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Home My WebLink About2018-07-19 MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/16/2018 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Transportation Commission Community Conference Room July 19, 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, Yeager Late: Commissioner Scherer Absent: Commissioner Johnson, Ma, Veluvali III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion was made by commissioner Olson 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 Olson approving the June 21, 2018 meeting minutes. All voted aye. Motion carried. V. Community Comment None. VI. Reports/Recommendations A. Edina High School Neighborhood Parking Study Planner Nolan provided an update to the commission on the Edina High School Parking Study conducted by SRF. • Members discussed the study and the following comments were noted: o New parking restrictions seem too extreme and they should only restrict parking to one side instead of both sides. o Have parking permits been considered? o Remove section 2.d. that would remove pedestrian access between Creek Valley Road and the school. Commissioner Scherer arrived at 6:28pm. o New parking restrictions are not going to be effective and may lead to additional problems. Net loss in parking spaces may affect those that need them, but may also encourage students to bus, bike or walk to school. o The school should implement a new hierarchy for students to receive parking passes based on needs like before and after school activities, work, PSEO, etc. o These streets are public and restrictions should not be onerous. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/16/2018 Motion was made by commissioner Olson and seconded by commissioner McCarthy to approve draft strategies with an amendment to change school-hour parking restrictions to one side (including those that have current 2-sided school hour restrictions – Strategy 1) and remove Strategy 2.d. 2 voted Aye, 5 voted Nay. Motion defeated. Motion was made by commissioner McCarthy and seconded by commissioner Ahler to improve draft strategies with an amendment to change school hour restrictions on both sides to one side (for areas currently not restricted – Strategy 1) and remove Strategy 2.d. All voted aye. Motion carried. Commissioners also discussed that the high school should better manage current parking at the high school and should create a better partnership with the City to achieve this. B. Traffic Safety Report of July 10, 2018 • B1: 30 mph is too fast for residential streets. Motion was made by commissioner Ahler and seconded by commissioner Kane to approve the July 10, 2018 Traffic Safety Report. All voted Aye, motion carried. C. 2019 ETC Work Plan Commissioners discussed ideas for the 2019 ETC Work Plan • Current parking lot item on 2018 Work Plan should be added to 2019 Work Plan • Traffic Demand Management • Interaction with other boards and commissions o Develop a process/system to interact with other boards and commissions • Meetings with adjacent cities to be continued once a year o Include Hennepin County • Gain a better understanding on the Traffic Study Process, specifically related to new developments and educate the residents. o Simplify complexity by providing an online training • Revise and expand CloverRide • Provide bike and car education to residents • Learn about drones and how other cities deal with them • Develop policies regarding electric vehicle charging stations around the City. D. Open Streets on 50th: ETC Participation Commissioners discussed needs for upcoming Open Streets event. • Still need to pick booth location o Close to EEC • Staff will provide a tent to use • See if Lime can provide bikes to demonstrate • Find items for giveaways Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/16/2018 • Provide map of current ped/bike plan • Find location close to power for interactive tools • Biking Quiz • CloverRide map and items o Vouchers may be available VII. Chair And Member Comments • Commissioner Yeager asked when her last meeting will be and it is in August. • Commissioner Kane said the merge lane on Hwy 100 south by Vernon is very dangerous and was wondering if the City had any control over that but it is controlled by MnDOT. He suggested increasing safety by restriping and making the merge lane longer. • Commissioner Ahler thanked commissioner Yeager for allowing them to ask questions about high school parking. The France Ave sidewalk looks very nice so far. 50th bushes and branches by City Hall block the view of pedestrian signs. There is a Frisbee festival at Weber Park on Sunday, July 22. • Commissioner McCarthy stated the ramp from France Ave to eastbound 62 is very short. • Commissioner Ruthruff can provide table and chairs for Open Streets. • Commissioner Scherer asked if Hwy 62 is being resurfaced. Planner Nolan said it was. • Commissioner Richman said that all streets running east to west in her neighborhood (Chowen Park) have very fast traffic but there are no bike lanes or sidewalks for people to use. VIII. Staff Comments • 2018 Construction projects are going well. W 62nd street paving will be happening this week or early next week depending on weather. • Valley View Road sidewalk removals have begun and retaining walls are being constructed. The sidewalk will be constructed in 3 phases over the next 3 years. • CloverRide seems to be off to a good start. A couple of things to note are Brookdale has no riders and people are walking from Point of France to Aurora. • Lime lost their original warehouse but have a new written agreement and bikes have shipped. It will be launching Saturday or Monday. Golden Valley launches tomorrow and St Paul is negotiating with Lime. 50-100 bikes will be with the initial launch and they will phase in e- bikes and maybe scooters. Education will be provided by Lime to residents. • Joint meeting with Richfield Commission can happen in the next couple of months and they can come to one of our meetings but would be interested in some topics. Commissioners suggested: TDM, Nine Mile Creek Trail, Southdale Redevelopment and ask them what they think of Edina developing. • The Race and Equity recommendations for PACS fund usage had their first meeting. IX. Adjournment at 8:15pm Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 8/16/2018 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 1 7 NAME Ahler, Mindy 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 86% Johnson, Kirk 1 1 1 3 60% Iyer, Surya 1 1 2 100% LaForce, Tom 1 1 2 100% Kane, Bocar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 100% McCarthy, Bruce 1 1 1 1 1 5 100% Miranda, Lou 1 1 2 100% Olson, Larry 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 86% Richman, Lori 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 100% Ruthruff, Erik 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 100% Scherer, Matthew 1 1 1 1 4 80% Veluvali, Shankar 1 1 1 1 4 80% Jenny Ma (s) 1 1 1 1 4 57% Tessa Yeager (s) 1 1 1 1 1 5 71%