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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Transportation Commission
Community Conference Room
June 21, 2018
I. Call To Order
Chair Richman called the meeting to order
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were commissioners Ahler, Kane, McCarthy, Olson, Richman, Ruthruff, Scherer,
Veluvali, Yeager
Late: Commissioner Ma
Absent: Commissioner Johnson
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion was made by commissioner Ahler and seconded by commissioner Ruthruff to
approve the agenda. All voted aye. Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion was made by commissioner Ahler and seconded by commissioner Kane approving
the May 17, 2018 meeting minutes. All voted aye. Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
None.
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Travel Demand Management (TDM) Discussion
TDM Committee provided updates on the ETC’s work session with City Council and next steps.
• Add as a work plan item for 2019
• Identify next steps and what a TDM plan may look like
Commissioner Ma arrived at 6:15pm.
• Meet with neighboring cities and discuss their TDM policies.
B. CloverRide Circulator Update
Planner Nolan provided an updated on the new circulator bus
• Bus service starts June 22, 2018
C. Dockless Bikeshare Update
Planner Nolan provided an update on the dockless bikeshare pilot.
• LimeBike has staff and a warehouse
• LimeBike will start with conventional bikes and phase in e-bikes.
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D. Draft 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Plan Projects
Planner Nolan provided an update on the capital improvement plan for 2019-2023
E. Traffic Safety Report of June 5, 2018
Motion was made by commissioner Scherer and seconded by commissioner Olson to the
approve the June 5th, 2018 Traffic Safety Report. All voted Aye, motion carried.
VII. Chair And Member Comments
• Commission Scherer said the barrel interchange at 494 and 35W was approved.
• Commissioner Olson said there is a meeting for the High School Parking Study and there will
be two new student members starting in September.
• Commissioner Ahler asked if anyone would be interested in participating in the 4th of July
Parade.
• Commissioner McCarthy said Dakota County has a deal with Lyft to provide transportation
to disabled residents.
• Commissioner Ma said Madison, WI has really wide sidewalks and roads which helps to make
it more bike friendly.
• Commissioner Richman shared a newsletter about bicycle safety and autonomous vehicles.
Also, she talked about the Bicycle Friendly Community application and Edina is making good
progress but we need more education for adults and we may want to target larger
corporations, like Seagate, to become more bicycle friendly.
VIII. Staff Comments
• Valley View sidewalk construction, phase 1, is scheduled to begin July 9th.
• Two Shared used paths are scheduled to be awarded in July, they are Lincoln and a trail up to
Cahill on W 70th St.
• Transportation study for the high school has an open house scheduled for Monday, June 25
from 4:00 to 6:30 and recommendations to city council will be made for parking as a result of
this study.
• 4th annual Open Streets event is September 23 from 1pm-5pm. ETC will have a table at the
event. Chair Richman will coordinate and volunteers should contact her to sign up.
IX. Adjournment at 7:15pm
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TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE
J F M A M J J A S O N D # of Mtgs Attendance %
Meetings/Work Sessions 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
NAME
Ahler, Mindy 1 1 1 1 1 5 83%
Johnson, Kirk 1 1 1 3 83%
Iyer, Surya 1 1 2 100%
LaForce, Tom 1 1 2 100%
Kane, Bocar 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 100%
McCarthy, Bruce 1 1 1 1 4 100%
Miranda, Lou 1 1 2 100%
Olson, Larry 1 1 1 1 1 5 83%
Richman, Lori 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 100%
Ruthruff, Erik 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 100%
Scherer, Matthew 1 1 1 3 83%
Veluvali, Shankar 1 1 1 1 4 100%
Jenny Ma (s) 1 1 1 1 4 67%
Tessa Yeager (s) 1 1 1 1 4 67%