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Minutes
City Of Edina, Minnesota
Transportation Commission
Community Conference Room
February 21, 2019
I. Call To Order
Chair Richman called the meeting to order
II. Roll Call
Answering roll call were Commissioners Johnson, Kane, Olson, Richman, Ruthruff, Scherer
Absent: Commissioner Ahler, Ayelomi, McCarthy, Veluvali, Zimbwa
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Motion was made by Commissioner Olson and seconded by Commissioner Johnson to
approve the agenda. All voted aye. Motion carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion was made by Commissioner Ruthruff and seconded by Commissioner Olson
approving the January 17, 2019 meeting minutes. All voted aye. Motion carried.
V. Community Comment
Ryan Stinson, a property owner at W 74th St and Bush Lake Rd said Wooden Hill Brewery had on-street
parking approved and they would also like on-street parking in front of their building just north of there.
He said he is in support of this and additional parking would be ideal for that area.
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Annual Elections
Commissioner Johnson nominated Commissioner Richman to chair. Motion made by
Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Johnson to close the nomination. Chair
Richman accepted the nomination. All voted aye. Motion carried to make Commissioner
Richman ETC chair for 2019.
Commissioner Olson nominated Commissioner Ahler to vice-chair. Motion made by
Commissioner Ruthruff and seconded by Commissioner Olson to close the nomination.
Commissioner Ahler accepted the nomination. All voted aye. Motion carried to make
Commissioner Ahler ETC vice-chair for 2019.
B. 2019 Work Plan Updates
Commissioners provided updates on current status of each of their 2019 work plan items.
C. 2018 Traffic Safety Summary Report
Traffic Safety Coordinator Nick Bauler, presented the summary report for 2018 traffic safety
requests.
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D. Traffic Safety Report of January 29, 2019
Motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by commissioner Ruthruff to
approve the January 29, 2019 traffic safety report. All voted Aye. Motion Carried.
E. Discuss Draft Comprehensive Plan Transportation and Implementation Chapters
Everyone agreed it looked good and are happy with previously discussed chapters. It does need
some editing.
VII. Chair And Member Comments
Commissioner Olson said the Boards and Commissioner Dinner is coming up on April 30 at 6pm and
next month’s meeting falls during Edina’s spring break.
Commissioner Johnson said Mary Brindle said yes to participate on TDM work plan item. He asked what
traffic means and suggested that the word is restricted to cars only. He also suggested having a self-driving
car engineer present information at one of the ETC meetings.
Commissioner Ruthruff said the joint commission meeting with Richfield was valuable and we should have
another one.
Commissioner Scherer said we should have a field trip to one the cities’ street projects during
construction.
Commissioner Richman said there is an info session on W 58th St, Monday, February 25, 2019 at 6 pm at
the Public Works Facility.
VIII. Staff Comments
• Announced new Transportation Planner Andrew Scipioni would be at the March ETC
meeting.
• U of MN capstone project will evaluate Valley View Road adjacent to Edina High School.
• Staff is looking at 2 firms to help assist with training the ETC on transportation studies.
IX. Schedule of Meeting and Events as of February 15, 2019
For information purposes only, no discussion.
X. Adjournment at 7:26 p.m
Motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Kane to
adjourn the February 21, 2019 meeting. All voted Aye. Motion Carried.
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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 2
NAME
Ahler, Mindy 1 1 50%
Johnson, Kirk 1 1 2 100%
Kane, Bocar 1 1 50%
McCarthy, Bruce 1 1 50%
Olson, Larry 1 1 2 100%
Richman, Lori 1 1 2 100%
Ruthruff, Erik 1 1 2 100%
Scherer, Matthew 1 1 2 100%
Veluvali, Shankar 1 1 50%
Emmanual Ayelomi (s) 0 0%
Yeukai Zimbwa (s) 0 0%