. >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THIS OCTOBER 9TH MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADVISES THE CITY COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, LONG
RANGE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES SOMETIMES BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE STUDY ITEMS WHILE OTHER ITEMS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC HEARINGS WE ENCOURAGE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
HOWEVER WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT SO THAT IS NOT A CONCERN FOR YOU. SOME ITEMS THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY WELL OTHER ITEMS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL ACT IN AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAPACITY RATHER AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS MADE UP OF SEVEN VOLUNTEER RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. WE HAVE FOUR OF THOSE
RESIDENTS AS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HERE THIS EVENING. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS EVENING. THEY'RE ALL STUDY ITEMS. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE WHICH IS THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON AS THE APPLICANT. OUR DISCUSSION TOPIC WILL BE
E AMERICAN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR TRANSIT STUDY. KIRK ROBERTS FROM THE CITY OF WELLINGTON WILL BE HERE AS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE. I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE MISS
ADELE HALL FROM SRF WILL BE PRESENTING AS WELL. GOOD EVENING. YES, HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I AM NOT KIRK. I WILL DO THE PRESENTATION AND THEN STAND FOR QUESTIONS AT
THE END. OF COURSE. SO WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH SOME BACKGROUND BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE PRESENTED TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
KIRK AND I WERE LAST HERE IN DECEMBER. I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS AS WELL SO I WANTED TO CATCH YOU ALL UP A BIT ON THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD TRANSIT STUDY. THE REASON THAT BLOOMINGTON IS
STUDYING AMERICAN BOULEVARD IS BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO RE-ENVISION THIS CORRIDOR, RIGHT. I-94, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS GOING THROUGH A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION AND THE CITY
REALLY FELT THAT THAT OPENED UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO RE-ENVISION WHAT AMERICAN BOULEVARD COULD BE. AMERICAN BOULEVARD WAS LONG CONSIDERED TO BE A RELIEVER AND BUILT TO BE A RELIEVER FOR 494.
AND SO FOR I-94 TAKING ON MORE CAPACITY FOR CARS AND REDUCING CONGESTION, MAYBE IT OPENS UP A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICAN TO BECOME SOMETHING ELSE. SO DURING THIS AMERICAN
BOULEVARD TRANSIT STUDY WE LOOKED AT THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS WE LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD . WE LOOKED AT COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES TO INFORM WHAT THE STREET COULD BECOME OR WHAT THE STREET ITSELF COULD LOOK LIKE. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE LAND USE AND WHAT ARE THE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITIES ALONG AMERICAN
BOULEVARD THAT COULD REALLY HELP TO REINFORCE AND AND MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSIT SERVICE ON THE STREET. SO JUST GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON AMERICAN,
IT IS OF COURSE A VERY IMPORTANT EAST-WEST CONNECTOR THROUGH THE CITY. AND THIS STUDY REALLY FOCUSED ON THE AREA BETWEEN 24TH
AVENUE SO THE NORTH SOUTH STREET THAT GOES TO THE MALL OF AMERICA AND ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEN FRANCE AVENUE ON THE WEST SIDE. THAT WAS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA. WE ALSO YOU'LL SEE WE DID
STUDY A BUS RAPID TRANSIT ALTERNATIVE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD CONNECTS THREE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
AND THOSE INCLUDE NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT, THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE SOUTH LOOP DISTRICT. AND IT ALSO HAS SEVERAL TRANSIT WAYS THAT CONNECT TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN SEE ORANGE LINE THERE IN THE CENTER ON 35 W WITH THE STATION AT KNOX AND AMERICAN. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT D LINE THERE IN GREEN WHICH RUNS ON AMERICAN BETWEEN PORTLAND AND 24TH AVENUE.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE RED LINE BRT COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH ON CEDAR AND AND ENDING AT THE MALL OF AMERICA. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT BLUE LINE LRT COMING IN THROUGH THE
SOUTH LOOP AND ENDING AT THE MALL OF AMERICA. SO AMERICAN BOULEVARD HAS A LOT OF TRANSIT BASED SERVICE ON ACROSS IT AND THEN THERE'S ALSO TRANSIT SERVICE ON
AMERICAN BOULEVARD TODAY. THE ROUTE 542 RUNS ALL DAY EVERY 30 MINUTES. THIS IS A BIG INCREASE IN SERVICE THAT JUST HAPPENED THIS SUMMER. PREVIOUSLY THAT ROUTE RAN JUST
DURING PEAK PERIODS AND JUST ONCE AN HOUR AND IN EARLY APRIL. SOUTHWEST TRANSIT ALSO ADDED A ROUTE TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD AT THE ROUTE 686 NOW OPERATES
HOURLY ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD AS WELL FOR ITS FULL LENGTH. AND SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROUTES YOU'VE GOT SERVICE ROUGHLY EVERY 20 MINUTES ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD.
SO WE TALKED ABOUTHE TRANSIT WAYS, THE ORANGE LINE, THE D LINE, BLUE LINE RED LINE COMING IN TO BLOOMINGTON AND SERVING AMERICAN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR. THESE DARK PURPLE SPOTS AND
THE BRIGHT YELLOW SPOT INDICATE WHERE TRANSIT BOARDINGS ON TRANSIT ARE THE HIGHEST AND THEY REALLY REFLECT THE STATIONS ON EACH OF THOSE TRANSIT WAYS. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE ORANGE
LINE STATIONS SHOWING UP AROUND AMERICAN AS WELL AS DOWN ON 98TH STREET. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE D LINE STATIONS ALONG AMERICAN AND THAT YELLOW AT MALL OF AMERICA REFLECTS REALLY
HIGH BOARDINGS TRANSIT BOARDINGS HAPPENING THERE WITH ALL THE TRANSIT WAYS AS WELL AS SEVERAL LOCAL ROUTES TERMINATING AT THE MALL. THEN WE HAVE THE THE STREET
ITSELF AND THE CORRIDOR ITSELF AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TODAY? YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW I'M SURE YOU'VE DRIVEN ON AND MAYBE WALKED ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD IN MANY SPOTS IT IS THREE DRIVING LAN IN EACH
DIRECTION. SOME INTERSECTIONS THERE ARE TWO LEFT TURN LANES. MANY OF THOSE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS ALSO HAVE THE SLIP LANES FOR RIGHT TURNS AND
SO SOME OF THOSE CROSSINGS FOR A PEDESTRIAN WANTING TO CROSS IT'S ABOUT NINE LANES ACROSS TO WALK. SO THE THE LAND USE ALONG
AMERICAN IS PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME OF COURSE NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PANAMERICAN DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR. BUT IT'S A VERY VERY DIVERSE
SET OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE LOTS OF RETAIL, LOTS OF VARYING STYLES AND A LOT OF PARKING. I THINK YOU ALL PROBABLY HAVE HAVE WITNESSED THAT AS
RESIDENTS. SO A FEW LAST THINGS TO SORT OF SUMMARIZE THE EXISTING CONDITION GOING INTO THIS STUDY. THOSE CHANGES TO 494 THE REDEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN
IN THOSE KEY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, THE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND THE LOCAL SERVICE OPERATING TODAY. AND THEN JUST SORT OF OPENING UP A TIME TO REALLY RETHINK
AMERICAN AND AND CHANGE ITS ITS CHARACTER FROM A RELIEVER TO MAYBE A STREET THAT SERVES BLOOMINGTON BETTER. AND SO IT FELT LIKE A RIGHT
MOMENT TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. SO NOW I'LL GET INTO WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID DURING THE TRANSIT STUDY ITSELF. SO WE STARTED WITH A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT A MONTH OF PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE STUDY BACK IN JANUARY. WE WERE OUT RIDING THE ROUTE 542. WE HAD A SURVEY AND WE ASKED FOLKS ON THE BUS TO COMPLETE
THE SURVEY. THE SURVEY WAS ALSO PUBLIC PUBLICIZE VIA LET'S TALK BLOOMINGTON. AND WE HELD AN OPEN HOUSE AS WELL. WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT RESPONSES. SOME OF THE THEMES THAT WE
HEARD ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD WERE DEDICATED SPACE FOR TRANSIT FOR CYCLISTS, FOR PEOPLE WALKING AND ROLLING SAFETY CAME UP A LOT WITH THE
CROSSINGS IN PARTICULAR BUT ALSO ABOUT JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE GENERALLY WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF A CAR ON AMERICAN JUST NOT FEELING VERY SAFE. AND THEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT GREENERY AND STREET TREES AND A NEED FOR SHADE AND THEN JUST PEOPLE APPRECIATING THE ALL THE PLACES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GO ALONG AMERICAN BOULEVARD, LOTS OF DESTINATIONS AND TRYING TO
GET THERE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE LEARNED IN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN IN INFORMING WHAT CAME IN THE STUDY AFTER THAT.
SO WHAT WAS STUDIED FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT DURING THE STUDY WE LOOKED AT FOUR DIFFERENT ROUTES FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT ALL OF THE ROUTES TERMINATE AT MALL OF AMERICA.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BIG THICK LINE ALL OF THEM USE AMERICAN BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE MALL AND PENN AVENUE AND REALLY KNOX AVENUE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIRST ROUTE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO SOUTH ARE TO CENTENNIAL LAKES. ANOTHER SECOND ROUTE THAT THAT WENT TO SOUTH THE MALL. AND THEN A THIRD ROUTE THAT GOES TO THE WEST TO THE
NORMANDALE LAKE DISTRICT. AND THEN FINALLY ALTERNATIVE FOUR OR WE CALLED IT WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF THE ROUTE FOUR. AND THE ROUTE FOUR IS A LONG BUS ROUTE. IT STARTS IN NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS AND GOES THROUGH
DOWNTOWN AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND RICHFIELD. AND TODAY IT ENDS AT AMERICAN AND KNOX. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING WAS EXTENDING THAT ROUTE ALONG AMERICAN TO THE
MALL AND TURNING IT INTO BRT. SO REALLY KIND OF A FOURTH ALTERNATIVE THAT'S PRETTY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER THREE THAT WE WERE TESTING. SO WHAT DID WE LEARN
IN LOOKING AT THESE ROUTES? THE ROUTE THAT WENT TO SOUTHDALE, THE ROUTE THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE TWO THAT REALLY STOOD OUT IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AND VIABILITY
BECAUSE THEY CONNECTED THE BEST, THE DESTINATIONS, THE BEST, THE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE TO SOUTHDALE MALL DID THIS PRETTY WELL. THE ROUTE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS DOES IT VERY WELL. OF COURSE IT'S A MUCH LONGER
OUT. IT CONNECTS TO MANY MORE THINGS. BOTH ROUTES DO A GOOD JOB OF SERVING BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIKELY TO USE TRANSIT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE OBSERVED WHEN WE WERE LOOKING
AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF BLOOMINGTON WAS THAT TO THE EAST OF 35 W WAY MORE POTENTIAL TRANSIT RIDERS LOT MORE ZERO INCOME HOUSE OR ZERO
CAR HOUSEHOLDS AND LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS BOTH OF WHICH USE TRANSIT AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE. AND SO IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN WITH THESE TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THAT SEGMENT
OF AMERICAN IN PARTICULAR WHICH ALL OF OUR ALTERNATIVES DID BOTH ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED GREAT CONNECTIONS TO THE REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM. YOU SAW ALL OF THOSE CONNECTIONS ON THE PREVIOUS MAP AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO
CONNECTIONS TO THE NORTH THAT BOTH MAKE AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY THAT THAT ROUTE FOR OUR ALTERNATIVE FOR BUILDS ON THE ROUTE FOR RIDERSHIP THAT EXISTS TODAY.
SO IT STOOD OUT IN TERMS OF RIDERSHIP BECAUSE IT REALLY TAKES A VERY ESTABLISHED LOCAL ROUTE AND EXTENDS IT TO A HUGE REGIONAL DESTINATION AND
ANCHOR WHICH OF COURSE IS MALL OF AMERICA. SO THIS IS WHAT WE SAW IN TERMS OF BRT AND I SEE THE I WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE
OF MORE THINGS ABOUT TRANSIT IN PARTICULAR AND WHY IT'S SUCH A KEY PART OF THIS STUDY . SAFE FARE AND AFFORDABLE BLOOMINGTON ARE VALUES RIGHT
THAT THE CITY PUTS PUTS UP ACROSS ITS PLANNING DOCUMENTS . AND TRANSIT IS REALLY A KEY PART OF MAKING THOSE VALUES COME TO LIFE IN PART BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION
. IT ALSO ENABLES DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND AND REDEVELOPMENT THAT HELPS TO SATISFY OTHER GOALS. SO THINGS LIKE ENABLING DENSER
HOUSING A GREATER RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS IN PART THROUGH REDUCING PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND AND THEREFORE THE COST OF OF DEVELOPING THAT
HOUSING AND AND BUILDING DENSER HOUSING ALONG A CORRIDOR LIKE AMERICAN ALLOWS BLOOMINGTON TO GROW AND GAIN RESIDENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE THE STABLE SINGLE
FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MANY IN BLOOMINGTON REALLY VALUE. AND AND THEN ALSO IT ENABLES A TARGETED AND REALLY FOCUSED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT ALONG
A TRANSIT CORRIDOR. FINALLY, I KNOW THE CITY REALLY VALUES ITS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO TRANSIT. IT IS EVIDENT THROUGH ALL OF THE TRANSIT WAY PROJECTS AND AND OF COURSE THE REGULAR
ROUTE SERVICE ON THE STREET TODAY. AND SO INVESTING IN TRANSIT OF COURSE CONTINUES THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO TRANSIT AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST TRANSIT AND THE MINNESOTA VALLEY
TRANSIT AUTHORITY WHICH ALSO OPERATES ROUTES IN BLOOMINGTON . NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS A LOT BECAUSE THE THE STUDY ALSO OF COURSE HAD A VERY
MAJOR FOCUS ON LAND USE AND REALLY IT WAS IT WAS ABOUT LAND USE AND REDEVELOPMENT. AND SO AGAIN THAT NEXUS BETWEEN TRANSIT AND LAND USE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND AND
TRANSIT SUPPORTS CHANGES AND INTENSIFICATION OF LAND USE AND LAND USE AND IN AND INCREASES IN DENSITY ALSO VERY MUCH SUPPORT TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
SO THERE'S THERE'S A REALLY STRONG LINK THERE AND LAND USE IS OF COURSE YOU KNOW TRANSIT IS A REGIONAL DECISION AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER.
BUT LAND USE IS WITHIN THE CITY'S CONTROL, RIGHT? IT IS FULLY WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW. AND SO IT'S A WAY FOR THE CITY TO SORT OF ENURAGE LARGE TRANSIT INVESTMENT BY MAKING CHANGES TO LAND USE.
ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD AT PLANNING COMMISSION IN DECEMBER WHEN WE WERE HERE WAS SOMEONE REFERRED TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD AS BLOOMINGTON'S FRONT PORCH AND THAT WAS REALLY A THEME THAT
THAT THE TEAM REALLY ABSORBED AND HEARD AND AND WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SORT OF INFLUENCE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL VISION FOR AMERICAN BOULEVARD WE KEPT SAYING IF THIS IS IF
THIS IS BLOOMINGTON'S FRONT PORCH WHAT ARE WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO FEEL LIKE? WHAT SHOD IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT AND HOW DOES THAT MATCH WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY MUCH
IN LINE WITH THAT. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE ALSO IS OF COURSE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS COMING UP. YOU ALL ARE HEADING INTO COMP PLAN SEASON. AND SO THIS STUDY IS WRAPPING
UP RIGHT NOW AND AND THE THINGS WE LEARNED THROUGH THIS STUDY CAN CAN TRANSLATE INTO THE PLAN AND BE USED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. SO THAT WAS WHY WE TOOK A GOOD HARD LOOK AT LAND USE AS PART
OF THE STUDY. WE DID LOOK AT ZONING AS WELL AS FUTURE LAND USE REALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE PLACES WHERE FUTURE LAND USE MIGHT BE ASPIRATIONAL AND ZONING IS NOT
MATCHING THE ASPIRATION. WE LOOKED AT PLACES AND PARCELS ALONG THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD CORRIDOR WHERE THE LAND VALUE TO STRUCTURE VALUE IS LOPSIDED SO YOU HAVE REALLY
VALUABLE LAND WITH NOT VERY VALUABLE STRUCTURE ON IT THAT TELLS YOU THAT THERE MAY BE TIME FOR THAT STRUCTURE TO GO AND THAT THAT LAND COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING MUCH MORE VALUABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE LAND'S INHERENT VALUE AND THAT THAT METHOD IS A PRETTY SIMPLE METHOD. THERE ARE MANY MORE MUCH MORE COMPLEX MARKET BASED METHODS WE COULD HAVE USED. THIS ONE WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD BUT WE USE
THAT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PRIORITY REDEVELOPMENT PARCELS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR THOSE PARCELS THAT ARE VERY AUTO ORIENTED OR VERY LOW DENSITY
IN PARTICULAR AND WE USE THOSE TO DEVELOP A MAP WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU HERE THESE RED AREAS WHERE THE ONES THAT STOOD OUT AS PARCELS THAT EITHER HAVE A
VERY LOW STRUCTURE VALUE SOME OF THEM ARE VACANT TODAY BUT THEY STAND OUT AS POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT AREAS AND THIS PLAN IS JUST POINTING THEM OUT. IT IS NOT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
ALL EITHER PRIVATELY HELD, MAYBE SOME OF THEM ARE PUBLICLY HELD BUT IT DOESN'T THE PLAN DOES NOT GO A FURTHER TO COMMENT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY. IT'S REALLY JUST IDENTIFYING
AND REALLY I THINK POINTING OUT A PATTERN. RIGHT. THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR TRANSFORMATION IN THIS CORRIDOR. THE OTHER THING THAT THE STUDY
DOES IS IT GETS INTO SOME ZONING AND GUIDE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS IN PARTICULAR RECOMMENDS TWO DIFFERENT NEW DESIGNATIONS. ONE IS A HIGH INTENSITY TOD
FOR PARCELS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD WITHIN A FIVE MINUTE WALK ALLOWING THE HIGHEST DENSITY USES THERE AND THEN CORRIDOR ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY LOWER INTENSITY AS YOU GET A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY
FROM AMERICAN. SO REALLY PUTTING THE MOST INTENSE USES RIGHT THERE ALONG THE THE STREET WITH TRANSIT ON IT THIS IS A MAP SHOWING WHERE
WHERE THOSE HIGH INTENSITY USES COULD BE APPLIED TO THOSE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
THE OTHER THING THAT THE STUDY GETS INTO IS SOME BROADER THINKING ABOUT BEYOND THE SORT OF THE LAND USE MAP ABOUT WHAT
OTHER THINGS THE CITY CAN DO TO MAKE MORE INTENSE AND MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN. THESE INCLUDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND PARKING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING BASIS
FOR BOTH CARS AND FOR BICYCLES AS WELL AS SOME BUILT FORM GUIDELINES SO THINGS THAT REALLY INFLUENCE HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT LOOK NOT JUST WHAT LAND USE TYPE IS IT OR HOW
MANY UNITS IS IT BUT HOW DOES IT ACTUALLY APPEAR? AGAIN, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THAT FRONT PORCH THEME, HOW DOES CIRCULATION WORK? SOME OF THESE SITES ARE REALLY
BIG AND SO THINKING ABOUT WHEN THEY REDEVELOP DO YOU STILL WANT DOES THE CITY STILL WANT THEM TO BE REDEVELOPED AS HUGE LOTS OR DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET SOME INTERNAL CIRCULATION
INTO AND BREAK UP SOME OF THOSE SITES? THE STUDY COMMENTS ON TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE USES WHAT ARE THEY DENSITIES WHAT IS A TRANSIT SUPPORT OF DENSITY AND ALSO
TOUCHES A BIT ON PUBLIC ART. SO I'M NOW I'M SWITCHING GEARS AGAIN AND GOING INTO THE ST COMPONENT OF THIS STUDY AND
HERE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THIS WAS THE PREFERRED CONCEPT THAT EMERGED FROM THIS STUDY AND THE REASON WE'VE CALLED IT THE PREFERRED CONCEPT FOR TESTING IS THAT WE
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, A TRAFFIC STUDY WAS NOT PART OF THE AMERICAN BOWL OF OUR TRANSIT STUDY. SO THE STUDY WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON VISIONING. WE TOOK ALL OF THE PUBLIC
INPUT THAT WE HEARD AND WE APPLIED IT TO THE STREET. WE LOOKED AT THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE STREET. IT'S QUITE WIDE AND WE LOOKED FOR A WAY FOR THE STREET TO
RESPOND TO SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HEARD PEOPLE IDENTIFY, RIGHT? WE HEARD A NEED FOR SHADE. WE HEARD A NEED FOR DISTINCT SPACES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
WALKING AND BIKING AND WE HEARD A DESIRE FOR SPACE FOR TRANSIT. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE THINGS REPRESENTED HERE AND THIS IS A CROSS SECTION TOTAL
WIDTH 94FT THAT FITS IN ALL OF THE ALL OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD FROM FROM FRANCE TO 24TH IS EITHER 94FT OR WIDER. SO THIS CROSS SECTION WOULD
FIT WITHOUT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL RIGHT AWAY. THERE ARE SOME PINCH POINTS TO BE FAIR BUT THIS CONCEPT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED FOR WITH ANY
SORT OF TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW HOW IT WOULD WORK. OUR BENCHMARK HOWEVER IS WE DID LOOK AT THE ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC VOLUMES ON
AMERICAN BOULEVARD. THEY THEY DIFFER THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR. THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT UNIFORM BUT THEY ARE SIMILAR TO LYNDALE AVENUE WHICH IS JUST ONE TRAVEL LANE GENERAL
PURPOSE TRAVELING IN EACH DIRECTION WITH LEFT TURN LANES AT INTERSECTIONS AND SO THAT GIVES US SOME IDEA AND A BENCHMARK THAT THAT THIS COULD WORK AND AND I BELIEVE IT'S
LYNDALE AVENUE IN MINNEAPOLIS JUST TO BE SPECIFIC. YEAH, NOT IN BLOOMINGTON. SO THIS IS KIND OF INDICATING THAT THAT THIS MAY BE FEASIBLE BUT IT NEEDS SOME MORE STUDY
TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE HERE. SO WITH THAT I WANTED TO JUST SUMMARIZE AS WE TALKED ABOUT
BUS RAPID TRANSIT ON ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD WE TALKED ABOUT LAND USE CHANGES ALONG AMERICAN AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE STREET ITSELF WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
I REFERENCED EARLY ON THAT METRO TRANSIT IS THE REGIONAL DECISION MAKER FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT. SO THIS STUDY METRO TRANSIT PARTICIPATED IN THEY WERE ON THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY.
THEY ARE VERY AWARE OF IT BUT THEY OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, RETAIN THEIR POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT BRT FOR THE REGION THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING A STUDY CALLED THE
ARTERIAL BRT CORRIDOR PRIORITIZATION STUDY AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF LOCAL BUS ROUTES AND DETERMINING WHICH ONES SHOULD BE THE J, K AND L LINES WHICH
WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME THE NEXT ARTERIAL BRT LINES IN THE REGION. THE ROUTE FOUR THAT I MENTIONED THE ALTERNATIVE FOUR THAT WE LOOKED AT IS IN THAT
STUDY AND IT'S BEING EVALUATED . IT IS NOT BEING EVALUATED TO THE MALL OF AMERICA. IT'S ONLY BEING EVALUATED TO KNOX AVENUE TODAY AND AND I THINK WHAT WE'LL SEE IS METRO
TRANSIT IS GOING TO FINISH THAT STUDY, SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT, SEE WHAT THE J K L LINES ARE AND THEN THE CITY AND METRO TRANSIT CAN CAN RESUME A CONVERSATION ABOUT AMERICAN
BOULEVARD. THE CITY HAS HAS SAID THAT THEY THEY WILL CITY STAFF HAVE SAID THEY WILL TIE THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CHANGES
TO THE STREET TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BRT SO REALLY CUING THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OFF OF TIMING ON BRT BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAND USE
CHANGES THOSE WOULD BE MORE IMMEDIATE BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS COMING UP AND THAT USING THAT AS A MECHANISM FOR THOSE UPDATES AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND I WILL STAND
FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MS. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. SO WITH QUESTIONS
MR. CUNNINGHAM THANK YOU CHAIR. MS. HALL I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO NOT WORK FOR METRO TRANSIT . I JUST MISSED A METRO TRANSIT
QUESTION JUST IT SOUNDS SO YOU SAID THERE JUST FIRST QUESTION YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY STUDYING THE ROUTE FOR EXTENSION TO AMERICAN INOX IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES.
THEY'RE STUDYING THE ROUTE FOR FOR POTENTIAL TO CONVERT IT TO ARTERIAL BRT. BUT YES, THE TERMINUS THE ROUTE THAT THEY ARE STUDYING TERMINATES AT AMERICAN AND KNOX GOT IT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ORANGE LINE RAPID TRANSIT BRT ALREADY RUNS THROUGH AMERICAN AND KNOX IS KIND OF ITS LAST STOP IN BLOOMINGTON. >> IT HAS ONE MORE STOP IN BLOOMINGTON AFTER AMERICAN
AND KNOX AT 98 AND 35. W ALL RIGHT YEAH THAT'S ALWAYS FORGET WE HAVE LAND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE SO ST OH I WAS THINKING GOING NORTH MY
BET IT'S STOPS IN RICHFIELD RIGHT ACROSS YES OKAY GOT IS THERE ANY THOUGHT IN THE KIND
OF IN YOUR THE GUIDING ZONING TO MAKE AMERICAN INOX IT SOUNDS LIKE KIND OF NO MATTER WHAT THERE'S ALREADY BRT THERE THERE MAY BE MORE BRT.
IS THERE A GUIDING ZONING TO EXPAND KIND OF THE STATION CAPACITY FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM THERE?
>> YES, VERY MUCH SO AND I'M NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS BUT THE CITY UNDERTOOK AN AN AMAZING AND EXTENSIVE PLANNING EFFORT
TEN YEARS AGO MAYBE MAYBE NOT QUITE TEN YEARS AGO FOR THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT. AND SO THOSE PLANS ARE ARE IN FORCE AROUND THAT KNOX AND
AMERICAN INTERSECTION IT EXTENDS THAT FAR AND AND ONE OF THE KEY REDEVELOPMENT AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THIS STUDY ALSO
IS THE THE PARCELS THAT ARE JUST NORTH OF AMERICAN IN THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT SO THE PARCELS TO THE SOUTH OF AMERICAN HAVE REDEVELOPED BUT THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, A
LOT OF POTENTIAL NORTH OF AMERICAN AND SO THAT WOULD REALLY KIND OF YOU KNOW FULLY COMPLETE THAT DISTRICT WHEN WE SEE THOSE THOSE PARCELS TO THE
NORTH REDEVELOP. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE ORANGE LINE GOING NORTH GOES ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN. THE MR. JOHNSON YES, YOU'RE
QUESTION IF I CAN JUST ADD TO WHAT MS. HALL SAID ABOUT THE CITY'S ACTIONS FOLLOWING THE PAN AMERICAN DISTRICT PLAN BEING COMPLETED SO MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THAT TIME.
MOST OF THOSE SITES ARE ZONED C FIVE SO THOSE WERE PROACTIVE REZONING ACTIONS THAT THE CITY TOOK IN THE PAN AMERICAN AREA. THE KNOX BUILDING INCLUDED
APPLICATION THE FIRST APPLICATION THE CITY OF THE HIGHEST DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. WE HAVE OUR M 100. SO I THINK THE THERE IS A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF THE CITY TAKING PROACTIVE ACTIONS.
PART OF IT IS PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE ENTITIES OWN THE SIGNIFICANT LANDS IN THAT AREA INCLUDING SOUTH TOWN. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR TOPIC OF AREA OF FOCUS FOR THE
CITY'S REDEVELOPMENT AREA. EFFORTS IN THE AREA. THANK YOU MR. JONES. MS. HILL I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THE FOUR OPTIONS YOU PRESENTED TO US THAT WERE
STUDIED FOR A BUS RAPID TRANSIT THEY ALL END AT THE MALL OF AMERICA. WHY WHY DON'T ANY OF THEM GO TO THE AIRPORT? THERE'S 100,000 PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THAT FACILITY EVERY DAY AND A LOT OF THEM ARE
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CAR THAT WORK IN THE CONCESSION SPACES, ETC. WHY NOT GO TO THE AIRPORT? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT OUR TEAM ASKED
OURSELVES MANY TIMES OVER DURING THE STUDY AND I SOMETIMES GIVE IT REALLY TRANSIT THE ANSWER TO THIS SO I'LL DO MY BEST. THE SHORT ANSWER IS BECAUSE
THERE'S AN EASY AND FAST TRANSFER TO BLUE LINE AT THE MALL AND BY THE TIME BECAUSE
THE THE BLUE LINE GETS TO USE A TUNNEL UNDER THE RUNWAYS BETWEEN TERMINAL TWO AND TERMINAL ONE, IT IS JUST AS
FAST IN A HYPOTHETICAL SETTING TO GET OFF THE BUS AT THE MALL TRANSFER TO BLUE LINE AND THEN TAKE BLUE LINE TO TERMINAL ONE ASSUMING TERMINAL ONE IS YOUR FINAL DESTINATION WHICH IT IS
FOR MOST BUT NOT ALL. IF IF YOU WERE GOING TO TERMINAL TWO THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT A BUS WOULD WITH A ONE SEAT RIDE WOULD BE FASTEST TO TERMINAL TWO BUT
THEN AFTER TERMINAL TWO THE BUS HAS TO GO WAY OUT AND AROUND THE RUNWAY AND THEN BACK TO TERMINAL ONE. AND SO IT'S KIND OF A SLOW RIDE.
THAT SAID, IT IS I IT CAN YOU COULD ARGUE IT BOTH WAYS. YOU HAVE TWO PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY REGIONAL DESTINATIONS VERY CLOSE
TOGETHER. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING A TRANSFER AT THE MALL TO THE AIRPORT BUT THE AIRPORT IS NOT THAT FAR. YOU COULD ARGUE YOU SHOULD
HAVE ONE SEAT OR ONE SEAT RIDE TO THE AIRPORT AS WELL. WE CHOSE TO TERMINATE AT THE MALL FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY. BUT IT IS IT'S A VALID QUESTION FOR SURE.
THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. I THINK WE WILL CALL YOU BACK UP IF WE NEED TO. WE'LL MOVE INTO DISCUSSION
THEN. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YOU'RE MR. YOU THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK SRF AND THE CITY FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS
PUT INTO THE STUDY. IT'S IT'S COOL TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THE FRONT PORCH OF THE CITY AS MS.. HALL CALLED IT.
I REALLY LIKE ALTERNATE TO BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING TO METRO TRANSIT TODAY I JUST I THINK THAT EVENTUALLY LINE FOUR WILL COME TO AMERICA AND
KNOCKS NO MATTER WHAT DECENT TRANSFER SPOT IF THERE'S BUILT OUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ALTERNATE TO THAT GOT US TOWARDS SOUTHDALE CONNECTS TO CENTENNIAL LAKES IN THE NINE
MILE CREEK TRAIL SYSTEM WHICH I'M AN ACTIVE USER OF AND SO I THAT'S JUST MY MY THOUGHTS ON THAT MY THOUGHTS ON KIND OF THE PRELIMINARY LOOK AT
AMERICAN BOULEVARD THE LANE LAYOUT LIKE THE BIKE LANE I LIKE THE SIDEWALK I LIKE THE BOULEVARD, THE BRT STATIONS, THE DEDICATED BIKE LANE OR NOT BIKE LANE BUS LANE WOULD BE
SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE STUDIED YOU KNOW A THE LYNDALE AVENUE IN MINNEAPOLIS WAS A REALLY GOOD COMPARISON BUT
I'VE SAT ON LYNDALE AVENUE A LOT WHEN I LIVED IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AND SO I WOULD JUST I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FINDINGS ON THAT. BUT OVERALL I THINK WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION . THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM. I THINK THIS IS REALLY KIND OF TRICKY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I WANT TO BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A LENS
OF REALITY. I LIKE TREE LINED STREETS AND I LIKE BUSSES AND I LIKE WALKABLE STREETS AND I LIKE BIKE LANES. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THAT
AND I AM IN THE PROBABLY 98TH PERCENTILE OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT. I TOOK IT EVERY WORKING DAY FOR NINE YEARS WORKING IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. I'M A MASSIVE SUPPORTER OF IT
BUT I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A LENS OF REALITY IN THAT BLOOMINGTON RIGHT NOW IS STILL AN AUTO ORIENTED CITY AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO
THE MALL THEY'RE GOING TO COME HERE BY CAR AND IF WE'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO ALL OF OUR OFFICE TOWERS THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE TO WORK EVERY DAY. AND SO I, I WANT TO MOVE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOO.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE TYPE OF STREET AND THE TYPE OF AMENITIES I WANT TO BUT MAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST SOME POTENTIALLY VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD WHICH IS
IN LIKE THE VERY BUSIEST AND MOST CRITICAL CITY STREETS WE HAVE. AND I I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING TOO FAR AND LOOK,
I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT SAYS GO TOO FAR, DO IT AND WE'LL I'LL FIGURE IT OUT AND I I'M A BIG I'M A BIG THINKER. I REALLY AM. BUT I ALSO THINK IF WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THAT IF WE CHOKE AMERICAN BOULEVARD WE'RE GOING TO PUT TRAFFIC ON CITY STREETS AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON 84TH STREET AND THEY LIVE ON
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER STREET WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BUNCH MORE TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE WE CHOKE DOWN AMERICAN BOULEVARD TOO FAR BECAUSE ALL OF THE ASSETS THAT ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD ARE STILL THERE. ALL THE OFFICE TOWERS ARE
STILL GOING TO BE THERE. ALL OUR HOTEL TOWERS ARE STILL GOING TO BE ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THERE. AND AS MUCH AS I WISH I COULD CONVINCE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE BUS THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO TAKE DECADES TO CHANGE AMERICAN BEHAVIOR TO PUBLIC
TRANSIT. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN EVEN THE LIFESPAN OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE AND SO I'M REALLY TORN BECAUSE WHAT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AND AND PUSHING US IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION? I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD NECESSARILY SAY THE SAME. I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO PUSH US TOWARDS MORE PUBLIC TRANSIT, LESS AUTO ORIENTED. WE SHOULD BUT WE I DON'T THINK
WE CAN DO IT OVERNIGHT WITHOUT ABSOLUTE WE CAUSING HAVOC ON OTHER LOCAL STREETS AND DOING OTHER THINGS. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY TO BEAR THAT OUT
BUT IT THIS IS A LOT THIS IS A LOT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF IT I'M READY FOR COMMERCIAL AND I DO VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION AND I ALSO REALLY LIKED HOW WAS PRESENTED TO US
IN ADVANCE I THINK BUILDING ON THAT I THINK WITH THE JUST AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE REAL CHALLENGES IS ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT
OF THE 494 PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK FOR A LOT OF BLOOMINGTON RESIDENTS THEIR GOAL IS TO AVOID 494 AT ALL COSTS AND AMERICAN BOULEVARD AND 90 STREET AND OLD SHAKOPEE ARE
OBVIOUSLY THE THREE MOST LIKELY ALTERNATIVES TO THAT AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAD THE PRESENTATION AT THE LAST MEETING AND THE UPDATE ON THE 494 PROJECT AND HOW LONG IT'S
GOING TO BE UNTIL THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS DONE, I THINK PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZING SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS ON THE LATER PORTION OF THE PROJECT. THE PART THAT REALLY STUCK
WITH ME WAS HOW SMALL 494 WAS GOING TO GO DOWN TO WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE WORK BY 77 I WOULD WANT I WOULD WANT TO MOVE VERY, VERY SLOWLY ON MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE
EASTERN SIDE OF AMERICAN BOULEVARD UNTIL THAT PROJECT IS DONE BECAUSE I THINK THE PRESSURE POINT FOR THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE COULD ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE PLACES COULD BE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT. AND THEN THIS IS I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION DOES MTC USE SOME ALL OR NON
ELECTRIC BUSSES ON THE BRT? IS DOES ANYONE KNOW THAT I HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON THAT ONCE I KNOW THE ANSWER THE ANSWER IS SOME BUT NOT ALL.
SO WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT ALSO IS SHORT OF HAVING AN ELECTRIC BUSSES ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD I THINK IF THEY'RE STILL RUNNING ON COMBUSTIBLE COMBUSTION AND COMBUSTION
ENGINES IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH HARDER INCREASE HIGH QUALITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS I THINK ELECTRIC BUSSES ARE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT AND THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS
THERE'S SO MUCH QUIETER AND WHATNOT BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE BEFORE WE MOVE TOO FAR FORWARD WITH THIS WAS HOW QUICKLY THATECHNOLOGY
WAS IMPLEMENTED. THANK YOU MR. CUNNINGHAM AND MS. HALL, SINCE YOU'RE UP THERE, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO YOU SAID THAT AMERICAN
BOULEVARD IS CLASSIFIED AS KIND OF A RELIEVER STREET 4.84 IS 7670 SEVENTH IN RICHFIELD ALSO CONSIDERED A RELIEVER. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF SORRY, KURT.
THANK YOU. MR. ROBERTS THANK YOU FOR COATING MR. CUNNINGHAM YES, THEY WERE DESIGNED WITH THE SAME MINDSET IN MIND AS RELIEVERS TO THE 494 WHAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BIT
STRANGE THERE IS THAT IF YOU YOU KNOW YOUR CLASSIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, YOU KNOW, YOU START WITH THE LOCAL STREETS, YOU TAKE TRAFFIC THAT'S DISTRIBUTED HIGH ACCESS LOCAL STREETS THAT MOVES TO
COLLECTOR STREETS WHICH THEN MOVES YOU TO THOSE HIGHER CAPACITY, HIGHER VOLUME ARTERIAL STREETS WHICH THEN MOVES USUALLY THE HIGHEST VOLUME HIGHEST CAPACITY FREEWAYS. THEY'RE ALWAYS THE TOP OF THE LIST.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE VOLUMES THAT FREEWAYS CARRY, THAT'S 150,000 TO 200,000 CARS A DAY ON SOME OF THOSE TO THINK THAT AN ARTERIAL OF ANY
SORT EVEN THE TYPE OF AMERICAN CAN REALLY TAKE ENOUGH VOLUME OFF OF THOSE TO RELIEVE IT. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND THE ONLY REASON I
MENTIONED THAT IS BECAUSE IT KIND OF THIS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHEN THE 494 IS DONE TRAFFIC WILL DECREASE ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD. IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
EITHER. THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. NEITHER WILL THE PROJECTS ENVISIONED ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE ARE FIVE YEARS OUT MINIMUM TEN YEARS OUT. SOME OF THEM SOME OF THE
SECTIONS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN FOR 20 YEARS. AND SO THE IDEA IS RATHER TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO GO.
ENGINEERS ARE VERY GOOD AT FORECASTING BUT THOSE FORECASTS DON'T ALWAYS TURN OUT EXACTLY THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE. LET'S DEVELOP A VISION FOR THAT CORRIDOR BASED ON OUR VALUES AND THEN AS WE APPROACH
THOSE THE FIVE YEAR MARK, THE TEN YEAR MARK, THE 20 YEAR MARK WE CAN SEE WHAT VOLUMES ARE DOING AT THAT TIME WHEN ALL OF THOSE MOVING PIECES ARE HOPEFULLY STOP MOVING A LITTLE BIT SO THE HOPE IS THAT YOU KNOW WE CAN COME UP WITH A
MODEL THEN THAT IS MORE ACCURATE THAT PLANS FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING RESPONSIBLY BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE'D ALL LIKE TO SEE THOSE OTHER MANDATES WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME IN OUR
COMMUNITY ON AMERICAN BOULEVARD WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT PEOPLE CAN GET THERE SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THOSE BUSINESSES. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THIS COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT
EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO WHAT I DIDN'T WANT FOR THIS STUDY WAS TO GET INTO COUNTING LANE NUMBERS. LET'S DEVELOP A VISION BASED ON OUR VALUES AND WHAT WE'D
LIKE TO SEE AND THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH THE DETAILS AS THIS HALL MOVES FORWARD OVER THE NEXT FIVE, TEN, 20 YEARS AND MUCH OF THAT BEYOND WHEN ANY OF US WILL BE HERE AT THE CITY. SO THANKS FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.
MR. JONES THANK YOU, CHAIR COACH AND IF I CAN ADD TO THAT JUST FROM A SEQUENCE STANDPOINT OF THAT THE TIMING OF THIS IS PRETTY EXCELLENT FOR US FROM A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STANDPOINT. SO I APPRECIATE THE VISION
THAT'S BEEN LAID OUT THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL TO US WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AROUND FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS QUARTER. I JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A 20 YEAR VISIONING DOCUMENT SO
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE IT THAT THIS PROJECT OR THIS FACILITY WOULD BE COMPETITIVE FOR REGIONAL FUNDING TOMORROW. IT'S REALLY SETTING THE GROUNDWORK THAT CAN INFORM THE LAND USE THAT CAN BUILD THE
DENSITY THAT OVER TIME THE CORRIDOR CAN BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE FOR A REGIONAL TRANSIT FACILITY LIKE ARTERIAL BRT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFO JUST FROM A SEQUENCE
STANDPOINT. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON I THINK YEAH I THINK WHAT MR. ROBERTS LAID OUT DOES MAKE ME FEEL A
LITTLE BETTER AND THAT THIS IS A YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 20 YEAR THING. IT'LL CERTAINLY OUTLAST ANY AMOUNT OF TIME THAT ANY OF US ARE ON THIS COMMISSION. AND SO IT STARTS WITH A VISION WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE WANT?
WHAT DO WE DREAM AND THEN WE MAKE FUTURE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS WORK SO I THINK THAT'S A BIT A BIT OF REASSURANCE THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE DREAMING PHASE
HERE AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR VALUES ARE AND KIND OF BUILD OFF FROM THERE. I THINK THAT'S WISE. COUNSEL ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON
THIS ITEM? WELL, THANK YOU TO MS.. HALL FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN. WE WILL MOVE THAT ITEM NUMBER TWO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS
THE APPLICANT AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THE ANNUAL PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BOB SIMONDS FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS HERE WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
I SEE AMY MARONE IS HERE AS WELL . I GOT ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD EVENING. AS HAS MENTIONED, I'M BOB
SIMONDS. I'M A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER IN OUR STREETS AND IN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. I LEAD OUR STREET DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE AREA OVER AN ENGINEERING. I HAVE WITH ME HERE TONIGHT AMY MARONE, AN ASSISTANT TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON
OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND SOME TRANSPORTATION ITEMS WITHIN OUR CAP. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL UPDATE WE GIVE EVERY YEAR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HOPEFULLY I DON'T GET
YOUR EYES GLOSSING OVER DURING THAT PART AND THEN WE'LL JUMP INTO THE 2026 AND 2027 PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AREAS AND WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SORT OF FINAL DECISION ON ANYTHING TONIGHT BUT ANY INPUT
YOU'D HAVE ON ANY OF THE AREAS AND THE INFORMATION WE GIVE WE'D BE WELCOME TO TAKE. ALL RIGHT. OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR PMP AS WE REFER TO IT IT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1991 WITH THE OVERALL GOAL
TO REDUCE THE COST OF OUR STREET REPAIR BY TAKING THE RIGHT ACTION AT THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THIS EVERY STREET SEGMENT IN BLOOMINGTON HAS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX VALUE OR A PCI VALUE AS WE REFER TO
IT. SO EVERY YEAR ONE THIRD OF THE CITY STREETS ARE WALKED OVER OUR CONDITIONS MONITOR THIS ENTRY IS ENTERED INTO A DATABASE THAT GIVES US THIS PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX VALUE ON A 0 TO 100 SCALE 0 TO 35 ON
THE LOW END BEING A STREET THAT'S MAYBE IN NEED OF A FULL STREET RECONSTRUCTION 35 TO 65 IN THE MIDDLE MAYBE A MILL OVERLAY AND 65 AND ABOVE MORE ON THE CONCORD SIDE MORE THAN
ADEQUATE CONDITION WE USE THESE PIECES TO COME UP WITH A FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING TYPICALLY FIVE YEARS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING FOR OUR MAINTENANCE TECHNIQUES AND WHEN WE PUT THESE PROJECTS OUT FOR BID WE TYPICALLY BID THEM
IN LARGER AMOUNTS LARGER MILAGE WE'LL DO LIKE TWO AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF MILES OF RECONSTRUCTION, 7 TO 9 MILES OF OVERLAY AND LIKE 25 MILES OF SILK ROAD TO GET US A MUCH BETTER ECONOMY OF SCALE FOR BIDDING WHICH IN TURN
HELPS TO LOWER THE ASSESSMENTS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS FOR OUR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND JUST LOWER THE OVERALL COST FOR CITY TAXPAYERS. AND SPEAKING OF ASSESSMENTS, WE DO HAVE A CAR SHARE FOR OUR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WHERE WE ASSESS 25% OF THE COSTS FOR SURFACING AND CURBING GUTTER IF NEW CURBING GUTTERS INSTALLED THE SINGLE TWO AND THREE FAMILY PROPERTIES AND THEN ALL OTHER
PROPERTY TYPES COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ARE AT A 50% RATE AND I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. SO OUR DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES WHICH I'VE KIND OF MENTIONED ALREADY WE HAVE OUR FULL STREET RECONSTRUCTION WHERE THE ENTIRE PAVEMENT SECTIONS ARE REMOVED AND
REPLACED IF THERE'S NOT EXISTING CURB AND GUTTER ON THE STREET, NEW CURB AND GUTTER IS INSTALLED IF THERE IS EXISTING CURBING GUTTER WE TYPICALLY JUST DO SPOT REPAIRS OF THAT. THIS IS DONE BY A CONTRACTOR
HIRED BY THE CITY. WE HAVE A STREET MILL AND OVERLAY TECHNIQUE WHICH I MENTIONED IS KIND OF IN THAT MID RANGE OF PIECES. THAT'S WHERE A PORTION OF THE EXISTING PAVEMENT IS GROWN OFF AND A NEW LAYER IS PAVED OVER THE TOP. THIS IS DONE BY A CONTRACTOR
HIRED BY THE CITY RIVER STREET CIRCLE TECHNIQUE WHICH IS JUST BASICALLY ON THE SURFACE AT TWO MINUTES ADHESIVE IS ADDED AGGREGATES ADDED TO THAT AND THE ACCESS IS SWEPT OFF. THIS IS DONE BY A CONTRACTOR AS PART OF A SOUTH METRO JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH A FEW OTHER SOUTH METRO CITIES. WE USED TO DO THIS INTERNALLY BUT FOUND IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE THROUGH THE SOUTH METRO POWERS AGREEMENT TO TO GO THROUGH THAT AND GO THAT ROUTE AND WE ARE ALSO
INTRODUCING THIS YEAR WE DID A TEST AREA OF WHAT'S CALLED THE RECLAMATION. IT'S SIMILAR TO SEAL COATING THE TYPE OF TECHNIQUE WHERE IT'S JUST APPLIED TO THE SURFACE BUT IT GETS MORE INTO THE THE ACTUAL ASPHALT
MATERIAL ITSELF TO REJUVENATE THAT MATERIAL TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF IT. SO SIMILAR TO A SEAL CALLED AN APPLICATION BUT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT OPTION THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT PRICE POINT TO THAT AND ALSO A DIFFERENT LENGTH OF TIME IN BETWEEN NEEDING
THOSE THAT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS BEING SOMETHING IN OUR TOOLBOX FOR MAINTENANCE AS WELL AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TRAIL AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AS WELL THAT'S BOTH DONE BY A CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE CITY AND ALSO OUR CITY'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TAKES
CARE OF SOME OF THAT. BUT ANY TIME WE BRING UP WE SHOW THIS PAVEMENT LIFE CYCLE ON THE LEFT YOU SEE A ROADWAY THAT'S WITH NO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. IT'S A MUCH SHORTER LIFE SPAN
THAN WHAT WE SHOW ON THE RIGHT WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PUMP INTRODUCING SILK COATS AND OVERLAYS AT THE OPPORTUNE TIMES WE CAN GREATLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT. IT VARIES GREATLY DEPENDING ON THE EXISTING SOILS BUT THIS IS
THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE A FEW STREET POLICIES THAT WE FOLLOW. SOME OF THEM AS YOU CAN SEE THEM HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE SOME TIME SINCE 2002 FOR STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE EXISTING CURB AND GUTTER AND
WE'RE RECONSTRUCT THOSE STREETS WE INSTALL BE 618 OUR STANDARD CURBING GUTTER THAT YOU'D SEE IN ANY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO WE HAVE WITH WHEN WHEN WE
DO RECONSTRUCT THOSE STREETS WE HAVE SOME WIDTHS WIDTHS THAT WE FOLLOW IF THAT'S THE STREET IS 31FT OR GREATER WHICH A LOT OF OUR STREETS ARE IN THAT 34 TO 36 FOOT RANGE AND WE'RE RECONSTRUCTING AND
ADDING CURB AND GUTTER WE RECONSTRUCT IT TO A WITH A 32FT ANYTHING LESS THAN THAT AS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE THAT RECONSTRUCTED WIDTH CHANGES AND THIS VARIES DEPENDING ON THE AREA. WE FIND SOME AREAS THAT WE MAY
GO LESS THAN 28FT BASED ON THE CONDITIONS OR GREATER THAN 32FT BASED ON THE CONDITIONS WE DON'T HAVE MANY MILES LEFT OF STREETS THAT DON'T HAVE EXISTING KERMAN GUTTER IT'S IN THE 5 TO 10 MILE RANGE
CLOSER TO THE FIVE MILE RANGE CURRENTLY. BUT WHEN WE COME THROUGH AND RECONSTRUCT STREET SEGMENTS THAT HAVE EXISTING CURB COMING OUT OR WE LEAVE THAT EXISTING CURB AND GUTTER IN PLACE AND
WE DO SPOT REPAIRS. BUT WITH THAT SAID, WHEN WE WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE MAY HAVE A UTILITY PROJECT COMING THROUGH LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR SOLE CENTRAL SANITARY SEWER PROJECT ON 100 STREET IN THE
PLEASANT AND THIRD AVENUE OR PILLSBURY THIRD AVENUE AREA IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING ON REMOVING CURBING GUTTER ON AN ENTIRE SIDE OF THE STREET WHICH WE ARE FOR THAT UTILITY PROJECT WE LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE
STREET WITH IF WE CAN THAT EXISTING STREET IS 36FT WIDE WITH CURB ON BOTH SIDES BUT SINCE WE'RE TAKING THE CURB OUT ENTIRELY ON ONE SIDE FOR THAT UTILITY PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO BE REDUCING THE WIDTH TO 32FT TO MEET OUR CURRENT STANDARD.
SO WE LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN WHEN THE STREETS ARE RECONSTRUCTED WITH CURBING GUTTER AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE THERE'S SOME PARKING RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT 24 TO
28 FOOT WIDTHS PARKING ALL ON ONE SIDE AND THEN LESS THAN 24 PARKING IS NOT ALLOWED ON BOTH SIDES WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM LIST AND LOOKING AT OUR AREAS WE ALSO LOOK AT OUR COMPLETE STREETS CHECKLIST.
SO WE LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, OTHER PLANS AND POLICIES IN THE AREA AS WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTIMODAL
IMPROVEMENTS ADA IMPROVEMENTS ,THINGS OF THAT SORT. AS AN EXAMPLE IN 2024 WITH OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WE ADDED ABOUT 50 NEW PEDESTRIAN RAMPS. WE REMOVED AND REPLACED AROUND
150. WE INSTALLED ABOUT 40 500FT OF NEW WALK SIDEWALK WHERE WE FILL SIDEWALK GAPS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT WHICH WE LOOK AT WHEN WE HOLD OUR SCOPING MEETINGS.
WE INSTALL ABOUT A HALF A MILE OF NEW MULTIMODAL TRAIL, REPLACED ALMOST 10,000FT OF SIDEWALK AND INSTALLED BETWEEN 1 AND 1 AND A HALF MILES OF NEW BIKE LANES. SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOK AT THROUGH COMPLETE OUR
COMPLETE STREETS CHECKLIST WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL AREAS AS I MENTIONED EARLIER AND I'LL JUST GLAZE OVER THIS WITH OUR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDED WITH THAT
AND WE FOLLOW A STATE STATUTE THAT ALLOWS CITIES TO ASSESS BASED ON THE BENEFITS THAT'S RECEIVED FROM THE PROJECT AND WE DO THIS WE USE A POLICY THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE EARLY 1960S. WE'VE TWEAKED IT A FEW TIMES
HERE AND THERE BUT IT'S BASED ON AN ADJUSTED FRONT FOOTAGE VALUE ALL QUADS ALL LOTS BEING EQUATED TO THAT OF A RECTANGULAR LOT AND WE USE THIS TO COME UP WITH THE COST PER FOOT FOR THE RECONSTRUCT
PROJECTS AND WE ASSESS FOR WHEN A STREET IS GETTING NEW CURB AND GUTTER INSTALL THAT DOESN'T HAVE EXISTING CURBING GUTTER IT GETS AN ASSESSMENT FOR CURB AND ALL STREETS THAT ARE RECONSTRUCTED GET AN
ASSESSMENT FOR SURFACING SO OVERALL IN SUMMARY PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO PROLONG OUR PAVEMENT LIFE, KEEP OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION AND JUST TO REDUCE THE OVERALL
COST FOR OUR CITY'S TAXPAYERS . THIS IS JUST A QUICK PROJECT TIMELINE SHOWING THE PROCESS OF THE PMP TIMELINE WE HAVE
IN THE SPRING WE HAVE OUR PMP DRIVE AROUND SO AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE THAT MAP THAT WE CREATE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE DO DRIVE ROUNDS EVERY SPRING TO UPDATE THAT MAP. WE LOOK AT OTHER PROJECTS THAT
MAYBE WOULD CAUSE US TO PUSH ITEMS BACK LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE 494 PROJECT OR OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT. WE HOLD A PMP SCOPING MEETING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AFTER WE DO THE DRIVE AROUND WITH OUR PLANNING DIVISION PARKING RACK ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS TO LOOK
AT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS WORK OR MAYBE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD PUSH IT OFF. AND THEN WE'RE HERE TONIGHT AND YOU SEE THE FIRST YELLOW STAR ON THERE A PLANNING COMMISSION. WE TYPICALLY COME AROUND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND JUST GIVE
AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND THEN MOVING INTO THE FALL WE HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE AND ASSESSMENT ESTIMATE THAT'S SENT OUT TO THE ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE RECON PROJECT WE HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WHICH WE'RE HOLDING IN EARLY NOVEMBER THIS YEAR AND THEN WE GO TO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER TYPICALLY TO ORDER THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE STREETS FOR OUR
OVERLAY PROJECT AND THEN YOU SEE THE GREEN STAR ON THERE THAT'S WE TYPICALLY WILL COME BACK IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING TRANSPORTATION RELATED ITEMS
THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTING WITH OUR 22 WOULD BE 2026 PROJECT. WE'D COME BACK THIS WINTER TO PLANNING COMMISSION TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL AND THEN WE MOVE FROM THERE INTO YEAR TWO WHICH WOULD BE NEXT YEAR.
2026 WOULD BE OUR FINAL. WE DO OUR FINAL DESIGN. WE'D BE BUILDING THE PROJECTS IN THE SPRING AND WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER AND WE COME BACK IN THE FALL FOR THOSE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR OUR FINAL ASSESSMENTS AND
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND THEN WE ORDER THE ASSESSMENTS AT COUNCIL FOR EXAMPLE THIS YEAR'S PROJECT WE'RE ORDERING IT NEXT MONDAY AND THAT'S OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WITH
THAT I'LL LET AMY GET INTO THE 26 AND 27 PROJECT PERIODS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO START THE QUIZ PORTION TO SEE HOW YOU RETAIN THAT AND THINGS FROM SO WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE A LITTLE BIT OF THE
DETAILS OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT AS WE PREPARE FOR THE 2026 PROJECTS. THIS GRAPHIC ISN'T NECESSARILY INTENDED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
BUT AS WE START TO LOOK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL WHERE THEY ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 35 W IS THIS LINE HERE JUST
FOR FOR A LITTLE REFERENCE. SO THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HERE IS BUSH WEST BUSH LAKE ROAD AREA. SO BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT
A SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY FROM HIGHWOOD DRIVE DOWN TO WEST 87TH STREET. THERE'S A MIXED USE TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE'S SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE ROAD IS ABOUT
32FT. IT VARIES. IT'S A LITTLE WIDER AT THE INTERSECTION AS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT BEFORE THIS ROAD IS RECONSTRUCTED IS TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE MEET SOME OF THE MEDIANS ALONG THIS ROAD AT THE INTERSECTIONS, SOME OF THE WIDTHS OF THIS ROADWAY TO SEE IF WE NEED ANY STRIPING MODIFIED LOCATIONS AND THE
PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME RETAINING WALL WORK AND SANITARY SEWER WORK. COMMISSIONER CHAIR COOKED IN YOUR DISCRETION ON THIS BUT
IF YOU WANT TO JUST HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON EACH SLIDE AS WE GO THROUGH THEM THROUGH THEM WHERE WE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT OR IF YOU WANT TO SAVE THEM FOR THAT AND THAT'S THAT'S YOURS AS
WELL WHY DON'T WE SEVEN FOR THE END OKAY ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS STANLEY AVENUE. SO THIS SECTION OF STANLEY AVENUE IS BETWEEN 84TH STREET
AND NEAR MILL CREEK PARKWAY. SO THERE IS A GAP IN OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK. THIS IS A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL WALKING AREA AND ALSO A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA THERE'S
SIDEWALK ON 84TH STREET AS WELL AS SIDEWALK ON MILL CREEK PARKWAY. THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND WE
WERE AWARDED FOR THAT. SO THIS IS IT ACTUALLY WILL HAVE ITS OWN PROJECT NUMBER. WE ARE SHARING IT AS PART OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT BECAUSE IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE SAME CONTRACTOR AS THE
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN HERE IT DOES FALL UNDER DIFFERENT LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN THE ONE THAT BOB JUST WENT THROUGH AS THEY ARE
NOT BEING ASSESSED FOR THE CHANGE IN THE CURB ON THIS ONE AND FOR THE WORK BECAUSE IT IS WHERE RECONSTRUCTING THE CURB SIMPLY TO NARROW THE ROADWAY
SO WE CAN CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE OF THIS ROADWAY WITHOUT IMPACTING THE TREES ON THIS ROAD ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME ROADWAY NARROWING FOR SOME TRAFFIC CALMING BENEFITS IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING FROM THE EXISTING 36 FOOT WIDE CROSS-SECTION DOWN TO A 28 FOOT WIDE CROSS SECTION.
THERE IS A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE FOR THE RESIDENTS ON STANLEY AVENUE NEXT ON OCTOBER 22ND AT POPLAR BRIDGE ELEMENTARY WHERE WE WILL BE SHARING BACK THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE PROJECT. WE WILL BE ADDING PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOW WHEN WE GO FROM A 36 FOOT
WIDE DOWN TO A 28 FOOT WIDE. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER SEGMENT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS THE HUMBOLDT AREA.
SO THE GRAPHIC SHOW YOU CAN SEE 35 W SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUMBOLDT AVENUE IS JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF 35 THERE IT IS ABOUT 30FT WIDE. THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THIS ROAD. THERE IS SIDEWALK IN PLACE ALONG THIS ROAD FROM 90TH STREET UP TO 88TH STREET AND THEN NORTH OF 88TH STREET. THERE IS NO SIDEWALK TO GET
YOU UP TO 86TH STREET. WE ALSO WITH THE 494 PROJECT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE DOING AROUND 82ND STREET WILL ALSO CONSTRUCT SOME NEW
TRAIL AND SIDEWALKS THAT WILL GO ESSENTIALLY FROM 84TH STREET ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH 82ND STREET AND CONNECT TO SOME NEW FACILITIES UP THERE. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE BETTER
CONNECTIVITY TO THAT PANAMERICAN DISTRICT AND THE ORANGE LINE STATION UP IN THAT AREA AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY TO
RECONSTRUCT THIS SECTION OF ROAD MAYBE A LITTLE NARROWER TO ALSO GET THAT SIDEWALK CONNECTION THROUGH THERE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE OVERLAY STREETS BEARD AVENUE. SO THIS IS EAST A SUCH GROUPING OF STREETS THAT ARE
EAST OF FRANCE AVENUE NORTH OF 102ND STREET KIND OF KITTY CORNER FROM JEFFERSON. THERE'S WE DID HAVE SOME
MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH MOST OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE MEETING WITH THIS ONE WAS A GAP IN THE SIDEWALK NETWORK ALONG BEARD
AVENUE. SO THERE'S A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK CONNECTION NORTH OF THIS CUL DE SAC SO THE ROAD NETWORK DOESN'T GO NORTH BUT THE SIDEWALKS SYSTEM DOES
WHICH PROVIDES A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE WALKING WALKING TO SCHOOL. BUT THERE IS A LITTLE GAP IN THE NETWORK ALONG BERARD AVENUE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO
CONSTRUCT THAT WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT AWAY. WE ALSO HAD SOME CONCERNS FROM SOME RESIDENTS ABOUT VEHICLE SPEEDS ON DREW AND 101 AND A HALF STREET.
WE'RE JUST IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING THAT DATA JUST TO VALIDATE AND SEE IF SEE WHAT THE VEHICLE SPEEDS TRULY ARE IN THAT AREA. SO WE WILL CONTINUE LOOKING AT
THAT HUMBOLDT ROAD. SO THIS IS JUST OFF OF LYNDALE AND IT'S BASICALLY BETWEEN
102ND AND 106TH STREET. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT AND THIS AREA IS THERE'S A VERY SKEWED INTERSECTION OF HOPKINS AND
MISSION ROAD. WE THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALIGN TO BETTER ASSIGN THE RIGHT AWAY AND IMPROVE SIGHTLINES AT THIS VERY TIGHT ANGLED INTERSECTION.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A YIELD SIGN FOR THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ANYWAY WE WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION WE'RE WORKING ON A FEW DESIGNS
TO TRY TO BETTER PROVIDE SOME BETTER GUIDANCE TO DRIVERS IN THAT AREA. ALL RIGHT. CHICAGO AVENUE.
SO THIS IS ON THE GRAPHIC. THIS IS AMERICAN BOULEVARD. SO WE'VE GOT A SECTION OF CHICAGO NORTH AND SOUTH AND THEN 82ND STREET.
THE THING OF NOTE IN THIS AREA IS THIS CONNECTS UP TO OUR NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CROSSING OVER FOR 94. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY IN THIS AREA WITH
THE 494 PROJECT WE DID WORK WITH MINOT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NEW SIDEWALK ALONG THE SIDE OF CHICAGO AVENUE. A FEW YEARS AGO WE CONSTRUCTED
SIDEWALK ON THIS SIDE OF CHICAGO AVENUE BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF PARCELS ALONG HERE THAT HAVE SIDEWALK GAPS IN THE SYSTEM. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IF IT'S
FEASIBLE TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS WITH THIS PROJECT OR IF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE FUTURE PROJECT. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THAT ONE .
AND THEN WE'VE GOT A NICE LONG SECTION OF EAST OLD SOCCER PIER ROAD THAT IS PART OF THE OVERLAY. WE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THERE'S A
SECTION THE CUL DE SAC IS QUITE FAR TO THE EAST AND SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF ROADWAY THAT'S NOT REALLY SERVICE SERVING THE PUBLIC GOOD AND ANY WAY ON THAT
SECTION OF ROAD THAT GOES BEYOND THE ENTRANCE TO THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY SHORTENING THAT ROADWAY AND RECONSTRUCTING A
CUL DE SAC IN THAT AREA AND ANYTHING ELSE TO NOTE ON THAT ONE BOB, FOR THIS AREA JUST THE THAT LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE CROSSWALK ADDITION AT 33RD AND OLD CHALK CONNECTING UP TO THE
TO THE NORTH THERE FROM KIND OF THE OLD CERIDIAN AREA TO THE NORTH WE'VE HAD SOME REQUESTS IN THAT AREA SO WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN WITH THIS WE ALSO START LOOKING AHEAD INTO 2027 JUST SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT AREAS WE'LL NEED MORE MORE
THOROUGH ANALYSIS AND SOME ADVANCED TRAFFIC STUDY SO A SECTION OF FIFTH AVENUE BETWEEN 81ST AND 86TH STREET, THIS ONE WHEN WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE WERE SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC SPEED. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO START GETTING AHEAD OF THAT GATHERING SOME SPEED AND VOLUME DATA TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATIONS OR IFHIS WOULD BE A GOOD POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AREA AS WELL. UPCOMING OVERLAY CANADA IT'S WEST 84TH STREET. SO THIS IS ONE THAT THIS IS A
SECTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND ARMIDALE. YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THIS RECENTLY IN THE UPDATE WHERE WHERE THEY WERE THERE WAS A STUDY OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORMANDY HILL AND 84TH
STREET AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE SAFER BIKE AND PAD CROSSING AT THAT INTERSECTION THAT ANALYSIS WILL TIE INTO THIS BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS STUDY THIS
ENTIRE CORRIDOR. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WAITING QUITE A WHILE TO DO THIS. THERE'S BEEN SO MANY TRAFFIC IMPACTS ON 84TH STREET DURING THE 494 CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE WE'RE APPROACHING
COUNCIL ASKING FOR FUNDING TO DO A 84TH STREET CORRIDOR STUDY NEXT YEAR TO PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED WITH THE 2020 A A 2027 OVERLAY PROJECT HIGHLAND GREENS AREA. SO THIS IS JUST OFF OF NORMANDY BOULEVARD JUST TO
THE WEST OF NORMANDY BOULEVARD . SOME MODIFICATIONS WILL BE MADE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHLAND GREENS AND NORMANDY HILL WITH THE UPCOMING NORMANDALE BOULEVARD
TRAIL AND SIDEWALK PROJECT. THE REST OF HIGHLAND GREENS AND BRIER ROAD WILL BE IN THE OVERLAY IN 2027 AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT SOME REMAINING
MEDIANS THAT ARE IN THAT AND THAT ROADWAY SECTION. WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS OR REQUESTS FOR SIDEWALK CONNECTION IN A COUPLE LITTLE SEGMENTS SO WE'LL BE LOOKING
IN THAT AREA A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY HUMBOLDT AVENUE AREA. SO THIS IS OVER NEAR WHAT'S NORTH OF 106 STREET.
THIS IS CLOSE TO OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE IN 2024 IMPLEMENTED SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS FOR OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON
104TH STREET WILL ALSO BE TAKING A LOOK AT THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE SCHOOL ACTIVITY AT THE CROSSING ON OF HUMBOLDT AVENUE TO SEE IF WE NEED TO ADD A SCHOOL ZONE IN THAT AREA AS WELL OR IF
THERE'S ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. THIS HUMBOLDT AVENUE USED TO BE A FOUR LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY. IT WAS ONE OF THE EARLY ONES THAT WE CONVERTED TO A TWO LANE WITH A WIDE SHOULDER.
WE THINK THAT STRIPING IS LOOKING WORKING VERY WELL BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WILL REEVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT SEE IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATIONS THATEED TO BE DONE. ALONG WITH THAT WE ALSO HAVE
HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH THE SIGNAL DETECTION AT 106 STREET AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE FOR VIDEO DETECTION OR ANY OTHER MODS AT THAT
SIGNAL AT 106 THAN HUMBOLDT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WANTED TO MENTION SOME OTHER IP TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE PMP
BUT JUST SO THEY'RE ON YOUR RADAR WE'VE GOT THE NORMANDY, ALL THE NORMANDY, ALL TRAIL OR THE NORMAL PMP TRAIL AND SIDEWALK PROJECT.
THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TWO TO MOVE THIS ONE FORWARD FOR A LONG TIME. SO IT'S THE SECTION OF NORMANDY FROM 94TH STREET
TO OLD SHOT COPIER ON. IT WILL CONSTRUCT A TRAIL ON THE WEST SIDE AND WALK ON THE EAST SIDE. FUNDING COMES FROM THE PMP
TRAILS PROGRAM PLUS MILLION DOLLARS FROM THAT WAS AWARDED FOR THE STATE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING ALMOST $2 MILLION FROM THE
REGIONAL SOLICITATION FOR CARBON REDUCTION FUNDING AND A $500,000 COST SHARE FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY. THERE'S BEEN THIS ONE HAS BEEN
BUSILY WORKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION RIGHT NOW AND IS INTENDED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2026 AND 2027 .
ALL RIGHT 93RD AND RUSSELL, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS WE'RE HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS FROM OUR UPDATED NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS WAS OUR FIRST APPLICANT INTO THAT UPDATED PROGRAM. SO IS OUR 2025 APPLICANT. WE HAVE DONE A DEMONSTRATION TRIAL OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
DEVICES. WE DID A TRAFFIC CIRCLE DEVICE TRIAL AND THAT ONE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT IT HELPED REACH THE GOALS
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND SO THIS YEAR WE INSTALLED A TRIAL USING CURB BUMP OUTS AND THEN MODIFYING IT FROM A
SIDE STREET STOP CONTROL TO AN ALL WAY STOP CONTROL WITH THOSE CURB BUMP PARTS AND THAT WE JUST CLOSED OUT THE SURVEY AND IT LOOKS LIKE 70% OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED WERE
VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CURB BUMP OUT AND ALWAYS STOP PROJECT. SO AT THIS POINT WE ARE ALSO APPROACHING COUNCIL FOR FUNDING FOR THIS BUT WE INTEND
TO BUILD THIS AS PART OF THE PMP FOR NEXT YEAR AS LONG AS WE'RE AS LONG AS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE FUNDING. ALL RIGHT.
TOUCHING ON SOME OTHER AGENCY PROJECTS, HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS QUITE A BIT OF WORK COMING UP IN BLOOMINGTON. THEY HAVE A CHIP SALE PROJECT
ON FRANCE AVENUE FROM 100TH STREET TO OLD CHALK PERIOD. THIS HAPPENED TO BE IDENTIFIED IN PARALLEL WITH THE CITY CONDUCTING A SCHOOL ZONE SPEED
LIMIT STUDY TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY ROADS. AND SO THIS IS A SECTION OF ROAD THAT WE ALREADY HAD STUDY UNDERWAY AND OF COURSE HENNEPIN COUNTY IS ONE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AS WE ARE MOVING
THROUGH THAT STUDY. SO THAT THE OPPORTUNITY WAS IDENTIFIED THAT AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SCHOOL ZONES WE LOOKED AT STUDY WAS
THAT THE COUNTY CONSIDER A 4 TO 3 LANE CONVERSION ON THIS SECTION. SO SPEED THE SPEED LIMIT IS POSTED VERY HIGH AND DRIVER SPEEDS ARE EVEN HIGHER AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY THIS CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL. SO WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS WITH THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED
LIMIT STUDY FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY TO USE AS THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL TO DO A 4 TO 3 LANE CONVERSION. THIS IS NOT THE FINAL APPROVAL ON THAT 423 SEGMENT BUT I'M
WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROPOSED CHANGE WILL BE USING MOSTLY OUR LOTS TALK BLOOMINGTON SITE TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION AND WILL LIKELY BE GOING TO THE COUNCIL FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNTY TO MOVE WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT THEY WILL BE
DOING THEIR CHIPS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S A 4 TO 3 STORY CONVERSION OR NOT. THEY ALSO ARE GOING TO BE DOING AN OVERLAY ON OLD LOCKERBY ROAD FROM TRUNK HIGHWAY 77 TO AMERICAN BOULEVARD.
YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN THEM OUT DOING QUITE A BIT OF WORK. THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF THE ADA UPGRADES IN ADVANCE OF THAT AND THEN IN 2027 THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING
THEIR OVERLAY ON OLD CHALK PERIOD FROM 169 TO NAZARETH AVENUE. THEY ALSO HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED QUITE A BIT OF THE ADA IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT BUT THERE IS A
RAILROAD CROSSING IMPROVING THAT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THEY COME THROUGH AND DO THEIR OVERLAY THERE SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT THAT WILL BE A 2027 OVERLAY.
ALL RIGHT. ONE LAST ONE. I THINK HENNEPIN COUNTY IS ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF STUDYING NICOLLET AVENUE FOR A MAJOR
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I THINK YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE MULTIMODAL ALL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON THIS CORRIDOR. I GUESS THE KEY INFORMATION THERE IS THEY HAVE THE THIRD
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE FOR THIS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FIRE STATION ONE FROM 430 TO 630 REALLY HONING IN ON FINAL ALTERNATIVES AND GETTING
FEEDBACK TO MAKE THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT WILL BE ADVANCED INTO THEIR DESIGN FOR A PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE YEAR OF 2027 AND 2028 AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE SEGMENT
OF NICOLLET IN BLOOMINGTON FROM AMERICAN TO OLD COPY. ALL RIGHT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MS..
RON AND MR. SIMONS. LET'S MOVE INTO QUESTIONS. MR. CUNNINGHAM ONE EXCUSE ME ONE QUICK ONE. I PROMISE ALL THE WAY BACK AT THE WEST BUSH LAKE ROAD
PROJECT I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE IS SOME RETAINING WALL AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING ON OR LIKELY TO BE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. ARE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT TO RESIDENTS
OR HANDLED SEPARATELY? >> I CAN TAKE THAT. THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE ASSESSMENTS THE RETAINING WALLS THERE'S ONE ON THE WEST SIDE THAT THERE'S A LOCATION AT 83RD STREET WHERE THE THE
ROAD SETTLING BUCKLING A LITTLE BIT. THERE'S ONE SMALLER RETAINING WALL THAT NEEDS SOME WORK THERE AND THEN ONE ON THE EAST SIDE THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THAT WORK. WE HAVE A FUND FUNDING THROUGH OUR MAINTENANCE FOR RETAINING
WALLS AND WE ALSO USE STATE DOLLARS FOR FOR RETAINING WALLS AS WELL. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES SANITARY SEWER THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH OUR SANITARY SEWER UTILITY FUND SO NO DIRECT ASSESSMENTS. THANK YOU.
MR. SIMONS OTHER QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO PUT IN ANOTHER ANOTHER REQUEST FOR THAT SIDEWALK AT 33RD AVENUE THERE ON THE SOUTH LOOP FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE WITH THE NEW TENANT THAT HAS GONE INTO THE OFFICE BUILDING THERE ACROSS OLD SHAKOPEE ROAD, THERE DEFINITELY ARE MORE PEOPLE TRAVERSING THAT AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES LOCALLY THERE I SEE IT A LOT AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S
ALSO MADE THAT TREK THAT'S A LOT OF LANES ACROSS AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE DRIVING PRETTY QUICKLY COMING AROUND THE CURVE THERE FROM 34TH AVENUE AND IT'S NOT GREAT VISIBILITY THAT'S THAT'S A BIT OF A SCARY
ONE HONESTLY TO CROSS SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A CROSSWALK THERE AND THAT'S I LIKE THAT BECAUSE NOT ONLY BECAUSE I LIVE LOCALLY BUT JUST AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT SOUTH LOOP AND BLOOMINGTON CENTRAL STATION
AND WE'RE ALL I THINK THERE'S JUST SOME FRUSTRATION SOMETIMES ON THIS COMMISSION OF LIKE WHY AREN'T THINGS GOING A LITTLE BETTER THERE? AND SO LET'S LOOK AT THE DETAILS AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER IS BY
GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO THAT COFFEE SHOP, RIGHT? AND SO NOW WE'VE GOT LIKE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW WORKING ACROSS THE STREET AND IT'S KIND OF SCARY FOR THEM TO GET TO THE CROSS TO GET TO THE COFFEE SHOP AND SO
LIKE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF WE PUT A SAFE CROSSWALK THERE THAT COFFEE SHOP WILL GET MORE BUSINESS AND CONVINCE THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY SHOULD PUT OTHER RETAIL IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO LIKE YOU KNOW AS WE TALK ABOUT MAKING BUILDINGS
IN CENTRAL STATION AND SOUTH LOOP BETTER, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF DETAILS THAT I THINK MATTER AS TO WHAT CAN CATALYZE MORE DEVELOPMENT IS BY GETTING A SAFE CROSSING THERE. I ALSO WORRY ABOUT THAT NEW
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WENT ACROSS OVER 34TH AVENUE. I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A CROSSWALK CLOSE ENOUGH THERE WHERE WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY ADDITIONAL CROSSWALKS BUT I HOPE I HOPE THERE AREN'T
SENIORS CROSSING 34TH AVENUE TO PICK ON SENIORS. BUT THAT'S A BIT OF A TERRIFYING CROSS ITSELF IF YOU'RE NOT USING A CROSSWALK. OTHER THAN THAT I'M IN FAVOR
OF OF WHAT I SAW HERE. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S MY SIXTH AND FINAL PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PRESENTATION SO SAD AND MAYBE I'LL COME BACK AND SAY IN THE AUDIENCE NEXT YEAR
JUST A MAKE SURE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M LEFT OUT. OTHER COMMENTS WELL AGAIN THANK YOU.
I THINK THE CITY IS DOING THIS RIGHT AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY WELL. WE WILL MOVE THEN TO ITEM NUMBER THREE WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH AND I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION COMMISSIONER ME I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH. OKAY THE DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 18TH SEPTEMBER 18TH IS THERE A SECOND SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 18TH?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. I OPPOSED THEIR MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO WE MOVE THEN TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION POLICY AND ISSUES UPDATE MR. JOHNSON
THANK YOU CHAIR KIRKTON AS PER USUAL I'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING NEXT TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS ON OCTOBER THE 23RD. THERE IS ONE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR THAT FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
ORDINANCE. SO YOU SAW THE POLICY CHANGE ITEMS BEFORE YOU IN A STUDY SESSION YOU'LL SEE ALL THE REMAINDER OF THE OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES AS PART OF THAT PACKAGE AND A PUBLIC HEARING FORMAT ON THE 23RD.
THEY'LL ALSO BE A STUDY ITEM ON ANOTHER PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN PROJECT THE OFFICIAL HEIGHT MAP REVIEW. SO THE HEIGHT MAP REGULATES STRUCTURE HEIGHT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE'RE DOING AN INTENTIONAL REVIEW OF THAT POLICY ON NOVEMBER 6TH SHAPING UP TO BE A BUSY YEAR MEETING THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS A PRIVATELY
INITIATED CITY CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO EXISTING REMOTE AIRPORT PARKING FACILITIES. THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE A CITY CODE AMENDMENT. THE PHASE TWO OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ORDINANCE THAT'S THE ONE THAT FOCUSED ON ROUGH USE
AND RECYCLING STANDARDS. THE THIRD PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP FROM TONIGHT'S ITEM ASKING YOU TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION RECOMMENDATION ON THE AMERICAN BOULEVARD TRANSIT
STUDY THE FOURTH ITEM WOULD BE SEEKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BLOOMINGTON FERRY ROAD CORRIDOR STUDY OR FORGIVE ME THAT MIGHT JUST BE AN UPDATE AND IT IS A IT IS A RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU, AMY. UM, THE FIFTH ITEM IS THE ANNUAL PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN CIP SO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION HAS A FORMAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBLE CITY TO AFFIRM THAT THE CITY'S CIP IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN. AND THEN FINALLY A STUDY ITEM ON THE NOVEMBER 6TH MEETING
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE 2026 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE. SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN YEARS PAST IS BRING IT BEFORE YOU IN A STUDY SESSION FORMAT NOT SEEKING ACTION
POTENTIALLY AT THE FIRST ITEM UNLESS THERE'S BROAD CONSENSUS BUT WE CAN PRESENT A DRAFT CALENDAR TO YOU. THERE'S ALWAYS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS WHEN THEY HAVE THE MEETINGS AT THAT AT THAT ITEM.
SO IT'S ALWAYS A FUN DISCUSSION AND THAT'S IT FOR NOVEMBER 6TH. BUT YES, SIX ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA. SO SHAPING UP TO BE A BIT OF A LONGER MEETING AND THAT'S MY UPDATE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUN ON THAT CALENDAR UPDATE. MR. JOHNSON YES, OF COURSE A GREAT DEAL. ANY OTHER ITEMS THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT WERE NOT ON THE
AGENDA THIS EVENING SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES THIS OCTOBER 9TH MEETING OF THE BLOOMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION. >> GOOD NIGHT