Ahler, Mindy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 83% Bass, Katherine 1 1 2 100% Boettge, Emily 1 1 2 100% Brown, Andy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 67% Iyer, Surya 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 75% LaForce, Tom 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 92% Janovy, Jennifer 1 1 2 100% Kane, Bocar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 100% Miranda, Lou 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 92% Olson, Larry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 92% Richman, Lori 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 92% Ruthruff, Erik 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 100% Jenny Ma (student)1 1 1 1 4 100% Tessa Yeager (student)1 1 2 83% Koester, David (student)1 1 1 1 4 33% Olk, Megan (student)1 1 1 3 25% TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RESIGNED