HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-02-16 Coucnil Work Session MINUTES
OF THE WORK SESSION OF THE
EDINA CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
5:30 P.M.
Mayor Hovland called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room of City Hall. Answering
rollcall were Members Bennett, Brindle, Housh, Swenson and Mayor Hovland. Attending from the Bike
Edina Task Force were Kirk Johnson, Chair; Carl Follestad; Alice Hulbert; Don Eyberg; Todd Brewer;
Jennifer Janovy; Carl Gulbronsen; Rob Erickson; Robyn Weisman, Bloomington Public Health; and Kelly
Grissman, Three Rivers Park District. Staff attending included: Gordon Hughes, City Manager; John
Keprios, Park Director; Wayne Houle, City Engineer/Director of Public Works; and Debra Mangen, City
Clerk.
Mayor Hovland thanked the Bike Edina Task Force for their work and asked Kirk Johnson BETF Chair to
go through his presentation.
Chair Johnson stated the BETF's purpose was to receive and provide feedback and news on bicycle
improvements in Edina and how the City and BETF can continue their partnership through 2010. He
reviewed a timeline of the BETF and its accomplishments from 2006 to the present. Mr. Johnson
explained BETF was considering applying for a Bicycle Friendly Community Award. He outlined the vision
and mission of the organization and explained they had recently adopted by-laws which had been
reviewed by City Manager Hughes.
The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing the BETF 2010 Goals and Objectives which included:
♦ Engineering: ♦ Encouragement:
• Share the Road: Additional signs — Eng. • 20,000 new bike maps printed in 2009
Houle stated one-half were ordered in . Annual ride with Mayor and City Council
2009 & he hoped the second one-half will • Annual ride to the Greenway and other
be ordered in 2010. rides
• Additional bike lanes ♦ Enforcement:
• Completion of Promenade . Police Department training
• Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail support . Police visibility at bike events
• CP Rail Line Regional Trail Support ♦ Evaluation:
♦ Education: . Bicycle traffic counts:
• Monthly Bike Skills Rides • Possible future surveys
• Pilot activities Safe Route To Schools • Recommendation to update/amend Bike
• April bike rodeo Plan in 2011
• Channel 16 articles
• Rules of the road quiz
The Council discussed commemorating Dwaine Lindberg on the York Avenue Bridge in honor of his
efforts on behalf of cycling in Edina. Consensus was that some type of dedication was appropriate.
There being no further business, Mayor Hovland adjourned the meeting 6:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra A. Mang City Clerk
Minutes approved by Edina City Council, March 1, 2010
James B. Hovland, Mayor