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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-02-21 MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: March 21, 2019 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. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: March 21, 2019 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. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: March 21, 2019 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%