[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.