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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Transportation Commission
Community Conference Room
January 17, 2019
I. Call To Order
Chair Richman called the meeting to order
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were commissioners Ahler, Johnson, McCarthy, Olson, Richman, Ruthruff, Scherer,
Veluvali
Absent: Commissioner Ayelomi, Kane, Zimbwa
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion was made by commissioner Ahler and seconded by Commissioner Olson to approve
the agenda. All voted aye. Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion was made by Commissioner McCarthy and seconded by Commissioner Ahler
approving the December 20, 2018 meeting minutes. All voted aye. Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
None.
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. 2019 ETC Work Plan
• #1 TDM
o Bruce McCarthy is the lead commissioner with other members of the ETC, Bocar
Kane and Kirk Johnson assisting.
o They are looking for additional people to assist including inviting Melissa Madison
from Commuter Services, Mary Brindle from City Council, and 2 members of the
Planning Commission.
o They will be developing a list of questions for Melissa on research and
implementation.
• #2 Cross Commission Committee
o Lori Richman will lead with the help of Matt Scherer.
• #3 Educational Campaign
o Mindy Ahler will lead with the help of Lori Richman and Kirk Johnson, as needed.
o Looking at doing an informal campaign right away with the Sun Current and City
Communications.
o Educate people about bike and pedestrian plan that is already in place.
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• #4 CloverRide
o Larry Olson and Erik Ruthruff will continue to work on this.
o The task force will suggest changes and recommend and major changes to the
Council.
• #5 PACS
• No ETC lead needed; staff will make recommendations.#6 AARP City Designation
o Community Health will reach out to commission members to find someone to
work with.
• #7 Draft – Edina Grand Rounds
o Erik Ruthruff may be interested in assisting with this one.
• Process: Commission chairs or leads to reach out to other chairs of commissions to
gauge interested members.
B. Transportation Impact Analysis
• Add to “internal” work plan.
• Develop a video or formal curriculum to educate members of the ETC.
• Use examples in the city.
• What do we want to learn?
• Make notes about what you know/don’t know/want to know.
C. Work Plan Update
• Going forward, each member will provide updates on the area of the work plan they are
focusing on.
VII. Chair And Member Comments
• Commissioner Olson said the DARTS ridership numbers are steady.
• Commissioner Scherer said the bipartisan focus on the hands free cell phone bill is great.
• Commissioner Johnson asked if we have statistics that look at trends where safety needs
improvement in the City of Edina for the education campaign.
• Commissioner Veluvali honks at people that are texting and driving.
• Commissioner Ahler thanked Planner Nolan for his time as the liaison and asked if anyone
would be willing to wait with the student members after meetings while they are waiting for
their rides.
• Commissioner Richman met with Planning, Energy and Environment, Lou Miranda, and
Council Member Staunton in regards to the Southdale Area Plan memo that was sent to the
ETC at the last meeting and discussed how we are going to approach these in the future.
Multiple commissions have to be involved when envisioning the future needs of
transportation. They can’t just send it to the ETC. She also reminded everyone that the
February meeting is elections and thanked Planner Nolan.
VIII. Staff Comments
• Next month’s goal is to have a PACS update.
• E-Line BRT project is ongoing.
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• The traffic safety report will be available next month.
IX. Schedule of Meeting and Events as of January 11, 2019
For information purposes only, no discussion.
X. Adjournment at 7:12 PM
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE
J F M A M J J A S O N D # of Mtgs Attendance %
Meetings/Work Sessions 1 1
NAME
Ahler, Mindy 1 1 100%
Johnson, Kirk 1 1 100%
Iyer, Surya 0 0%
LaForce, Tom 0 0%
Kane, Bocar 0 0%
McCarthy, Bruce 1 1 100%
Miranda, Lou 0 0%
Olson, Larry 1 1 100%
Richman, Lori 1 1 100%
Ruthruff, Erik 1 1 100%
Scherer, Matthew 1 1 100%
Veluvali, Shankar 1 1 100%
Emmanual Ayelomi (s) 0 0%
Yeukai Zimbwa (s) 0 0%