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Home My WebLink About2021-05-20 MinutesDraft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: June 17, 2021 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Transportation Commission WebEx May 20, 2021 I. Call To Order Chair Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering roll call were Commissioners Ahler, Brown, Johnson, Kane, Lewis, Plumb-Smith, Richman, Clark, Khariwala. Absent: Commissioners McCarthy, Atri Staff present: Transportation Planner Andrew Scipioni, Community Engagement Coordinator MJ Lamon III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion was made by Commissioner Ahler and seconded by Commissioner Richman to approve the agenda. All voted aye. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Plumb-Smith to approve the March 18, 2021 meeting minutes. All voted aye. Motion carried. V. Special Recognitions and Presentations A. Annual Commission Member Review Community Engagement Coordinator MJ Lamon presented an annual review of Board and Commission policies and procedures. B. Safe Routes to School Engineering Study Liaison Scipioni presented the findings of the recent Safe Routes to School engineering study completed by SRF Consulting Group. VI. Reports/Recommendations A. CloverRide Service Contract Renewal The Commission reviewed and comments on staff’s recommendation to renew the service contract with DARTS for the CloverRide circulator bus. Comments from Commissioners included: • CloverRide is a useful service and should be renewed for another year. • There is a social benefit that riders enjoy from the service. • DARTS provides a high level of service and has flexibility to modify the route to meet riders’ needs. • Suggest that the Community Health Commission be given an opportunity to provide feedback on the service. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: June 17, 2021 B. Traffic Safety Report of April 27, 2021 The Commission reviewed and commented on the Traffic Safety report of April 27, 2021. C. 2021 Work Plan Updates • #1 Organized Trash Collection – Midpoint meeting with the VANTAGE team held April 16. The team has done more research on other cities, drafted a survey but City has said not to distribute this year. The team is analyzing traffic data collected by staff. The final VANTAGE report is expected May 25. • #2 Street Funding Task Force – Completed. • #3 CloverRide – The Commission reviewed and commented on staff’s recommendation to renew the service for another year. • #4 Traffic Safety Reports – Reviewed the April 27, 2021 report. • #5 Capital Improvement Projects – No update. • #6 Traffic Impact Studies & TDM – City Council approved the TDM policy April 20. The Commission reviewed and commented on traffic studies for proposed projects at 4917 Eden Ave, 5146 Eden Ave and 4040 Valley View Rd. Staff received studies for projects at 4660 W 77th St and 4911 W 77th St. • #7 Metro Transit Connectivity – Suggest using a 0.5-mile radius around the Green Line stations and a 1-mile radius around BRT services to review existing and proposed pedestrian and bicycle connections. D. Advisory Communication: Off-Street Parking Ordinance Amendments The Commissioner reviewed an advisory communication drafted by Commissioners Ahler, Brown and Richman on proposed off-street parking ordinance amendments. Motion was made by Commissioner Kane and seconded by Commissioner Richman to approve the Advisory Communication as written. All voted aye. Motion carried. VII. Chair and Member Comments Commissioner Ahler attended a workshop by Move Minneapolis about removing freeways. Ahler is on the Transportation and Land Use subteam for the Climate Action Plan, and boulevard trees have come up in their discussions. There are surveys available on Better Together Edina for youth and adults to provide feedback on the Climate Action Plan. Commissioner Kane participated in a community meeting to discuss how the City should use the $4.9 million it is expected to receive through the American Rescue Plan Act and suggested that other consider providing input through Better Together Edina. Commissioner Plumb-Smith asked staff to share information on how to access the commission resource portal. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: June 17, 2021 Commissioner Richman still doesn’t have access to the commission resource portal. Richman noted that there are no speed limit signs on W 58th St following the reconstruction project and requested that temporary signs be installed to address speed concerns. Richman said the new traffic signal at W 58th St and France Ave is working great and asked when in-person meetings will resume. VIII. Staff Comments • Speed limit implementation update: About 250 signs are anticipated to be replaced/added throughout the City. Staff has met with Public Works, Communications and Police to discuss sign installation, community education and enforcement. The implementation plan is expected to go to City Council in June for approval; sign replacement will occur between August and December 2021, if approved. • Hennepin County projects update: o Vernon Ave bridge over CP Rail is scheduled to be replaced in 2023. Hennepin County is hosting a virtual open house through the end of June (the link is on Better Together Edina). o France Ave pavement resurfacing between W 50th St and Excelsior Blvd is expected in 2023. The County and adjacent Cities are interested in adding dedicated bike lanes along this corridor, which would require significant changes to on-street parking. The County will lead community engagement efforts later this year into 2022, including surveying impacted properties. • The City recently completed a test closure of the southbound Highway 100 ramp on Eden Ave. The data collected during the test supports removing the ramp, as no significant concerns related to traffic operations or safety were observed. The City is working with MnDOT to consider removal of the ramp in 2024. • Metro Transit is proposed to extend Local Route 542 on W 78th St up to Braemar Arena as part of the Orange Line BRT Connecting Bus Study. Engineering and Parks staff met with Metro Transit to discuss impacts and review potential locations for a bus stop at Braemar Arena. Staff is planning to bring a site use agreement to Council in June, and the route would start operating in December. • City is looking for Board and Commission representatives to serve on the Human Services Task Force. If interested, contact Liaison Scipioni. • Board and Commission and City Council meetings will return to in-person in July. Staff is developing a procedure for moving back from virtual meetings. More information will be shared when available. • 2022 work plan development will begin next month. • The next meeting is Thursday, June 17 at 6 p.m. IX. Adjournment Motion was made by Commissioner Ahler and seconded by Commissioner Lewis to adjourn the May 20, 2021 meeting at 7:52 p.m. All voted aye. Motion Carried. Draft Minutes☐ Approved Minutes☒ Approved Date: June 17, 2021 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 1 5 NAME Ahler, Mindy 1 1 1 1 1 5 100% Brown, Chris 1 1 1 3 100% Johnson, Kirk 1 1 1 1 1 5 100% Kane, Bocar 1 1 1 1 1 5 100% Lewis, Andy 1 1 1 3 100% McCarthy, Bruce 1 1 1 1 4 80% Plumb-Smith, Jill 1 1 1 1 1 5 100% Richman, Lori 1 1 1 1 1 5 100% Atri, Nihar (s) 1 1 1 1 4 80% Clark, Anna (s) 1 1 1 1 4 80% Khariwala, Anand (s) 1 1 1 1 4 80% Lafferty, Peter 1 1 RESIGNED 2 N/A Scherer, Matthew RESIGNED 0 N/A