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Community Health Commission
January 8, 2018 at 6:30 PM
City Hall, Community Room
I. Call To Order
II. Roll Call
Present: Britta Orr, Alison Pence, Amanda Herr, Andrew Johnson-Cowley, Steve
Sarles, Marnie Pardo. Edina Transportation Commission Members: Aboubekrine
Kane and Lori Richman.
Absent: Greg Wright, Christy Zilka, Connie Weston, Om Jahagirdar
III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda
Item 6.B. removed from Agenda.
Motion by Alison Pence to Approve Meeting Agenda. Seconded by Steve
Sarles. Motion Carried.
IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes
Motion by Andrew Johnson-Cowley to Approve December 11, 2017
Meeting Minutes. Seconded by Alison Pence. Motion Carried.
A. December 11, 2017 Draft Minutes
V. Community Comment
VI. Reports/Recommendations
A. Comprehensive Plan Review - Transportation
Presentation by Commission Member Andrew Johnson-Cowley and
group discussion of Transportation chapter in 2008 Comprehensive Plan.
Sections 7-3 – 7-15: Current conditions within the city of Edina
•Of note – nothing in the vehicular or transit portion of the report discuss the
health attributes of transportation at all.
•Pedestrian facilities discusses the future sidewalk strategies and improvements.
•In 2006, the BETF received a grant from BCBS and prepared a report –
Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation Plan
Sections 7-15 – 7-38: Trends and Challenges
•Sidewalks and paths provide for safe movement of individuals and encourages
active lifestyles.
•Identification of current conditions and problem areas within the city
•Provide a vision for system-wide improvements
•Guiding principle for the vision of bicycles within the city related to health is to
promote it to improve community health – no specifics were given.
•TDM – Transportation Demand Management
•Requirements for TDM in any redevelopment proposal – more “teeth”
•As Edina ages, the demand for transit services will increase
•Focus on vehicular use is discussed.
Recommendations:
•Include strategies for transportation needs in the underserved/elderly
population as they relate to community health (food, exercise, safety)
•Increase visibility of strategies to encourage walking and bicycling as
HEALTHY alternatives to driving.
•Increase support facilities for walkers and bicyclers – water, directions,
distance markers, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, etc.
•Recognize that lighting is an important aspect to a transportation plan as a way
to provide security and safety for walkers and bicyclers.
•Require a health assessment to major redevelopment areas to include benefits
of the redevelopment plan to community health strategies
Discussion with ETC members regarding focus on Health and Transportation
coordination. Commissions will work with one another in future to incorporate
Health-in-all-Policies concepts into transportation planning and design.
B.Comprehensive Plan Chapter Review - Energy and Environment
Removed from Agenda
VII.Chair And Member Comments
VIII.Staff Comments
IX.Adjournment