[0:31] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WELCOME TO [0:33] THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE [0:36] CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE [0:36] COMMITTEE FOR JULY 31, 2025. I'M [0:38] KATIE CASHMAN, CHAIR OF THIS [0:41] COMMITTEE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I [0:42] WILL OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER [0:44] TO ALL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC [0:46] THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE [0:47] BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER [0:49] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. PLEASE [0:53] MODERATE THE SPEED OF YOUR [0:55] COMMENTS SO THAT CAPTIONERS CAN [0:58] CAPTURE FOR THE BROADCAST. [1:01] >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. [1:02] >> PRESENT. [1:03] >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. [1:06] >> PRESENT. [1:06] >> CHOWDHURY. [1:08] >> PRESENT. [1:09] >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI IS ABSENT. [1:13] CHAIR CASHMAN. [1:13] >> PRESENT. [1:13] >> WE HAVE FOUR PRESENT. [1:15] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE [1:16] HAVE A QUORUM. WE HAVE 10 ITEMS [1:19] ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH [1:21] I'LL NOW READ. ITEM 1 IS [1:24] AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF [1:26] EASEMENTS FROM LITTLE EARTH [1:27] RESIDENT ASSOCIATION. ITEM 2 IS [1:29] AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH [1:31] BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE [1:33] RAILWAY FOR THE RAILROAD [1:35] CROSSING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. [1:36] ITEM 3 IS APPROVING A BLOCK [1:40] EVENT PERMIT FOR THE STREET ART [1:43] FESTIVAL. ITEM 4 IS AUTHORIZING [1:46] A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [1:49] FOR NORTHERN SANTA FE RAILWAY TO [1:53] STORE EMERGENCY RESPONSE [1:55] CONTAINERS. ITEM 5 RECEIVING AND [1:58] FILING A REPORT FOR TRAFFIC [2:01] ZONES. ITEM 6 IS SETTING A [2:03] PUBLIC HEARING FOR [2:05] SEPTEMBER 18TH TO CONSIDER THE [2:07] PROPOSED 2026 CHANGES TO THE [2:09] DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT [2:10] APPROXIMATE SERVICE DISTRICT. [2:11] ITEM 7 IS ADOPTING A REPORT [2:16] DESIGNATING THE STREETLIGHT [2:18] OPERATIONS FEE ASSESSMENT, AND [2:19] SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR [2:22] SEPTEMBER 30TH FOR THESE [2:24] ASSESSMENTS. ITEM 8 IS ADOPTING [2:26] A REPORT DESIGNATING 2026 [2:33] CITYWIDE STREET MAINTAINANCE [2:35] HEARING FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH. ITEM [2:38] 9 IS -- AUTHORIZE COLLECTION OF [2:40] UNPAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. ITEM [2:43] 10 IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING [2:44] ON SEPTEMBER 18TH TO CONSIDER [2:47] THE PROPOSED 2026 SERVICES AND [2:50] CHARGES FOR VARIOUS SPECIAL [2:53] SERVICE DISTRICTS. ANY [2:53] DISCUSSION ON ITEMS 1-10 OR ANY [2:56] ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PULL [2:58] FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING [3:02] NONE, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL [3:04] ITEMS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER [3:05] DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [3:06] SAY AYE. [3:07] >> AYE. [3:09] >> ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY [3:13] ABSTE [3:14] ABSTENTIONS? AYES HAVE IT. THOSE [3:15] ITEMS ARE APPROVED. OUR NEXT [3:16] ITEM IS RECEIVE AND FILE RELATED [3:18] TO YOUR CITY, YOUR STREETS [3:20] PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2025. I'LL [3:24] ASK GUSTAVE STEWART TO INTRODUCE [3:30] AND START THE PRESENTATION. [3:36] >> HI. CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCIL [3:37] MEMBERS, HI, MY NAME IS GUSTAVE [3:39] STEWART AND I'M A TRANSPORTATION [3:41] PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF [3:42] MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC WORKS. AND [3:44] TODAY, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE [3:47] YOUR CITY, YOUR STREETS 2024 [3:50] PROGRESS REPORT. THIS REPORT [3:53] HIGHLIGHTS THE TRANSPORTATION [3:54] PROJECTS AND THE ASSOCIATED [3:56] METRICS COVERING THE WORK [3:58] COMPLETED OVER THE COURSE OF [3:59] 2024. THIS REPORT IS A REQUIRED [4:05] COMPONENT OF THE ORDINANCE THAT [4:06] ESTABLISHED THE 20-YEAR STREETS [4:08] FUNDING PLAN. THIS PLAN WAS [4:10] ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2016 [4:13] AND THE WORK BEGAN IN 2017. THE [4:17] PLAN PROVIDED A MINIMUM ANNUAL [4:19] FUNDING AMOUNT TO DELIVER [4:21] IMPORTANT STREET CAPITAL [4:22] PROJECTS THAT HAPPENED [4:23] THROUGHOUT MINNEAPOLIS. THE PLAN [4:24] USES A SET OF ASSET, EQUITY, AND [4:31] MODE CRITERIA TO PRIORITIZE OUR [4:33] STREETS WITHIN THE CITY. THIS [4:34] WAS UPDATED THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE [4:36] OUR VARIETY OF PLANS SUCH AS THE [4:40] VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, [4:41] FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION, [4:43] AND THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION [4:44] PLAN, JUST TO NAME A FEW. AN [4:47] IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR [4:48] METRIC REPORTING IS EQUITY. WE [4:52] USE THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY [4:55] PRIORITY AREAS ESTABLISHED [4:57] THROUGH THE RATIO EQUITY [4:59] FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION TO [5:01] REPORT HOW WE ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY [5:04] INVESTING IN OUR STREETS. YOU'LL [5:05] SEE THE ACRONYM TEP REFERENCED [5:08] THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, AND [5:09] THIS IS WHAT IT'S REFERENCING. [5:12] SO SINCE 2017 AND THE ADOPTION [5:14] OF THE PLAN, THE CITY HAS [5:17] COMPLETED WITH PARTNER AGENCIES [5:19] ABOUT 270 MILES OF STREET WORK. [5:21] THIS IS ABOUT THE DISTANCE THAT [5:23] IT WOULD TAKE TO DRIVE FROM HERE [5:25] TO GREENBAY, WISCONSIN. 84 OF [5:30] THOSE MILES HAVE BEEN IN EQUITY [5:32] PRIORITY AREAS. WHILE 21% OF [5:34] STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS ARE IN [5:36] EQUITY PRIORITY AREAS, 30% OF [5:37] THE WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN [5:40] THAT AREA SINCE THE LAST EIGHT [5:40] YEARS. THE CITY ALSO FOCUSES ON [5:48] TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE [5:50] SAFETY PROJECTS AS WELL. THERE'S [5:56] BEEN 45-MILES OF NEW OR UPGRADED [6:04] PROTECTED BIKE FACILITIES. JUST [6:08] UNDER 1800 CURB EXTENSIONS. SO [6:10] LOOKING AT LAST YEAR ALONE IN [6:14] 2024, MINNEAPOLIS HAS COMPLETED [6:16] ABOUT 121 UPGRADED SECTIONS [6:20] WHICH INCLUDES MEDIANS, TRAFFIC [6:24] CIRCLES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS [6:25] LIKE THAT. 46 NEW OR UPGRADED [6:28] SIGNALS. OVER 28 MILES OF STREET [6:29] WORK THAT INCLUDES RETROFIT [6:34] PROJECTS, RESURFACING. 11 OF [6:35] THOSE MILES HAVE BEEN IN [6:37] EQUITY-PRIORITY AREAS. AND ABOUT [6:39] SEVEN MILES OF THOSE STREETS HAD [6:41] SAFETY CONVERSIONS. THIS MIGHT [6:44] BE A FOUR TO THREE LANE [6:45] CONVERSION OR REDUCTION OR [6:47] NARROWING OF TRAVEL LANES TO [6:49] CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT ON [6:49] THOSE CORRIDORS. SO NOW WE GO TO [6:53] KIND OF MORE OF A FUN PART [6:55] HIGHLIGHTING ALL OF THE PICTURES [6:56] OF THE WORK BEING DONE. HENNEPIN [6:59] AVENUE WAS RECONSTRUCTED FROM [7:02] LAKE STREET TO 26th STREET LAST [7:03] YEAR. AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, [7:05] WORK IS CONTINUING THIS YEAR TO [7:07] COMPLETE THE WORK ALL THE WAY TO [7:09] DOUGLAS AVENUE AND IS CURRENTLY [7:11] IN PROGRESS. ANTICIPATING TO BE [7:13] COMPLETED THIS YEAR. THIS [7:15] PROJECT WAS A MASSIVE [7:17] UNDERTAKING WHICH INVOLVED [7:19] RECONSTRUCTING THE ENTIRE RIGHT [7:21] OF WAY. IT NOW INCLUDES A LOW [7:24] STRESS, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, [7:30] NEW SIDEWALKS, AND GREEN [7:32] STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. [7:33] IMPROVEMENTS THAT ENHANCE THE [7:37] UPCOMING E-LINE BUS TRANSIT. [7:40] THERE'S ALSO THE FIRST AVENUE [7:42] SOUTH PROJECT BEING [7:45] RECONSTRUCTED. LAST YEAR THE [7:46] WORK WAS COMPLETED FROM LAKE [7:47] STREET TO 27th STREET. NOW THE [7:49] WORK IS GOING ALL THE WAY TO [7:54] FRANKLIN AVENUE ON FIRST AVENUE. [7:57] THE UPPER HARBOR TERMINAL [7:59] REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS A [8:02] COLLABORATION BETWEEN PUBLIC [8:04] WORKS, CPED, MNDOT AND THE PARK [8:12] BOARD. THIS PAST YEAR, THE CITY [8:14] COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF [8:15] THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WEST [8:17] RIVER PARKWAY IN THE UPPER [8:20] HARBOR TERMINAL AREA. SO NOW THE [8:21] AREA INCLUDES A NEW PARKWAY, A [8:24] NEW SHARED USE PAT ALONG THE [8:27] MISSISSIPPI RIVER, GREEN SPACE, [8:28] AND TRAFFIC CALMING FEATURES [8:30] SUCH AS CURB EXTENSIONS THAT [8:32] REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF [8:33] SPEEDING ON THE PARKWAY. THE [8:40] HIAWATHA LAKE STREET PROJECT WAS [8:41] A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HENNEPIN [8:42] COUNTY, MNDOT, AND THE CITY. THE [8:45] PROJECT RECONSTRUCTED THE [8:47] INTERSECTION TO CREATE A SAFER [8:49] ENVIRONMENT. A MAJOR COMPONENT [8:49] OF THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE [8:53] RECONFIGURATION OF THE [8:54] INTERSECTION WHICH IMPROVES [8:56] VEHICLE TRAVEL AND SAFETY. [8:58] THERE'S ALSO A NEW SIGNAL SYSTEM [9:00] INSTALLED, A TWO-WAY BIKEWAY AT [9:02] SIDEWALK LEVEL, AND WIDER [9:04] SIDEWALKS TO IMPROVE COMFORT IN [9:05] THE UNDERPASS AREA. SINCE [9:09] CONSTRUCTION, MNDOT HAS LED ART [9:11] INSTALLATIONS TO IMPROVE THE [9:12] ACTIVATION OF THE SPACE. THIS [9:17] NEXT HENNEPIN COUNTY PROJECT [9:19] REHABILITATED AND RESURFACED [9:21] HENNEPIN AVENUE NORTHEAST AND [9:23] FIRST AVENUE NORTHEAST FROM MAIN [9:25] STREET TO 8TH STREET. THE [9:27] PROJECT'S FOCUS WAS ADDRESS [9:28] SAFETY AND ACCESS ISSUES ON [9:31] THESE STREETS. THIS RETROFIT [9:33] PROJECT INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF [9:35] BUS LANES TO CREATE MORE FASTER [9:37] AND MORE FREQUENT TRANSIT WITH [9:39] THE E-LINE PROJECT. PROTECTED [9:43] BIKE LANES, GREEN STORMWATER [9:46] INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PROJECT [9:47] INCREASED PUBLIC SPACE BY [9:48] CREATING A MORE WELCOMING [9:50] ENVIRONMENT, SUCH AS AT THE 5th [9:54] STREET, CENTRAL AV, AND EAST [9:58] HENNEPIN AVENUE. REDUCED THE [9:59] MANY CONFLICTS THAT WERE PRESENT [10:01] AT THIS INTERSECTION. THE [10:07] UNIVERSITY 4TH'S STREET PROJECT [10:10] IS A HENNEPIN COUNTY LED PROJECT [10:11] THAT IS PHASED BETWEEN TWO [10:13] YEARS. LAST YEAR THE COUNTY [10:15] COMPLETED THE 4TH STREET [10:16] SOUTHEAST, WHICH IS A ONE-WAY [10:19] PAIR WITH THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE [10:20] SOUTHEAST WHICH IS BEING [10:21] CONSTRUCTED THIS YEAR. THE [10:24] RETROFIT PROJECT INCLUDED BUS [10:27] RAPID TRANSIT STOPS, CURB [10:28] EXTENSIONS, BIKEWAYS, AND [10:32] OVERALL IMPROVED THE PAVEMENT [10:33] QUALITY OF THE STREETS. THE [10:36] OSSEO ROAD RECONSTRUCTION FROM [10:38] 44th AVENUE NORTH TO 49th WAS [10:42] COMPLETED THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR [10:42] THE SECTION THAT THEY WORKED ON [10:44] WAS SOUTH OF VICTORY MEMORIAL [10:47] BOULEVARD. BUT THE STREET TODAY [10:49] NOW INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF [10:52] GREEN SPACE, PEDESTRIAN MEDIANS [10:54] AND A NEW SHARED USE PATH. THE [10:57] LOWRY AVENUE NORTHEAST [10:58] RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS PHASED [11:00] ACROSS A FEW DIFFERENT YEARS, [11:02] HAD FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION [11:06] STARTED LAST YEAR. THE SECTION [11:07] COMPLETED WAS FROM WASHINGN [11:09] STREET AND CENTRAL AVENUE. THE [11:12] STREET NOW INCLUDES A NEW GREEN [11:16] BOULEVARD SPACE BETWEEN THE ROAD [11:17] AND THE SIDEWALK WHICH CREATES A [11:19] MORE COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE FOR [11:20] PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE [11:22] CORRIDOR. IT ALSO INCLUDES A [11:24] SHARED USE PATH WITH STRATEGIC [11:28] PLACED SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS FOR [11:32] PEDESTRIANS. CREATE A MORE SAFER [11:34] AND COMFORTABLE STREET FOR ALL [11:35] USERS OF THE ROAD. THE GLENWD [11:40] AVENUE PROJECT LED BY THE COUNTY [11:43] ALSO COMPLETED IMPROVEMENTS [11:45] ALONG THE STRETCH OF GLENWOOD [11:48] AVENUE. IT ALSO INCLUDED NEW [11:52] SIGNALS. THESE ARE PICTURES OF [11:55] THEM ON THE SLIDE. TRANSIT AND [11:59] HENNEPIN COUNTY RECENTLY [12:00] COMPLETED LAKE STREET [12:01] IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE [12:04] B-LINE TRANSIT LINE. [12:06] IMPROVEMENTS WEST OF HIAWATHA [12:09] INCLUDES ASPHALT RESURFACING, [12:12] TRANSIT PRIORITY AT TRAFFIC [12:15] SIGNALS, STRATEGIC BUS LANE, [12:17] MEDIANS, AND TRANSIT STATIONS. [12:18] THE OPENG OF T B-LINE THIS [12:21] PAST JUNE REPRESENTED T [12:23] MILESTONE OF A CULMINATION OF [12:25] WORKHAT INVOLVEDPLANNING, [12:26] DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OVER [12:27] THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. [12:33] TYPICALLY BUS RAPID PROJECTS SEE [12:37] SPEEDS BY ABOUT 20 TO 30%. THE [12:40] CITY RECENTLY ADDED BUS LANES [12:44] BETWEEN I-94 AND DUNWITTY [12:52] BOULEVARD. THE GREENLINE [12:59] EXTENSION PROJECT WORK IS ALSO [13:01] IN PROGRESS AND CONTINUES TO [13:04] INCLUDE SEVERAL IMPROVED LOCAL [13:05] STREETS, WHICH WE WANT TO [13:07] HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE. THE [13:09] PICTURE ON THE SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS [13:11] ROYALSTON AVENUE, WHICH WAS [13:12] RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED LAST [13:15] YEAR. THE RECONSTRUCTION [13:18] SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED THE WIDTH [13:20] OF THE STREET AND IMPROVED [13:21] SAFETY. THERE WAS THE ADDITION [13:23] OF PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND [13:26] CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TRANSIT [13:28] STATION THAT'S IN DEVELOPMENT. [13:30] LAST YEAR THE GREEN LINE [13:32] EXTENSION ALSO MADE OTHER [13:33] IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE [13:34] CITY, SUCH AS WISETA BOULEVARD [13:39] AND HENNEPIN AVENUE. THESE TYPE [13:42] OF IMPROVEMENTS ALLOW FOR BETTER [13:44] LESS MILE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN [13:45] FUTURE TRANSIT STATIONS AND THE [13:46] SURROUNDING AREAS. THE SAINT [13:52] ANTHONY PKWAY WAS RESURFACED [13:55] LASTEAR AS PART OF THE PARKWAY [13:56] PAVING PROGRAM. THIS YEAR T [13:59] CITY WILL COMPLETE A FULL [14:02] RECLAIMATION FROM HAYES STREET [14:03] TO CENTRAL AVENUE TO TUESDAY [14:05] THIS WORK. A RED SHIP SEAL WILL [14:07] FOLLOW THIS UPCOMING YEAR TO [14:10] CREATE THAT CONSISTENT LOOK AND [14:11] FEEL THAT YOU SEE ACROSS ALL [14:14] PARKWAYS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS [14:17] AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MANY [14:21] STREETS WE RESURFACE EVERY YEAR. [14:23] WHILE THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, [14:25] THERE ARE ABOUT 15 MILES OF WORK [14:28] THAT WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR. [14:30] THAT INCLUDES RESURFACING AND [14:32] THEN ALSO ADA RAMP UPGRADES [14:34] ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STREET. SO [14:39] LOOKING AT PEDESTRIAN SPECIFIC [14:42] METRICS FROM 2024, THERE WERE [14:44] ABOUT 9.6 MILES OF PEDESTRIAN [14:49] ROAD IMPROVED. THERE WERE ABOUT [14:52] 212 CURB EXTENSIONS. 8.7 MILES [14:54] OF LIGHTING WAS INSTALLED. THERE [14:57] WAS OVER 1300-ADA RAMP UPGRADES. [15:02] AND 32 PEDESTRIAN MEDIANS. ONE [15:06] EXAMPLE OF THIS [15:09] PEDESTRIAN-FOCUSED PROJECT IS [15:10] THE GREEN CENTRAL SAFE ROUTE TO [15:12] THE SCHOOL PROJECT. THIS [15:14] INCLUDED BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN [15:17] SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON 34th [15:19] STREET AND 10th AVENUE SOUTH. [15:21] THE PROJECT INCLUDED CURB [15:23] EXTENSIONS, GREEN [15:24] INFRASTRUCTURE, AND A CONCRETE [15:26] PROTECTED TWO-WAY BIKEWAY ON A [15:28] RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE FIRST OF [15:29] ITS KIND INHE CITY. [15:33] SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS [15:34] WERE MADE ON HIGH TRAFFIC ROADS [15:36] SUCH AS PARK AND PORTLAND TO [15:40] IMPROVE CROSSING TO THE [15:40] ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE PICTURE [15:41] ON THE RIGHT HIGHLIGHTS THE AS [15:43] YOU GO CAMPAIGN. THE CITY'S [15:45] CAMPAIGN TO WALK, BIKE, AND TAKE [15:47] TRANSIT MORE. LAST YEAR THE [15:49] CAMPAIGN PUT ON A FAMILY [15:52] FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ENT WHERE [15:53] KIDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOT [15:54] TO TRY OUT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED [15:56] INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FIRST [15:58] TIME. I BELIEVE THERE WAS ICE [16:00] CREAM. AND SO I'M A LITTLE UPSET [16:01] THAT I DIDN'T MAKE IT. THE [16:06] DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE [16:07] PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT [16:10] STRATEGICALLY ALLOCATES FUNDS TO [16:13] IMPROVE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE IN [16:15] TANDEM WITH DEVELOPMENT [16:16] PROJECTS. AT 15th AVENUE AND 5th [16:20] STREET SOUTHEAST, THE CITY TOOK [16:21] ADVANTAGE OF THE MIXED USE [16:23] DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION [16:24] IN ORDER TO SUBSTANTIALLY [16:26] IMPROVE THE INTERSECTION THROUGH [16:27] NEW SIGNALS, TIGHTENING THE [16:30] INTERSECTION, BIKEWAY [16:31] IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALSO WIDENING [16:32] THE SIDEWALK. THE CITY-LED [16:36] JOHNSON STREET NORTHEAST [16:41] SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED THE [16:42] SAFETY FOR VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS [16:44] AND BICYCLISTS. THESE [16:47] IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROVIDE SAFETY [16:51] IMPROVEMENTS AT HIGH STREET [16:53] INTERSECTIONS. THIS FOUR TO [16:55] THREE LANE CONVERSION ON JOHNSON [16:56] STREET WAS PART OF THE 2024 [16:59] VISION ZERO PROGRAM SAFETY [17:01] IMPROVEMENTS. BY CHANGING LANE [17:05] CONFIGURATIONS, THE CITY HAS THE [17:06] OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE CONFLICTS [17:11] AND ACCIDENTS ON HIGH INCIDENT [17:15] STREETS. WE CONSTRUCTED A [17:17] PEDESTRIAN MEDIAN ON EMERSON [17:20] AVENUE TO IMPROVE THE CROSSING [17:22] AT THIS INTERSECTION, AND SLOW [17:24] VEHICLE SPEEDS AS WELL. THE [17:27] BROADWAY STREET NORTHEAST [17:28] TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECT INCLUDED [17:31] IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS [17:33] CORRIDOR. IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED [17:34] NEW SIGNALS, THE ADDITION OF A [17:37] SMALL SEGMENT OF CONCRETE TO [17:42] PROVIDE SEPARATION TO SLOW [17:43] VEHICLE SPEEDS, AND ADA RAMP [17:46] IMPROVEMENTS. LOOKING TO BICYCLE [17:49] IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE METRICS. [17:52] LAST YEAR THERE WERE 8.2 MILES [17:56] OF BICYCLE FACILITIES INSTALLED. [18:00] 6.9 WERE PROTECTED BIKE [18:02] FACILITIES. WHICH MIGHT MEAN A [18:05] CURB, SIDEWALK LEVEL OR BOLARDS. [18:15] THE CITY LED ON A CURB PROTECTED [18:18] BIKEWAY SEGMENT ALONG OAK STREET [18:20] SOUTHEAST. THIS SERVES AS AN [18:23] IMPORTANT CONNECTION BETWEEN [18:25] HENNEPIN COUNTY'S UNIVERSITY 4th [18:27] STREET PROJECT WHICH I MENTIONED [18:28] EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, AND [18:31] THE EXISTING DINKYTOWN GREENWAY. [18:35] THIS BIKEWAY SUPPORTS ACTIVITY [18:40] THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY AND THE [18:41] UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S [18:43] CAMPUS. THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS [18:44] ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CITY [18:47] STRATEGICALLY FOCUSES ON [18:49] REPAIRING SURFACING AND OTHER [18:51] MAINTENANCE WORK WITH SAFETY [18:52] IMPROVEMENTS. WITH THIS PLANNED [18:55] RESURFACING, STAFF ENGAGED WITH [18:57] RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY [18:58] IMPROVEMENTS BEYOND THE TYPICAL [19:02] ASPHALT RESURFACING WORK. [19:04] BOLLARD PROTECTED BIKEWAY. AND [19:09] WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY [19:14] PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND [19:14] HAPPY TO ANSWEANY QUESTIONS. [19:17] >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, [19:19] GUSTAVE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I [19:22] JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME BROAD [19:24] COMMENTS ABOUT THIS VISION SINCE [19:27] THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO THINK [19:29] BROADLY ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION [19:30] PLANNING IN THE CITY. SO FIRST [19:32] OF ALL, THE PICTURES ARE REALLY [19:34] BEAUTIFUL AND HELP US I THINK [19:35] GET A SENSE OF THE IMPACT OF [19:36] THESE PROJECTS. SO IT MAKES ME [19:40] VERY PROUD TO LIVE IN [19:42] MINNEAPOLIS AND SERVE THIS CITY [19:43] SEEING ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL [19:45] PHOTOS. I'M GLAD THE 2016 [19:46] ORDINANCE SET US UP TO RECEIVE [19:48] THESE UPDATES. JUST IN TERMS OF [19:50] OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, I [19:52] CONTINUE TO SEE MODE SHARE AS A [19:54] REALLY GOOD METRIC FOR SUCCESS [19:55] OF OUR WORK. I KNOW WE HAVE THE [19:57] GOAL TO GET TO I BELIEVE IT'S [20:01] TWO-THIRDS OF TRIPS TAKEN. SO [20:03] 60% OF TRIPS TAKEN NOT BY [20:04] VEHICLE. AND I THINK WE ARE [20:07] MAKING PROGRESS AND SETTING UP [20:08] OUR STREETS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO [20:10] WALKERS, BIKERS, PEOPLE WHO [20:13] ROLL, AND THEN PUBLIC TRANSIT, [20:14] OF COURSE, TO MAKE THOSE OPTIONS [20:16] ATTRACTIVE AND SAFE. SO WE SEE [20:19] IN THESE PICTURES A LOT OF [20:22] ASPHALT REPAVING FOR DRIVERS, [20:23] BUT WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF [20:25] IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PEDESTRIAN [20:26] REALM AND BIKING AND TRANSIT [20:30] ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE CITY. I [20:32] BELIEVE WE'RE NOW THE MOST [20:33] BIKE-FRIENDLY CITY IN THE [20:35] COUNTRY. AND WITH METRO TRANSIT [20:37] NOW HAVING A LOT MORE OF THIS [20:39] SALES TAX, THEY'RE ABLE TO [20:41] EXPAND IMPROVED RIDER CONDITIONS [20:43] AND THE FREQUENCY AND SPEED OF [20:45] OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION [20:46] OPTIONS, AND THEN EXTEND THE [20:47] NETWORK AS A WHOLE. SO JUST WANT [20:50] TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR REALLY [20:53] TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE [20:56] BIDEN PRESIDENCY, AND THE IRA, [20:59] THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, AND [21:02] THE IIAJ, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND [21:04] JOBS ACT THAT PROVIDED SO MUCH [21:06] OF THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO [21:08] THESE PROJECTS. I DON'T THINK [21:09] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME [21:11] LEVEL OF FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN [21:13] THE FOUR YEARS TO COME. EVEN [21:16] THOUGH CONSTRUCTION IS A HUGE [21:18] BURDEN FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES [21:19] AND COMMUTERS, AND WE ALL FEEL [21:21] THAT IN THE SUMMER. I PERSONALLY [21:23] FEEL A HUGE SENSE OF GRATITUDE [21:25] FOR THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE OUR [21:26] INFRASTRUCTURE, AND FOR THE WAYS [21:27] THAT WE REALLY SOLICIT THOSE [21:28] FUNDS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO [21:30] BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK. I ALSO [21:32] WANTED TO NOTE THAT SAFE ROUTES [21:34] TO SCHOOL IS A REALLY IMPORTANT [21:40] PROGRAM. OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE MPS [21:44] DESTINATION SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT [21:45] PARENTS WANT TO COME TO. I THINK [21:47] IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE [21:49] PROTECTING OUR LITTLEST, OUR [21:52] YOUNGEST RESIDENTS FROM TRAFFIC [21:53] SAFETY CONCERNS. THAT'S A GOOD [21:54] WAY TO DO IT. FINALLY, JUST [21:57] WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS COUNCIL [21:59] HAS TRIPLED OUR INVESTMENT IN [22:01] TRAFFIC CALMING, AND WE'RE [22:02] REALLY LOVING THOSE PROJECTS [22:04] GETTING IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT [22:05] THE CITY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO [22:06] SEE, AND I THINK MY RESIDENTS [22:08] WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FLEX POSTS [22:11] CONVERTED INTO MORE PERMANENT [22:12] INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T GET [22:13] KNOCKED DOWN AS MUCH. SO MORE [22:16] PERMANENT TYPES OF BOLLARDS, AND [22:19] MORE PERMANENT TRAFFIC CIRCLES, [22:22] YOU KNOW THAT CAN BE PLANTED IN [22:23] AND CAN BE ADOPTED AND TAKEN UP [22:26] BY NEIGHBORS AND TURNED INTO [22:27] SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. SO THAT'S [22:29] JUST A NOTE ON FLEX POSTS. I [22:30] THINK THEY DO WORK AND THEY [22:32] SERVE US, BUT THEY ALSO, WHEN [22:36] THEY GET KNOCKED DOWN, I THINK [22:37] CONTRIBUTE TO A LITTLE BIT OF [22:39] IRE IN COMMUNITY AROUND JUST THE [22:41] BEAUTY OF THOSE PARTICULAR [22:43] IMPLEMENTS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE [22:45] OUR TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM MORE [22:48] CONTRIBUTING TO THE AESTHETIC [22:50] TOO OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE [22:50] LOOK TO THE FUTURE. SO THOSE ARE [22:53] SOME COMMENTS I WANTED TO SHARE. [22:56] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS [22:59] PRESENTATION AND THIS PROGRESS [23:01] REPORT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER [23:02] COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO [23:05] SPEAK ON THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER [23:07] CHOWDHURY. [23:07] >> THANKS, CHAIR CASHMAN. I'LL [23:09] KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF. NO [23:11] QUESTIONS. JUST A BIG THANK YOU [23:12] TO YOU FOR PRESENTING YOUR WORK [23:13] ON THIS, AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO [23:17] EVERYONE THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN [23:19] ALL THE WORK IN 2024, AND [23:21] OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THAT. BUT IN [23:25] LAYING A HAND IN IMPROVING THE [23:27] RIGHT OF WAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS [23:29] AND OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S [23:31] LIKE A REALLY POSITIVE THING [23:33] THAT WE CAN SHARE OUT TO OUR [23:36] NEIGHBORS THAT THIS IS THE WORK [23:38] THAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO [23:40] DO IN 2024. I THINK IT'S HUGE TO [23:44] SEE THAT WE'VE IMPROVED 121 [23:46] INTERSECTIONS. I GET [23:49] PARTICULARLY EXCITED WHEN I SEE [23:51] THAT THERE'S BUMP OUTS AND [23:54] PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. I THINK [23:57] OUR RESIDENTS CERTAINLY ARE [23:58] FEELING IT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF [23:58] THE CITY. I MEAN, LIKE LAKE [24:01] STREET IS STARTING TO FEEL [24:02] BETTER AND BETTER, AND I THINK [24:04] THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO TREND [24:05] TOWARDS. I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT [24:06] THE CITY HAS BEEN SPENDING SO [24:09] MUCH TIME AND ATTENTION IN HIGH [24:12] INJURY STREETS TO NOT ONLY [24:14] ADVOCATE AND PUT ACCOUNTABILITY [24:15] ON OURSELVES TO ADDRESS THEM, [24:16] BUT I THINK WE'RE ENCOURAGING [24:19] OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO ALSO PLAY [24:21] THEIR ROLE AND START TO TAKE [24:22] ACTION AS WELL. AND WE'RE GOING [24:23] TO NEED THAT. AND OUR WORK IS [24:27] THE REASON WHY WE WERE ABLE IN A [24:33] VERY VERY TUMULTUOUS LEGISLATIVE [24:38] SESSION TO RECEIVE TO WHAT WE [24:40] CAN DO TO MSA STREETS TO MAKE [24:43] IMPROVEMENTS. NOW WE'RE MOVING [24:44] INTO AN MSA PILOT. I'M [24:47] ENCOURAGED ABOUT THIS AND I'M [24:48] REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE [24:50] WHAT THE SIX-YEAR CAPITAL [24:52] IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS FOR PUBLIC [24:55] WORKS COME OUR BUDGET CYCLE. I'M [24:56] REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF FIGURING [24:58] OUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE [25:00] INVESTMENTS IN. I KNOW MY [25:02] NEIGHBORS THAT ARE REACHING OUT [25:03] TO MY OFFICE AND ALSO LIKE [25:06] POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR [25:08] COMING TO MY OFFICE HOURS, [25:10] THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT [25:12] THIS UPCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD [25:16] TRAFFIC CALMING APPLICATION. [25:17] WHICH MEANS LIKE THEY HAVE A [25:18] REALLY BIG INVESTMENT IN THE [25:19] RIGHT OF WAY. SO JUST LOOKING [25:21] FORWARD TO SHARING THIS OUT. AND [25:24] JUST THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR [25:25] REALLY GOOD WORK. I'LL TAKE THE [25:27] UNPOPULAR POSITION ON THE [25:28] COUNCIL AND SAY I LIKE THE FLEX [25:31] POSTS. I THINK THEY COULD BE [25:33] CUTER. WE COULD FIND A WAY TO DO [25:36] IT. BUT EVERY KNOCKED DOWN FLEX [25:38] POST IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS [25:39] IS A SMALL VICTORY. I DON'T [25:43] KNOW. I JUST PUT A LITTLE [25:45] OPTIMISM ON IT BECAUSE THEY [25:46] DON'T GET THAT MUCH LOVE BUT [25:47] THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. [25:50] >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS [25:52] ANYONE ELSE WANTING TO SPEAK ON [25:55] THIS PRESENTATION OR THIS ITEM? [25:57] SEEING NONE, I WILL -- THANK YOU [25:59] SO MUCH, GUSTAVE. I'M GOING TO [26:01] ASK THE CLERK TO FILE THIS [26:02] REPORT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE [26:04] CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME [26:05] BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. SO WITHOUT [26:08] OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.