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Home My WebLink About2019-04-18 MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/16/2019 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Transportation Commission Community Conference Room April 18, 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 Absent: Commissioner Ahler, Ayelomi, McCarthy, Scherer, 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 Johnson approving the March 21, 2019 meeting minutes as amended. All voted aye. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations Three Rivers Park District presented the Canadian Pacific Regional Trail Draft Master Plan. • Comments were as follows: • Show where the segment fits into the Edina master plan when presenting to Council. • Objection to the current name because of Canadian Pacific being a large corporation. VI. Community Comment None. VII. Reports/Recommendations A. CloverRide Task Force Recommendation Task Force provided recommendation to Council to continue CloverRide and commissioners suggested options such as adding more stops to the current route, making it longer, and possibly adding a route on a different day of the week. Motion was made by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Kane to approve the recommendation to Council for the continuation of the CloverRide. All voted aye. Motion Carried. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/16/2019 B. Traffic Impact Study Educational Seminar Update Planner Scipioni provided an update. The seminar is scheduled to be held on June 20th and will be subsequently recorded for use in training future commission members. C. 2019 Work Plan Updates • #1 Brainstorming session was held and Commissioner McCarthy will identify next steps. • #3 Guest column will be in the Sun Current. o Suggested edits to column are to update the title and move 4th paragraph up. Also, relate the nicer weather to more people on the road. • #4 CloverRide has a May 2nd Task Force meeting scheduled and will get a better understanding of expansion before going to Council. • #6 Bocar Kane will represent the ETC. • #7 Erik Ruthruff will be lead on this item. • There is a May 7th joint commission Council work session coming up and 2 topics were identified as the most important. o CloverRide expansion feedback o Traffic Demand Management next steps ETC will do a brief intro and review on work plan but mostly focus in CloverRide and TDM. Members were asked to send updates to be included on the work plan for the work session by April 30th. VIII. Chair And Member Comments Commissioner Scherer (via conference call) said we should prioritize improving pedestrian safety and add more pedestrian facilities around schools since the school district updated their busing requirements. Commissioner Olson said that Courtney, former ETC member, submitted a correspondence to the ETC and it should go to Traffic Safety and the Boards and Commissions Dinner is on April 30th. Commissioner Kane said Three Rivers Park District should follow the City’s Living Streets and Ped/Bike Master Plans. Commissioner Johnson said that if there are communications the day of meetings we should postpone them to the next meeting to allow for review time. There should be an onboarding portal for new ETC members where reference material can be housed and easily accessible. Commissioner Richman said the traffic in the Chowen Park neighborhood is getting worse since the bridge closure and reconstruction. The stop lights need to be recalibrated for the increased traffic, especially on Xerxes Ave and Valley View Rd. People are frantic on W 58th St and W 60th St due to the bridge closure and there is too much traffic right now. Bike to Work Day is May 17th and volunteers are needed to run the table and provide refreshments to bikers. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/16/2019 IX. Staff Comments • The public comment period for the comprehensive plan update has closed. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on April 24th and City Council will hold a public hearing on May 7th. • The France Ave bridge closure over Highway 62 began last Friday and will be in effect until mid-July. MnDOT, Hennepin County, and Edina have taken some proactive steps to manage the additional neighborhood traffic, are continuing to monitoring traffic and may implement additional mitigation strategies as needed. • The 2019 roadway reconstruction projects has begun. Project updates will be posted on the Better Together Edina website, and residents can also sign up for text message notifications for unexpected construction impacts. • The W 72nd St Living Streets Demonstration Project has 24 comments as on Monday on the Better Together Edina website. The public forum is open until April 23rd; Council will review final design concepts on June 4th. • 4 small group meetings have been held for the W 58th St Reconstruction Project to solicit public input. Initial design review process on Better Together Edina will close April 26th. Final design approval will go to Council June 4th. • Metro Transit is studying a bus rapid transit (BRT) route from University Ave in Minneapolis to Southdale Center. The majority of the route has been determined, but 3 alternatives between Uptown and Southdale are being reviewed for further consideration. These alternatives would run along either France Ave or Xerxes Ave. X. Schedule of Meeting and Events as of April 11, 2019 For information purposes only, no discussion. XI. Adjournment at 7:56 p.m. Motion was made by Commissioner Olson and seconded by Commissioner Ruthruff to adjourn the April 18, 2019 meeting. All voted Aye. Motion Carried. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: 5/16/2019 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 4 NAME Ahler, Mindy 1 1 25% Johnson, Kirk 1 1 1 1 4 100% Kane, Bocar 1 1 1 3 75% McCarthy, Bruce 1 1 2 50% Olson, Larry 1 1 1 3 75% Plumb-Smith, Jill 0 Richman, Lori 1 1 1 1 4 100% Ruthruff, Erik 1 1 1 1 4 100% Scherer, Matthew 1 1 2 50% Veluvali, Shankar 1 RESIGNED 1 N/A Emmanual Ayelomi (s) 1 1 25% Yeukai Zimbwa (s) 0 0%