[GAVEL] >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN WONSLEY, AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. I AM GOING TO CALL TORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR TODAY, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026, BUT BEFORE BEGINNING THE MEETING, I
DO WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE
ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, A OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS C FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR T BROADCAST. WE ASK THAT ALL SPEAKERS MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY
OF THEIR COMMENTS. WITH THAT IN MIND, AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE CLERKS TO CALL THE ROLL SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY WE HAVE QUORUM FOR TS MEETING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN IS ABSENT. CHUGHTAI.
>> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. PALMISANO. >>PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR WONSLEY. >> A PRESENT. >> WE HAVE FIVE PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I WILL ALSO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN DID EMAIL ME AHEAD OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING INFORMING ME THEY WOULD NOT BE ATTENDING. THAT SAID, I WILL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WILL BE UNG SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TO JUST FACILITATE OUR MEETING TODAY. AND IF YOU NEED ANY SUPPORT WITH GETTING
ACCESS TO THAT, PLEASE MAKE SURE FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLERKS OVER THERE. I WILL ALSO REMIND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC THAT EWITH'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING OUR WORK PLAN PRIORITIES FOR CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS TERM. AND AT OUR APRIL 16 MEETING,
VICE CHAIR STEVENSON AND I PRESENTED A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND HISTORY FOR COMMITTEE WORK PLANS AND INVITED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BMIT THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THIS COMMITTEE. AND THE DEADLINE FOR THATILL BE END OF DAY FRIDAY, MAY 22. I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE
FINALIZING SAID WORK PLAN BY THE END OF JUNE, SPECIFICALLY JUNE 18, SO PLEASE SEND OVER YOUR WORK PLAN PRIORITY. AND FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE FOR ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REGISTER WITH OUR CLERKS
OVER TO THE RIGHT. YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS OR MATERIALS TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD WITH THEM AS WELL. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AFTER EACH PRESENTATION TO CONNECT WITH IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS. AND WITH THAT, OUR AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH CONSENT AGENDA ITEM REFLECTED AS ITEMS 3 THROUGH 9 ON OUR AGENDA. SO ITEM 3 AND FOUR ARE ACCEPTING MINNESOTA
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY PLANNING GRANTS FOR NORTH AND EAST MINNEAPOLIS FLOOD MITTATION PROJECTS AND FEASIBILITY AND EVALUATION RESPTIVELY. NUMBER 5 IS A RESOLUTION RELATED TO GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS. NUMBER SIX IS ACCEPTING A LOW BID FOR 26th STREET EAST AND HIAWATHA AVENUE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NUMBER 7 IS ACCEPTING A LOW BID FOR WHITTIER SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
PHASE II PROJECT. NUMBER 8 IS ACCEPTING A LOWID FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NICOLLET AVE IRRIGATIONYSTEM. AND ITEM NINE IS RESCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR LORING PARK RESURFACING PROJECT FROM JUNE 4
TO MAY 14. AND NOTICES WERE SENT OUT FOR THIS LISTING TO NOTE THAT CHANGE AND OPENING IT
ONAY 14 AND CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO JUNE 4 SPECIFICALLY. AND STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK AND CONCERNS ABOUT THAT PROJECT. COLLEAGUES, WITH THAT, I WILL
SEE IF THE IS ANY DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS OR ANY OF THE ITEMS HERE AS I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AS WELL. TAKE A LOOK AT THE QUEUE. ALL RIGHT. NOT SEEING ANY ITEMS
PULLED FOR DISCUSSION OR ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL DO A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CARRIES AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL UP
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WE FLEKTED AS ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON THE AGENDA. ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED, PLEASE DO SO WITH THE CLERK STAFF TO THE RIGHT. I WILL ALSO A THAT WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT WHO CAN MEET IN THE ROOM
OR IN THE HALLWAY IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC I ASSESSMENTS. ALSO, FO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THESE HEARINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST.
BOTH THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCEEDING, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT LAW.
THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE AS WELL AS YOUR TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS THAT YOU SHARE, AS WELL AS ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS THAT YOU'VE MADE. THOSE ALL WILL BE INCLUDED IN
THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST RESURFACING PROJECT AND I WILL INVITE UP TRACY LINGREN, PRINCIPLE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH OUR PUBLIC WOR DEPARTMENT
TO EB-- T BEGIN THE PRESENTATIO. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. I AM TRACY LINDGREN, A PRINCIPAL ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST
RESURFACING PROJECT AND RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $263,222.71 FOR THE 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST RESURFACING PROJECT, AND PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ASSESSMENT BONDS IN THE AMOUNTF $262,222.71 FOR THE PROJECT. 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST IS A MINNESOTA STATE
AID ROUTE BETWEEN MARSHALL STREET NORTHEAST AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE NORTHEAST. THIS STREET WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1973 AND HAS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 58. THE SCOPE OF THE RESURFACING PROJECT IS A TWO-INCH ASPHALT
OVERLAY. 14 PEDESTRIAN RAMPS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPGRADED BEFORE THE STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. PUBLIC WORKS HOSTED A VIRTUAL INFORMATION MEETING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 21, AT 6:00 P.M. THERE WERE 42 INVITATIONS MAILED AND ONE ATTENDEE GAME TO THE
MEETING. AND A MAILING WAS SENT OUT BEFORE THE PEDESTRIAN RAMP UPGRADES TO THE PROPERTIES ALONG THE PROJECT, AND A SEPARATE MAILING WAS COMPLETED INVITING THEM TO THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AN ADDITIONAL MAILING WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE OVERLAY
TAKES PLACE, CLOSER TO THE TIME OF WORK. THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN FOR THIS PROJECT IS AS FOLLOWING. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TOTAL $262,222.71. LEVY FUNDED DEBT TOTALS EQUAL $53,897.
MINNESOTA STATE AID FUNDS TOTAL $60,000 WITH THE TOTAL PROJECT OF $377,120. ON FEBRUARY 5, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO THE
2026 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM. THE PURPE OF THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT RESURFACING PROGRAM IS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF SOME CITY STREETS WHICH ARE NOT SCHEDULED FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, RENOVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION IN THE FORESEEABLE PROGRAM. THIS IS ADDRESSING CITY STREETS AT A
POINT IN THEIR LIFE PSYCH WHERE WILL A NEW SURFACE WILL EXTEND THE STREET'S LIFE, IMPROVE RIDE QUALITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY AND HELP SLOW THE OVERALL DETERIORATION OF OUR CITY STREET SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED STREET RESURFACING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS WERE
DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE 2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATE TO THE LAND AREA OF BENEFITTED PARCELS BETWEEN THE STREET INFLUENCE ZONE ALONG THE IMPROVED STREET. AND INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE NOTICES AS TO HOW PERSO MAY PREPAY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN FULL WITHOUT INTEREST IF THEY SO
CHOOSE. CITY COUNCIL HAS PASSED RESOLUTIONS WHEREBY A DEFERMENT OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MAY BE AN OBTAINED BY SHOWING HARDSHIP FOR ANY HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OWNED BY A PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, RETIRED BY VIRTUE OF
PERMANENT AND TOTAL DISABILITY, OR MILITARY PERSONNEL ORDERED TO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVIC THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION. I WILL RESERVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH I WILL NOW OPEN. AND -- >> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NO COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP FOR THIS PUBLIC ARING.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. I WILL MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT IN CASEHERE IS ANYONE HERE IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULAR ASSESSMENT. YOU CAN DO SO BY COMING TO REGISTER NOT SEEING NO ONE SPRINTING DOWN THE HALL.
AND SEEING NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, I WILL NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY. JUST WANT TO -- IS IT RELATED TO THE 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST RESURFACING PROJECT? OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH THE
CLERKS -- WELL, FIRST COME AND SPEAK AND SHARE YOUR NAME. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE YOU REGIST WITH THE CLERKS. >> I'M SORRY.
>> YOU CAN START NOW. WELCOME. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BACK UP. >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> AND PASE FREE TO START. >> OKAY.
>> SO REGARDING THIS ROAD RESURFACING, THE REASON 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST WOULD NEED RESURFACING IS DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF EXTREME HEAVY FREIGHT TRUCKS USING IT TO ACCESS TRUCKING BUSINESSES ON 27th AVENU NORTHEAST AND ON
UNIVERSITY AVENUE. HISTORICALLY 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST HAS NOT BEEN A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE, NOR IS IT SHOWN TO BE A TRUCK ROUTE ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TRUCK ROUTE MAP. THE LAST I SAW THAT WAS UPDATED ON APRIL 14 OF 2026.
SO DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES AS OUTLINED ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TRUCK ROUTE MAP INCLUDE UNIVERSITY AVENUE, LOWRY AVENUE, AND MARSHALL STREET, THUS TRUCKS NEED TO ENTER ONLY THE EAST END OF 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST UP TO THE RAILROAD AND
NOT PROCEED THROUGH TO THE WEST END OF 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST FOR EITHER ENTRANCE TO OR EXIT FROM THE TRUCKING BUSINESSES ON THE EAST END OF 27th. IN THE PAST THERE WAS SIGNAGE POSTED ALONG
27th AVENUE NORTHEAST STATING IT WAS NOT A TRUCK ROUTE, BUT THIS IS NO LONGER PRESENT, SO THE RESIDENT HOMEOWNERS WOULDIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS WAS REMOVED. IF IT WAS DUE TO 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST RECEIVING ANY STATE FUNDING, MY RESEARCH SHOWED THAT THIS DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY QUALY THE STREET FOR USE AS A
DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE, AND THAT TRUCK ROUTES ARE DETERMINED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND MN-DOT. MY RESEARCH ALSO SHOWED THAT THERE IS A 10-TON PER AXLE WEIGHT LIMIT FOR 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS BEING MONITORED OR ENFORCED.
AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WEBSITE DOCUMENTS THAT THE RESURFACING PROJECT CONSISTSOVER REPLACING THE TOP LAYER OF ASPH LIFE OF THE STREET, AND IS PROJECTED TO LAST 10 YEARS OR MORE. I DO HAVE CONCERN THAT WITH THE CURRENT VOLUME OF
FREIGHT TRUCKS USING ALL OF 27th AVENUE NORTHEAST, THE RESURFACING PROJECT WOULD MOST LIKELY NOT LAST -- >> SORRY, WE HAVE TO CLOSE. >> REALLY? >> TWO MINUTES. WE GIVE EVERYONE TWO MINUTES. >> WOW. LET ME JUST SAY THAT I FEEL LIKE --
>> I'M SORRY. >> YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS ALSO TO THE CLERKS AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDED TO US AS A PUBLIC RECORD FOR US TO REVIEW. >> I CAN SUBMIT THIS IN WRITING TO YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. YES, IF YOU WANT TO GO AND REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS RIGHT THERE, WE CAN GET THAT. >> GOOD. THANK YOU.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? TAKE A SLIGHTLY LONGER PAUSE. ALL RIGHT. >> NOT SEEING ANYONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IS THERE ANYONE WANTING TO GET IN QUEUE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING TH MATTER? OH, IT'S NOT WORKING? SPEER MANAGEMENT. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS WONDERING PURSUANT TO THE RESIDENT'S QUESTIONS, AND IT MIGHT BE BEST A CONVERSATION TAKEN OFFLINE, BUT THIS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR STREET ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT THE FULL
ENTIRETY OF THE COST OF A RESURFACING OR RECONSTRUCTION, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF MAYBE STAFF WOULD JUST WANT TO SPEAK GENERALLY ABOUT WHY THAT IS THE CASE, OR IF YOU WANT TO VISIT WITH THE RESIDENT WHO CAME TO SPEAK. I SEE MR. HANDALON STAND
UP AND INVITE HIM TO ANSWER SOME OF THE CONCERNS HE HEARD IN THE TESTIMONY. >> THANK YOU. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. MY NAME IS JEFF HANDLON, A PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WHO OVERSEES THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. I'LL JUST GIVE A
BRIEF ANSWER HERE AND THEN I AM -- MY STAFF AND I AXLE ACCOUNTS. HOWEVER, ASSESSMENTS FOR PAVING PROJECTS ARE BASED ON A UNIFORM RATE AND METHOD ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY
REGARDLESS OF TRUCK ROUTES AND REGARDLESS OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT. PROPERTY OWNS ALONG TRUCK ROUTES OR HEAVY TRAFFIC ROUTES DO NOT PAY ANYMORE THAN OTHER LOCATIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT HAS HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE DO THE ASSESSMENTS THE WAY WE DO. WE LOOKED AT WAYS TO BE EVEN MORE EQUITABLE, MORE FAIR AS TO HOW WE APPROACH THIS KIND OF WORK WHERE WE'VE KIND OF LANDED, AT LEAST FOR NOW IS THAT THIS
SORT OF PARTIAL PROJECT ASSESSMENT COST DOES SEEM THE MOST EQUITABLE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION, AND I AM SURE YOU WOULD, CHAIR
WONSLEY, THAT PERHAPS THE RESIDENT AND THE STAFF COULD JUST GO OUT RIGHT NOW AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT OPTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HANDALON. >> THANK YOU. ND YES, I WAS GOING TO ALSO UPLIFT WE DO HAVE STAFF HERE WHO CAN SPE TO ANY
RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PARTICULAR CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS, ANY PERSPECTIVE NEXT ACTIONS THAT CAN B TAKEN. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ACTUALLY MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES
HAVE IT. AND THAT MOTION CARRS. THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4th STREET SOUTH'S RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AN AND I
WILL INVITE UP BEVERLY WAMPKA WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN THE PRESENTATION BEFORE OUR PUBC HEARING. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS BEVERLY WARMKA, A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING AND
DESIGN DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS. TODAY I AM HEAR PRESENTING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4th STREET SOUTHEAST CENTRAL AVENUE TO 35W COOPERATIVE PROJECT, CITY PROJECT 10124,
CPR074. THE PROPOSED MNDOT LED COOPERATIVE PROJECT CONSISTS OF RECONSTRUCTING UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4th STREET SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO 35W. ELEMENTS TBE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PROJECT INCLUDES FULL REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING ROADWAY,
NEW PEDESTRIAN RAMPS, SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE FACILITY, NEW PAVEMENT, NEW CURB AND GUTTER, NEW PLANTED BOULEVARDS, STREET LIGHTING AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE SIGNAGE AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. THE TOTAL COST IS APPROXIMATELY $50
MILLION. THE CITY CONTRIBUTION TO THIS COOPERATIVE PROJECT IS ABOUT $10.3 MILLION. THE TOTAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT IS $1,308,988.27. THIS IS BASED ON THE 2026
UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES AND THE INFLUENCE ZONE AREA METHOD, WHICH HAS A RATE OF $3.20 FOR NRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND $1.12 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THESE ASSESSMENTS A PAYABLE OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. THE REST
OF THE CITY FUNDING SOURCES ARE $5.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING, $326,000 IN LEVY FUNDED DEBT,
$3.44919 IN SEWER FUNDING. CITY STAFF CONDUCTED A VIRTUAL PRE-ASSESSMENT MEETING TO PROVID AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT METHOD AND PROCESS. PARAGRAPH THIS WAS HELD ON APRIL 23. 115 NOTICES WERE HELD AND TWO PEOPLE
ATTENDED. MNDOT ALSO CONDUCTED NUMEROUS OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITIES INCLUDING EIGHT STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, NINE OUTREACH EVENTS AND ONLINE SURVEY THAT RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 600 RESPONSES. THE PROJECT ALSO RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE BICYCLE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TODAY PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AUTHORIZING SALE OF THE ASSESSMENT BONDS, AND AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT AND REMOVAL OF AREAWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I
WILL STAND BY FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I WILL NOW OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE WHO HAS SIGNED UP.
AWESOME, THANK YOU, MICHAEL. AND THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE IS RICHARD, AND I AM SORRY, I AM HAVING CHALLENGES. >> RICHARD KETAMINE AND I HAVE
NEVER SPOKE AT ONE OF THESE BEFORE, BUT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF CONCERNS WITH THIS PROJECT. FOR ONE, THE SIDEWAL THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING ON 4th STREET WAS REPLACED NOT EVEN
THREE YEARS AGO BY THE BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS MADE A.D.A. COMPLIANT. THEY DUG UP EVERYTHING AND THE COMPLETE LENGTH OF THE ROA AND TO ASSESS HOMEOWNERS TO BE PAID FOR IT TO BE REDONE AGAIN JUST SEEMS KIND
OF CRAZY. I HAVE ALSO SHARE CONCERNS WHICH MAY THAT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED A LITTLE BIT. BUT 4th STREET SOUTHEAST IS THE SAME THING AND THE TRUCKS THAT RATTLED THE WIN DOSE OF THE HOUSES AND ALL THAT GOING ON AND CONSTANTLY DAY AND NIGHT, I WOU ARGUE THAT WRECKS
THE ROADS FAR MORE THAN REGULAR REET TRAFFIC. AGAIN, KIND OF ADDRESSED -- I WAS TALKING OVER HERE. IT SOUND LIKE THEY ARE MAYBE NOT GOING TO REDO THE SIDEWALK IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO ME
REGARDING THE SORT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND THERE IS A PORTION OF THE CITY OWNS THAT GY THAT EXCEEDS THE SIDEWALK EVEN. AND THEY TALK ABOUT REMOVE MY RETAINING WALL THAT IS OVER THERE. AND JUST THIS WHOLE THING THAT
IS WITH A LONG CONVERSATION AND ON THE ONE HAND, I AM HEARING THEY WILL NOT EARE MOVE THAT AND ON THE OTHER HAND, NOT ONLY THE SIDEWALK AND THE RETAINING WALL THAT GOES UP PAST THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS I HAVE. I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH REPLACING A STREET IF IT NEEDS TO BE
REPLACED. BUT TO REPLACE STUFF THAT WAS REPLACED THREE YEARS AGO IS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF MONEY AND RESOURCES. >> THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING.
NEXT UP, I HAVE LESLIE JACKSON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, CHAIR, AND ALL THE CHAIRS. I HAVE A QUESTION F THE CITY PUBLIC. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THESE MEETINGS AND I KNOW MY TIME IS GOING. AND I'M KIND OF
WONDERING WHY YOU GUYS GO AND TAKE THE LEAD PIPES OUT, I WAS TOLD, BEFORE YOU COME AND DO THIS RESURFACING. SO THEN YOU COME BACK AND DO THE RESURFACING. HOW COME EVERYTHING I'T DONE AT ONE TIME? AND IT'S LIKE, I AM MOVING THE LEAD PIPES AND NOW I
HA TO GO BACK IN AND RE-OPEN THE SOIL AND MAKING IT MORE CONVENIENCE FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND ANIMALS AND WHOEVER IS GOING BY. I'M JUST CURIOUS OF ALL THIS DOUBLE WORK THAIS HAPPENING. AND WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL, WHICH
I READ ON THE ITEM LIST, IT IS NOT INCLUDING ANY REMOVAL OF LEAD PIPES. I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THAT A WHOLE ANOTHER PROJECT? IS IT A COMBINED PROJECT? OR IS IT SEPARATE THINGSAPPENING? I'M JUST CONFUSED. IF ONE OF YOU GUYS COU EXPLAIN HOW THE PROJECTS ARE WORKING WITH THE
ENTITIES OF THE STREETS BEING TAKEN AWAY AND PUTTING BACK TOGETHER AND COMING BACK AND TAKING THEM AGAIN. IT LIKE THE DOUBLE WORK, DOUBLE THE PLEASURE, AND DOUBLE THE COST. SO THANK YOU AND WITH THAT I'LL YIELD BACK. >> IS THERE IS THERE ANYONE ELSE
HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM RELATED TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4th STREET SOUTHEAST? LAST CHANCE. OR HOLD YOUR PEACE. ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE IN QUEUE, REFRESH, AND YEAH, I WILL JUST
PUT MYSELF -- SPEAKER MANAGEMENT IS BEING SLIGHTLY WEIRD. OKAY. IF YOU ARE HAVING CHALLENGES, PLEASE ALSO USE YOUR NAME TAG LIKE ME AND MY -- AND CHAIR STEVENSON WHO SIGNED UP SEVERAL
TIME. ACTUALLY, I WILL DEFER TO VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. AND I CAN GO AFTERWARDS. >> YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO COULD SPEAK TO THE SIDEWALK ISSUE BROUGHT UP BE I THE GENTLEMAN. DOES ANYONE KNOW
ABOUTHAT? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, I CAN REPLY GENERALLY TO THAT AND FOLLOW-UP MORE IF MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE DO TRY TO
PROGRAM OUR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES TO BE COORDINATED WITH EACH OTHER, SO THAT WE -- MOST IMPORTANTLY TRY TO AVOID PUTTING ON A FRESH FULLY RECONSTRUCTED STREET AND TEARING IT UP LATER FOR UTILITY WORK AND
REPLACINGHE SERVICE LINES. SO SOMETIMES THAT INCLUDES TEAR SOME RESTORATION WE NEED TO DO TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC UNTIL THE FULL STREET PAVING PROJECT CAN COME ALONG.
>> I'M SORRY. THAT WAS THE WRONG QUESTION. I WAS MENTALLY PREPARING FOR TWO QUESTIONS. THE QUESTION IS ABOUT SIDEWALKS. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT -- OKAY. SIDEWALK FOR
STREET RECONSTRUCON PROJECTS, WE REPLACE SIDEWALKS WHERE AS NEEDED TO MATCH THE DESIGN OF THE NEW STREET, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DO NOT ASSESS ANYMORE OR LESS BASED ON
THE AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK THAT THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION REPLACES. SO ANY SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS ARE ONE-TIME. PAVING PROJECTS, UTILITY PROJECTS THAT REPLACE SIDEWALK DO NOT CHARGE THE
RESIDENTS ANY ADDITIONAL COST. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, I THINK THE CONCERN WAS THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, IT SEEMED THAT THE SIDEWALK WAS ALREADY PULLED UP, AND THAT REPAVED AND NOW, AGAIN,
THERES A PROPOSAL WITH THIS PROJECT FOR DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU ARE SAYING THERE SHOULD NOT BE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO THAT SIDEWALK OO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, THAT'S CORRECT. I CAN FOLLOW- ON THOSE ADDITIONAL DETAILS, BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT
IS WHAT YOU JUST SAID. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON THAT WORK. >> GREAT. AND AGAIN, I WILL ALWAYS UPLIFT OUR STAR WHO ARE HERE TO SPE TO ANYONE TO GET ADDITIONAL DETAILS AND SHARE THOSE CONCERNS DIRECTLY WITH
THEM. THAT SAID, TOO, AND I THINK WEDDRESSED THIS IN THE LAST MEETING. I BELIEVE IT WAS DIRECTOR SEXTON, BUT JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY, AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ROAD OR STREET RESURFACING PROJECTS, THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN LEAD
REPLACEMENT. THOSE ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE. SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INVITING DIRECTOR SEXTON UP, BUT SURE, THAT I AM ARTICULATING MORE CLEARLY. AWE
>> TIM SEXTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE TRY TO COORDINATE THINGS LIKE LEAD SERVICER LINE REPLACED, SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO THAT COORDINATION. I WILL HAVE TO CHECK OFFLINE ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S -- IF OR HOW MANY OF THOSE LEAD SERVICE LINES MIGHT BE REPLACED A PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WHILE THEY'RE
SEPARATE, WE TRY TO CONNECT THEM AS MUCH A POSSIBLE SO THAT WE LIMIT THE DISRUPTIONS TO THE STREET AND TO THE PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY. >> OKAY, GREAT. IF YOU COULD FOLLOW-UP WITH ALSO THE RESIDENT WHO SPOKE AROUND THAT, AND ONCE YOU GET SOME CLARITY ON FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PROJECT, WHAT SERVICE LINES WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> WILL DO. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> AWESOME. SEEING IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE, OKAY. WELL, WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [CHORUS OF AYES] ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND THAT MOTION IS APPROVED. AND WILL BE FORWARDED. NEXT ITEM IS A REPORT RELATEDO
THE 2025 ZERO WASTE FUNDING MECHANISM. THIS IS ITEM NUMR 10. SPECIFICALLY T ZERO WASTE FUNDING MECHANISM STUDY THAT STAFF HAS PREPARED A PRETTY ROBUST PRESENTATION, AND I WILL NOW INVITE UP NICHOLAS GERALD, THE DIRECTOR FOR SOLID WASTE AND
REPSYCH FEDERALING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS TO GET US -- FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS TO GET IS STARTED AND RECYCLING. >> I AM NICK GERALD, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RECYCLING AND PUBLIC WORKS. >> SORRY, DIRECTOR. >> IF YOU WOULD JUST SPEAK A
LITTLE BIT MORE -- >> THERE YOU GO. >> HAPPY TO HAVE ALLISON AND HEATR HERE FROM BURNS McDONALD TO DO THE PRESENTATION SHORTLY. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND TO WHERE TS CAME FROM AND WHY THIS STARTED. SO THE CITY HAD A COMMERCIALASTE STUDY COMPLETION IN 2017 AS A
PRECURSOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S ZERO WASTE PLAN. AND IF THE STUDY WAS BROUGHT UP T CONCEPT OF A CLEAN COMMUNITY FEE AS THE POSSIBLE MECHANISM TO SUPPORT THE ZERO WASTE WORK WITH
THE NEED FOR THE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR COMMERCIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS TO CITYWIDE ZERO WASTE GOALS. THIS IS WHY WE DID THE STUDY. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE PROVIDED THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE
FUNDING IN 2025 WHICH ALLOWED US TO PAY FOR THE STUDY. AND I WILL TURN ITVER TO ALLISON FROM BURNS AND McDONALD. >> WELCOME, ALLISON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. IN MARCH 2025, BURNS AND McDONALDAS CONTRACTED BE TI CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO RESEARCH SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MECHANISMS AT MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT ZERO WASTE PROGRAMMING IN THE CITY. TODAY WE'LL BE WALKING THROUGH
THE RESEARCH, KEY FINDINGS, AND POTENTIAL PATHWAY FOR THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION TO GO FORWARD. NEXT.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE'LL BEGIN BY FIRSTISCUSSING THE PROJECT PURPOSE AND APPROACH, FOLLOWED BY AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE LEARNED FROM BENCHMARKING FUNDING MECHANISMS. WE WILL THEN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF A POTENTIAL FUNDING PATHWAY FOR THE CITY TO ORGANIZE COMMERCIAL
COLLECTION AND THE KEY DECISIONS REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTATION. AND FINALLY, WE WILL SUMMARIZE THE RECOMMENDED DESIGN CHOICES AND STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. FIRST UP, PROJECT PURPOSE AND APPROACH. IN 2015, THE CITY
ESTABLISHED THREE PRIMARY ZERO WASTE GOALS. THESE INCLUDE MAINTAINING A 0% GROWTH IN THE TOTAL WASTE STREAM FROM 2010 LEVELS, DIVERTING 50% OF THE CITY WIDE WASTE STREAM AND DIVERTING 80% OF THE CITYWIDE
WASTE STREAM BY 2030. AND AS THE ENTERPRISE FUND, SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING IS RESTRICTED FROM USING REVENUE FROM CUSTOMERS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR NONCUSTOMERS. NONCUSTOMERS INCLUDE MULTIUNIT BUILDINGS WITH MORE THAN FOUR UNITS AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES. TO ADVANCE ZERO WASTE GOALS, THE CITY NEEDS A NEW, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MECHANISM TO SUPPORT ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES FOR MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY. THEREFORE, THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT MECHANISM CAN VBLY FUND
CITYWIDE COMMERCIAL ZERO WASTE PRIORITIES? NEXT, WE WILL SUMMARIZE THE APPROACH WE USE TO GET FROM THAT QUESTION TO A PRACTICAL PATHWAY FORWARD. FIRST, A SURVEY WAS SENT TO BENCHMARK CITIES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY VIABLE ZERO WASTE
FUNDING MECHANISMS. THEN SURVEILLANCE RESULTS WERE ANALYZED T DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE BENCHMARK COMMUNITY FUNDING MECHANISMS TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BEFORE THE MOST VIABLE FUNDING MECHANISM WAS IDENTIFIED. FIRST, WE LOOKED OUTWARD AND
BENCHMARKED FUNDING MECHANISMS USED BY OTHER COMMUNITIES. EIGHT COMMUNITIES WITH UNIQUE FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR ZERO WASTE OR GENERALOLID WASTE PROGRAMS WERE IDENTIFIED, INCLUDING AUSTIN, TEXAS, BOULDER, COLORADO, DENVER,
COLORADO. FORT WORTH, TEXAS. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, FOCUS IN ON THE CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE SOLID WASTE. AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, AND PORTLAND, OREGON. THEY
SHARED THE PROS AND CONS AND LESSONS LEARNED SINCE IMPLEMENTATION. THE PROJECT TEAM SUMMARIZED THE FUNDING MECHANISMS USED BY THE BENCHMARK COMMUNITIES INTO EIGHT TEGORIES. VOLUME OR TONNAGE BASED LICENSING FEES, REVENUE BASED
FEES, MAKT BASED FRANCHISE STRUCTURES AND COMMERCIAL COLLECTION AND UTILITY BILL APPROACHES, RETAIL FEES AND DISPOSAL SURCHARGES. THE APPLICABILITY OF THEEE TYPE TO THE CITY WAS EVALUATED. AN EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE FEE THROUGH
AN ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL SYSTEM WAS ULTIMATELY SELECTED A Z THE MOST APPLICABLE OPTION FOR THE CITY TO PURSUE. NOW I'LL SHI TO WHAT ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL COLLECTION IS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE. UNDER AN ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL
COECTION SYSTEM, SOLID WASTE, RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING SERVICES CAN BE AVAILABLE TO ALL COMMERCIAL ENTITIES IN THE CITY BY ONE OR MORE FRANCHISE HAULERS CONTRACTED BY THE CITY. THIS COULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH MORE DATA, OVERSIGHT AND CONTROL OVER THE COMMERCIAL WASTE SYSTEM
TO REDUCE TRUCK MILES, EMISSIONS, TRAFFIC CON VISION AND PAVEMENT WEAR. FRANCHISE FEES COULD BE NEGOTIATED WITH EXCLUSIVE OR ZONED FRANCHISE HAULERS. THE REVENUE FROM FRANCHISE FEES COULD FLOW THROUGH THE COLLECTION CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND EACH FRANCHISE HAULER,
AND BE USED TO FUND COMMERCIAL ZERO WASTE INITIATIVES. MANY OTHER CITIES INCLUDING AUSTIN, EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE DOWNTOWN STRICT, AND LOS ANGELE ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS. THE CITY OF NEW YORK
IS IN THE PROCESS OF ROLLING OUT COMMERCIAL WASTE ZONES. PLANNING THE NEW SYSTEM BEGAN IN THE EARLY 2010s AND BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026 THE CITY ANTICIPATED HAVING SIX THE 20 ZONES COMPLETED. SHOULD THE CITY IMPLEMENT AND
ORGANIZE COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SYSTEM, THE REVENUE FROM FRANCHISE FEES COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT ZERO WASTE PROGRAMS AND NICHE TIFRS FOR MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES. MANY OF THESE ARE ALREADY OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S ZERO WASTE PLAN ADOPTED IN 2017.
FOR EXAMPLE, FUNDING COULD SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS, INCLUDING WASTE SORTS AND BASELINE STUDIES AND THE SISTER-IN-LAWIZATION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF WASTE-RELATED ORNANCES. AND IT WOULD BE USED TO EXPAND DIVERSION AND REUSE PROGRAMS FO
INCREASE MULTILINGUAL TECHNIQUE AND COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS FOR WASTE HAULERS AND GENERATORS. IF THE CITY MOVES TO ORGANIZE COMMERCIAL COLLECTION, THE BIG QUESTION IS NOT YES OR NO. IT'S HOW? AND THE CITY WOULD NEED TO MAKE FIVE KEY POLICY DECISIONS TO
DESIGN THE ORGANED COLLECTION SYSTEM. THESE INCLUDE DETERMINING THE BASIS OF THE FRANCHISE FEE,HE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR SETTING RATES COLLECTED BY HAULERS, THE CUOMER FEE STRUCTURE, THE IMPLEMENTATION MODEL, AND IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO IMPLEMENT CLUSIVE FRANCHISE ZONES T
BASIS OF THE FRANCHISE ZONES. THE FIRST POLICY DECISION WOULD BE CHOOSING HOW THE FRANCHISE FEES ARE DETERMINED AND SET. IT MAY BE CHARGED TO ALL HAULER, A PERCENTAGE OF HAULERS' GROSS RECEIPTS OR VOLUME OR TONNAGE
BASED FEE. THIS IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE HAULER GROSS RECEIPTS. THIS IS A POPULAR AND EQUITABLE MODEL THAT PROMOTES FAIRNESS OF HAULERS OF ALL SIZES AND PROVIDES A STABLE, PREDICTABLE SOURCE OF FUNDING. THE NEXT POLICY DECISION IS TO
DETERMINE HOW CUSTOMER RATES CHARGED BY HAULERS ARE DEVELOPED. THE CITY MAY CONTROL AND SET CUSTOMER RATES, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RATE MAXIMUMS, OR THE FRANCHISE HAULERS MAY HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER CUSTOMER RATES. THE STUDY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE CITY
TO SET CUSTOMER RATE MAXIMUMS. THIS MODEL IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES PROVIDES AEILING FOR WHAT HAULER CANS CHARGE. THIS PROTECTS CUSTOMER RS AND PROVIDING THE FLEXIBILITY FOR HAULERS TO NEGOTIATE A COMPETITIVE PRICE. THE CITY WOULD THEN NEED TO CONSIDER HOW RATES ARE CHARGED
TO CUSTOMERS BY THE HAULERS. ALL CUSTOMERS MAY BE CHARGED A FLAT FEE, PAY FEES THAT VARY BY GENERATION, OR BE CHARGED BY THE SIZE OR TAXABLE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY. THE STUDY RECOMMENDATION I FOR CUSTOMER FEES TO BE BY GENERATION.
THIS MODEL INCENTIVIZES WASTE REDUCTION AND IS ALSO THE MOST EQUITABLE SYSTEM AS THOSE WHO GENERATE LEST WASTE WILL PAY LESS. THE CITY WOULD THEN NEED TO DECIDE HOW AN ORGANIZED COLLECTION SYSTEM WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. THERE COULD EITHER BE EXCLUSIVE
HAULERS THAT CAN OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OR THE CITY MAY BE SPLIT INTO FRANCHISE ZONES WITH MORE OR MORE FRANCHISE HAULERS ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE IN EACH ZONE. WITH 17 COMMERCIA HAULERS CURRENTLY LICENSED IN THE CITY, THE STUDY RECOMMENDATION IS TO IMPLEMENT FRANCHISE ZONES.
THIS MODEL PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE HAULERS, INCLUDING SMALLER LOCAL BUSINESS, AND HELPS TO PRESERVE CUSTOMERS AND THEIR SERVICE PROVIDERS. IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO IMPLEMENT FRANCHISE ZONES, THE BASIS OF THE FRANCHISE ZONES WOULD ALSO
NEED TO BE DECIDED. THE STUDY RECOMMENDATION IS FOR T FRANCHISE ZONES TO BE BASED ON CUSTOMER DENSITY. HOWEVER T FRANCHISE ZONES WOULD LIKELY INITIALLY BE BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES DUE TO A LACK OF CUSTOMER DENSITY DATA. AFTER ENOUGH DATA IS COLLECTED,
THE CITY COULD THEN TRANSITION TO FRANCHISE ZONES BASED ON CUOMER DENSITY TO BALANCE HAULERS' WORKLOADS. THIS MODEL ALSO GIVES THE CITY THE FLEXIBILITY TO SELECT ONE OR MORE HAULERSER ZONE TO OPTIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND EXPAND CUSTOMER CHOICE. NOW WE WILL
PULL THE STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER AND WALK THROUGH WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION COULD LOOK LIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS. TO SUMMARIZE, OUR RECOMMENDED FRAMEWORK FOR AN ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SYSTEM IS AS FOLLOWS. FRANCHISE FEES BASED AND THE
PERCENTAGE OF GROSS RECEIPTS, CITY SET RATE MAXIMUMS TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS AND ENCOURAGE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND HAULERS. CUSTOMER RATES STRUCTURED AROUND WASTE GENETION TO SUPPORT EQUITY AND WASTE REDUCTION. AND SERVICE ZONES THAT INITIALLY ARE BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES
BUT EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO A CUSTOMER DENSITY-BASED STRUCTURE AFTER ENOUGH DATA IS COLLECTED. THIS FRAMEWORK ENCOURAGES EFFICIENCY, STAB FUNDING AND A CHANGE IN CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR TO
SUPPORT ZERO WASTE GOALS. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SYSTEM IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW AND REQUIRES A THOROUGH, MULTISTEP PROCESS. THIS TAB OUTLINES THE 13 MAJOR STEPS, STARTING WITH RECEIVING DIRECTION FROM THE CNCIL AND MOVING THROUGH HAULER NEGOTIATIONS, PUBLIC
HEARIN, ORDINANCE DRAFTING AND EVENTUALLY THE SERVICE LAUNCH. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS WOULD BE A LONG-TERM PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TILINE, THE TOTAL ESTIMATED TIME TO FULL IMPLEMENTATION IS APPROXIMATELY NINE YEARS. THIS DELIBERATE,
PHASED APPROACH IS DESIGNED TO INSURE A SMOOTH AND SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION FOR HAULERS AND CUSTOMERS. WHILE THE REQUIREMENTS OF MINNESOTA STATUTE 115.A.94 IS UNIQUE TO THE STATE, IT HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR PROSS FOR ALL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE IMPLEMENTED
ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SYSTEMS. FINALLY, THE PROGRAM COULD INCLUDE A PLANNED AUDIT REVIEW CYCLE STARTING AROUND YEAR THREE OF OPERATION SO THE CITY COULD PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES. TO SUMMARIZE, IMPLEMENTING AN
ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE MANY BENEFITS FOR THE CITY, INCLUDING STABLE, ONGOING FUNDING FOR ZERO STE INITIATIVES, GREATER CONTROL OVER SOLID WASTE SERVICES PROVIDED TO MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS THE DATA NEEDED FOR THE CITYO DEVELOP IMPACTFUL ZERO
WASTE PROGRAMMING. THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS WOULD BE A LONG, MULTI-YEAR PROCESS I ORDER TO COMPLY WITH STATE STATUTE AND MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PER STATE STATUTE, A SOLID WASTE COLLECTION OPTIONS COMMITTEE WOULD ND TO BE FORMED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
PROCESS. THIS COMMITTEE WOULD INCLUDE LICENSED HAULERS, CITY STAFF, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES THAT THE CITY'S DISCRETION AND SUPPORT AN EQUITABLE IMPLEMEATION PROCESS. TO CLOSE, ORGANIZED COMMERCIAL COLLECTION IS A PRACTICAL PATH
TO DEDICATED ZERO WASTE FUNDING PAIRED WITH A COLLECTION STRUCTURE THAT REDUCES INEFFICIENCY AND IMPROVES ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I WILL SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE IN QUEUE. I WOULD JUST MAKE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS. AS HIGHLIGHTED A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT AND STEMMING FROM THE BETSY HODGES ADMINISTRATION WHO
REALLY TOOK LEADERSHIP ON GETTING MINNEAPOLIS TO BE PART OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND MOVING TOWARDS ZERO WASTE, AND KNOWING IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE WHAT WE'RE TALKING IS ABOU THE FUTURE OF THE INCINERATOR AND HOW MINNEAPOLIS NEEDS TO BE SERIOUS AND THE APPROACH TOWARDS DIVERTING WASTE AND THE VARIETY
OF WASTE THAT WERE EMITTING AND COMPOST BASED IN THOSE THINGS AND FOR US TO GET A CONCRETE PL THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ENACT TO MEET THE 2030 GOALS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT ON TRACK. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A BASISOVER FUNDING. THIS GIVES
US A CLEARER ROAD MAP ON HOW TO MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD. I KNOW YOU MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION ALSO AROUND THE TIMELINE BEING ESTIMATEDOVER NINE YEARS, AND IN THE REPORT YOU ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE TIMELINEMENT -- THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE TIMELINE. AND WE HAVE DONE A VARIETYF
INITIATIVES TO GO AS FAST OR AS LOW AS WE WANT DEPENDING ON THE WILL OF THIS BODY. AND OUR HOPE IS THE WILL OF THE BODY, ESPECIALLY BASED ON THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE MADE AND PLANS THAT WE'VE MADE IN A COMMITMENT TOWARDS MEETING ZERO WASTE FUTURE, THAT WE WOULD NOT
TAKE NEARLY A DECADE TO GET THIS GOING WHEN IT'S TAKEN US NEARLY A DECADE JUST TO GET THIS TYPE OF REPORT AND EVALUATION IN FRONT OF US. I'M EXCITED. AND I WILL ALREADY NAME THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIECE OF -- OR ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD AS PART OF OUR
WORK PLAN BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO SEE US ACTUALLY MAKE TREMENDOUS STRIDES AND PROGRESS. AND WE LITERALLY HAVE THE BLUEPRINT IN FRONT OF US TO DO SO. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS AROUND, AND ALSO FIGURING OUT A REVENUE GENERATOR THAT IS
GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE IN HELPING US REACH THESE GOALS. SO I'M SO EXCITED FOR THI COMMITTEE TO TAKE LEADERSHIP AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF GETTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS DONE. AND IDEALLY, NOT WITHIN A DECADE, BECAUSE MOST OF US MIGHT NOT EVEN BE HERE BY THEN.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET A HEAD START ON THAT, AND I SEE SOME OTHER FOLKS IN QUEUE. I WILL MOVE IT NEXT TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT. I KNOW THAT SOLID WASTE HAS BEEN IN THIS
CONVERSATION BEFORE. THAT IT HAS BEEN A GOAL OF SOLID WASTE IS ONE WAY TO ADDRESS OUR APPROACH TO ZERO WASTE. AND WE'VE BEEN AT IT A LONG TIME. I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR BUSINESS PROPERTIES,
FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, TO REDUCEASTE AND DO A BETTER JOB, OR SOME OF THEM EVEN START COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO LOOK AT IT
THE BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN INLVED IN THE PAST AT THE TIME SEEMED INSURMOUNTABLE IN A WAY BECAUSE OF HOW THE CITY WAS BUILT AND HOW COLLECTION WOULD WORK. DID YOU DIVE DEEPLY INTO HOW THE MECHANICS OF COLLECTION WOULD
WORK? OR IS THAT PART OF THIS TIMELINE PROCESS IS TO SORT OF STANDARDIZE THAT AND HAVE A TRUCK OR A VEHICLE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK THINGS UP IN A MORE STANDARD WAY? >> A BIG PART OF THE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HAULERS.
AND SO DISCUSSING SPECIFICALLY WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT SCALING UP OF THAT COLLECTION WOULD LOOK LIKE OR ANY PART OF THAT COLLECTION. SO I THINK REALLY JUST ENGAGING ALL THE IMPORTANT PARTYS IS REALLY A HUGE AND IMPORTANT PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
>> AND WE HAVE HAD OUR EXISTING HAULER RELATIONSHIPS IN TO DISCUSS HOW THEY MIGHT BUILD OUT SUCH A FUNCTION, BUT ALSO HAD VENDORS THAT WOULD BE NEW TO THE CITY IN FOR SORT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT. I MEAN, I ALSO THINK AN ADDED BENEFIT IS THAT IT WOULD BRING
DOWN THE COST, HOPEFULLY, FOR THE BUSINESS CUSTOMER ULTIMATELY, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE A CENTRALIZED WAY TO DO THAT. AND DO YOU REALLY THINK THIS WILL CREATE A REVENUE SOURCE FOR OUR CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE IS THAT WHAT THE
ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN? DOES THIS NEED TO BE MORE OF A COST NEUTRAL TYPE OF ENDEAVOR? AND NOT COST NEUTRAL IN THE DUCTION OF WASTE AND THE CARBON SPEND IT TAKES TO PICK ALL THESE UP SEPARATELY. BUT DOES IT REALLY CREATE A REVENUE SOURCE FOR A?
>> WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES. PARTICULARLY WITH SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTS WHO DO HAVE FRANCHISE FEES IN PLACE AND DO GENERATE QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE. A PEER CITY THAT IS EQUALLY AS LARGE AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
GENERATES ABOUT $10.5 MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH FRANCHISE FEES. I THINK THERE'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE QUITE A LOT OF REVENUE. >> THIS IS A NEW USE FOR MINNEAPOLIS OF THIS OVERALL CONCEPT. IT DOES SEEM LIKE A
BIG LIFT TO IMEMENT, BUT YOU EVERY SORT OF OUTLINED THAT FOR US. I LIKEHE IDEA OF THE CITY HAVING MORE OVERSIGHT AND INFLUENCE OF PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, TOO, QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THE LIVABILITY CONCERNS WE HEAR FROM NEIGHBORS AROUND
COMMERCIAL AREAS ARE ABOUT HOW THAT WASTE GETS PICKED UP OR RATHER NOT AT TIMES. I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A STUDY, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT OUR SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DEPARTMENT FEELSBOUT THIS, AND
IF THIS MODEL IS POSSIBLE. AND MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION IF THEY ARE JUST RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, AND THAT IS A QUESTI FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT I SEE NICK, COME ON UP. SORRY, MR. GERALD. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, WE DO THINK THIS IS A
VIABLE PLAN. IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. AND FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THAT COUNTRY, A RELIABLE FUNDING SOURCE TO DRIVE ZERO WASTE AND DIVERSION POLICIES GET US GREENER. IT IS AN EXTENSIVE UNDERTAKING
AND A LONG PROJECT, BUT IT IS DOABLE IN OUR EYES >> THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS AND HELP WITH OUR WASTE REDUCTION OVERALL AND LESS HAULER TRAFFIC OVERALL. AND I
WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US EXPLORING IT FURTHER, TOO. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. >> AWESOME. I SEE VICE CHAIR STEVENSON NEXT. >> THANK YOU. I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHO WOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION, BUT SINCE
I'M NEW, I WAS CURIOUS IF SOMEBODY ANSWER WHY WE COLLECT ONE TO FOUR UNIT BUILDINGS INSTEAD OF COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY? >> IT'S BEEN A LONG-STANDING POLICY BECAUSE THE COMMERCIAL HAULERS HAD THE LARGE UNITS BEFORE AND WE TOOK OVER FOR THE FOUR UNIT AND LESS BECAUSE WE
COULD DO IT IN A SMALLER SCALE AND MORE PRACTICAL WAY OF HAULING FOR THE BECAUSE IT'S ALL CART SERVICE RATHER THAN DUMPSTER SERVICE FOR THE SMALLER UNITS. >> OKAY. SO IT WAS AN EASIER LIFT TO MAKE IT ORGANIZED THIS WAY. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> OKAY. I AM INTERESTED AND GLAD TO HEAR THERE ARE OTHERS
INTERESTED IN THIS. MOST OF OUR TRASH FROM THE CITY COMES FROM UNITS WITH ONE TO FOUR UNITS PER BUILDING, SO THIS WOULD BE GREAT. >> DOUBLE CHECKING IF ANYONE IS IN QUEUE. LET ME REFRESH. ALL
RIGHT. THAT IS EVERYONE. OH, WAIT, SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON BRINGS UP A QUESTION, AND I THINK I HAVE SEENHIS BEFORE. ARE THERE SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT CHOOSE TO USE OUR SOLID WASTE AND DO SO BECAUSE THEIR NEEDS FOR WASTE
ARE PRETTY LOW AND THEY USE OUR CARTS? AND THEN CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO PICK THEM UP? >> YES, CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, THERE ARE SOME UNITS THAT USE OUR COMPOST SERVICES AND CAN SIGN UP FOR THE ORGANICS, BUT NOT AS FAR AS
ANYTHING OVER 4 UNITS FOR TRASH DOES NOT COME TO . THE VEHICLES YOU SEE SERVICING THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE DOING THE ORGANIC SERVICE. >> I SEE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN
QUEUE, THANK YOU, AGAIN, STAFF, SO MUCH FOR THIS REALLY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. WE LOO FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON ADVANCING SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS YOU EVERY ARTICULATED IN YOUR REPORT AND FINDINGS. I WILL ASK THAT OUR CLERKS RECEIVE AND FILE
THAT PRESENTATION. OUR NEXT ITEM IS REPORTED -- SORRY. HE NEXT ITEM IS A REPORT RELATED TO THE 2025 TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AND ALSO WILL BE A STATUS UPDATE. AND STAFF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR US. I WILL
INVITE UP KELSEY FOGT, INTERIM TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO GET STARTED. THIS IS THE FUNNIEST PART OF PRESENTATIONS IS CAN I GET THE PERSON'S NAME RIGHT. AND SO I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I AM KELSEY FOGT, DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS W THE 2025 TRANSPORTATION UPDATE, STATUS UPDATE FOR THE GROUP. A COUPLE THINGS I WILL COVER, SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PLAN.
WHAT WE TYPICALLY REPORT BACK ON, WHY THIS REPORT BACK IS DIFFERENT AS THE STATUS UPDATE. A FEW TOPIC AREA HIGHLIGH, AND THEN NEXT STEPS. ON THE BACKGROUND, THE
TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IS A 10-YR ACTION PLAN TO GUIDE FUTURE PLANNING DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ACROSS ALL MODES. IT WAS ADOPTED IN DECEMBER OF 2020 AND INCLUDES EIGHT TOPIC AREAS, INCLUDING WALKING AND ROLLING, BIKING, TRANSIT, TECHNOLOGY,
FREIGHT, STREET OPERATIONS, STREET DESIGN, AROUND PROGRESS. THERE ARE 59 STRATEGIES INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, AND 325 ACTIONS. THE MINNEAPOLIS TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IS TO PROVIDE FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS 2040
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SETS THE VISION FOR WHERE WE GO WITH TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY. THE MINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN SETS THE HOW FOR HOW WE GET THERE. A FEW THINGS TO BE AWARE OF WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IS IT THAT'S NOT FCALLY
CONSTRAINED. WHEN THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS INTENDED TO BE AN AMBITIOUS PLAN. IT WAS NOT CONSTRAINED BY THE FUNDING AND ♪RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US AT THAT TIME WE WANTED TO USE THE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND WHAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR
PARTNERS AS THEY BRING FORWARD THE PLAN'S ACTIONS WERE NOT FISCALLY CONSTRAINED WHEN THEY WERE PUT TOGETHER. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLANS AND POLICIES THAT THE ACTION, THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN SUPPORTS, INCLUDING, AS I SAID BEFORE, MINNEAPOLIS 2040. THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY,
WHICHEVERS LAST UPDATED IN 2021. -- WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2021. AND ZERO WAST IN 2017 AND CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. A BRIEF OVERVI OF WHAT THE T.A.P. ACTIONS LOOK LIKE, AND
THERE ARE MORE THAN 300 OF THEM. THEY ARE ALL UNDER THIS GENERAL FORMAT AND FOES KU -- FOES KU -- FOCUSED ON A TOPIC AREA AND IDENTIFY WHETHER THE ACTION IS A DO ACTION, WHICH MEANS THAT THE
CITY LEADS ON IT, OR A SUPPORT ACTION, WHICH IS ONE THAT THE CITY IS LED BY OTHER AGENCIES AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY. THEY ALL INCLUDE AN ANTICIPATED IN THE ORIGINAL TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, THERE ARE THREE TIME FRAMES. 2020-2023,
2024-2027, AND 2028-2030. THERE IS A CAVEAT INCLUDED IN THE PLAN THAT THE ORIGINAL TIME FRAMES WERE OUR BEST GUESS. THEY WERE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, AND THEY COULD SWITCH DEPENDING ON CHANGING CONDITIONS, PARTNER SUPPORT, STAFFING, FUNDING
LEVELS, AND UNFORESEEN SOCIAL OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE ARE IN THE ACTIONS, EACH OF THEM HAVE PLAN GOALS TT ARE SUPPORTED BY THE ACTIONS. THEY ARE FURTHER TO THE RIGHT. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY SAFETY, EQUITY AND ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS. WE ASSIGN A DIFFICULTY TO EACH. THE DIFFICULTY WAS INTENDED TO
SHOW HOW COMPLEX, WHICH ONES WERE MORE CHALLENGING, WCH ONES TOOK MORE PARTNERSHIP. THERE IS A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR WHY A DIFFICULTY WAS ASSIGNED BUT HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ACTIONS IN THE PLAN. HOW WE TYPICALLY REPORT
BACK ON THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, WE COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL ERY OTHER YEAR TO REPORT BACK ON THESE FIVER TRACKING INDICATORS AND FIVE KEY METRICS. THAT LAS UPDATE ON THE KEY INDICATORS AND METRICS
AND IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN WAS NOVEMBER 2024, WHICH MEANS WE ARE COMING UP DUE AGAIN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT COMMITMENT BIENNIAL COMMITMENT IS A REPORT IDENTIFIED AND THROUGH THAT BODY AND THAT PLAN. AND NOW WHAT THIS IS AND WHY THE
STATUS UPDATE IS DIFFERENT, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PLAN NOW THAT WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH. THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IS WE HIT FIVE YEARS AT THE END OF 2025 AND TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE ACTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE, SHARE OUT
THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE, AND THROUGH THOSE ACTIONS THROUGH THE END OF 2025. AND THERE ARE STAFF FROM ACROSS DIFFERENT DIVISIONS WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS AND STAFF ACROSS OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THESE ACTIONS. IT IS A MULTI-TEAM EFFORT TO
ACCOMPLISH THESE ACTIONS. JUST WANT TO REPRESENT THE VAST AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO WORKING ON THESE ACTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PLAN. AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ACTIONS AS WE WERE ALIGNED WITH POLICIES AND PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN PLAN
ADOPTED IN 2020. THIS BODY HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK SINCE THEN. AND WE WANT IT TO BE APICKET LINE WITH WHAT IS IN THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN -- AND WHAT IS APPLIED AND WITHIN THE VARIOUS ACTIONS. AND THEN WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE TIME FRAMES AS
THEY ARE IN THE PLAN AND TAKE A CRITICAL LOOK AT THEM AND TRY TO BE TRANSPARENT AND BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE 10-YEAR TIME FRAME. THE IS A NUMBER OF ACTIONS IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY IDENTIFIED BY HAVING A FEW
TIME FRAME WHICH IS 20, 30 PLUS. AND THOSE ARE ACTION WRE IS WE SEE THEY HAVEN'T MADE THE SAME LEVELLED ADVANCEMENT AND TO POINT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IN THE 10-YEAR TIME FRAME. SOME ARE RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES AND THINGS LIKE AERIAL DELIVERY
DRONES. AND WE HAD ACTIONS ON IN THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. AND THERE ARE ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS FOR FREIGHT VEHICLES WHERE THE INDUSTRY HASN'T PROGRESSED IN THE SAME WAY WE THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE. AND TRYING TO PREDICT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN 2020. AND WE WANT TO BE REALISTIC
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE. AND SOME WHERE THERE ARE CHANGING CONDITIONS THAT STAFF ARE AWARE SUCH AS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DOWNTOWN IN 2019, AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE PLAN AND NOT THE SAME DOWNTOWN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY. THERE IS ITEMS LIKE CONGESTION PRICING IDENTIFIED ASN ACTION TO EVALUATE, AND MAY NOT BE THE
BEST USE OF TIME OR RESOURCES FOR STAFF AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE 10-YEAR TIME FRAME. THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE WE LOOK AT. AGAIN, WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO ESTABLISH NEW POLICY THROUGH THE PLAN, BUT TRYING TO REFLECT THE POLICIES AND PLANS THAT HAVE
BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THE T.A.P. AND BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE TIMELINES AND ACTIONS AND WHERE WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS. THE PROCESS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS STATUS UPDATE, WE HAD A COURT TEAM FROM ACROSS PUBLIC WORKS, AND I SAID HOW MUCH STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS FROM
ACTIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND CPED ALIGNING THE ACTIONS THAT THEY ARE WKING ON. AND TOPIC AREA WORKSHOPS THAT ALLOW STAFF TO DIG INTO EACH OF THE ACTIONS AND COMPILE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE NEXT PRIORITY. WE ALSO TOOK THINGS
THROUGH A TAP STEERING COMMITTEEENED A PUBLIC WORK AND CPED PLANNING. AND SO JUST TO GO THROUGH WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE, YOU HAVE A RED LINE DOCUMENT IN THE PACKAGE TODAY AND THE RED TEXT IS WHAT IS UPDATED THROUGH T STATUS UPDATE AND UPDATES IN THE NARRATIVE TO ALIGN WITH UPDATED
POLICIES AND PNS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED SINCE THE 2020 TAP ADOPTION. THERE AR NETWORK MAPS THAT WE'VE UPDATED TO ALIGN WITH THINGS WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT AND REPRESENT A PLANNED BIKEWAY IS NOW AN EXISTING BIKEWAY.
AND THERE ARE MAP UPDATES TO MAKE THE MAPS MORE EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND SOME OF THE MAPS HAD MANY LAYERS. IT WAS HARD FOR STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A TRANSIT PRIORITYERSUS A HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK IN OUR MAPS IN OUR ROUTES. WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE MAPS
AND ROUTES, BUT THEY ARE EASIER FOR E STAFF TO USE THE NETWORK MAPS. AND THEN WE ALSO -- THE BULK OF THE WORK IS IN ACTION SO THE $25 ACTIONS WE NOW HAVE STATUS UPDATES ON EACH OF THOSE AS TO WHAT PROGRESS HAS EN MADE AND
WHERE IS IT? IS IT COMPLETE? IS IT IN PROGRESS, ETC. AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE TIME FRAMES. AND WHAT THE ACTIONS LOOK LIKE IN YOUR PACKET TODAY AND THE RED LINE DOCUMENT, AGAIN, WE HAVE A NEW ANTICIPATED TIME FRAME IF
NEEDED. FOR THIS ACTION WE DID NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE TIME FRAME TO REFLECT PLANNING. THERE IS A NEW STATUS THAT WE COMPLETED THIS ACTION, AND THAT SHOWS IN THE RED LINE PACKET. AND THREE OTHER POTENTIAL
STATUSES COMPLETED TO DATE AND ONGOING AND PROGRESS. AND ACTIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED. WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THOSECTIONS THAT HAVEN'T STARTED YET AS WELL. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SENTENCES CALLED IS
SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE AND WHY IT HASN'T BEEN STARTED IF IT HASN'T. ER AND TLAR COUPLE WE ASSIGNED A DIFFICULTY AS WE GOT INTO LOOKI AT THE ACTIONS. THESE ARE HARDER THAN WE THOUGHT THEY ARE GOING TO BE AND WANT TO REFLECT THAT AS WELLMENT -- AS WELL A FEW TOPIC AREA HIGHLIGHTS TO
GO THROUGH OF THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE PLAN TO BE AWARE OF. I'VE GOT ONE OR TWO FOR EACH CHAPTER HERE. IN THE PROGRESS TOPIC AREA, ONE BIG PIECE OF WORK THAT CAME OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN IS THE RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR TRSPORTATION. THAT WAS ADOPTED THROUGH THIS
BODY IN 2023 AND IT PROVIDES MORE GUIDANC FOR US ON HOW TO AN EX QUITABLY AND TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY AREAS AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA.
AND A DASHBOARD WHERE THE ITEMS CAN BE SEEN, SO THAT IS A BIG ADDITION FOR OUR TEAM. IN THE PEDESTRIA TOPIC AREA, WE MADE A COUPLE UPDATES TO THE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY NETWORK, AND THIS NETWORK IS A GRID OF STREETS THAT REPRESENT WHERE PEOPLE FREQUENTLY WALK. WE USE I TO FOCUS INVESTMENTS,
TO IMPROVE EASE, COMFORT, AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS THE CITY. AND THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT UPDATED THE PROJECTS AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVED AND PLANNING TO BE CONSTRUCTED SOON AND NICOLLET AVENUE IS WHERE WE ADDED IT TO THE PEDESTRIAN
PRIORITY NETWORK AND FROM LAKE TO 29th. AND WEST RIVER PARKWAY AND THE BLUE LINE EXTENSION WHERE WE SHIFTED A LOT OF OUR PEDESTRIAN FOCUS TO ALIGN WITH THE BLUE LINE'S NEW ROUTE.
AND THE NEXT UPDATES ARE TO FINISH OUT TODAY IS THE ALL AGES ABILITY AND BICYCLEWAY NETWORK OR TRIPLE A AS IT IS CALLED. THIS IS A NETWORK OF PLANNED AND EXISTING BIKEWAYS. AND THE BIG CHANGES THAT WE MADE FOR THIS STATUS UPDATE IS THAT WE LOOKED
AT WHERE THEY WERE PLANNED BIKEWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT, SO WE UPDATED THE MAP TO REFLECT THAT. THE MAP WAS NOT UPDATED SINCE 2020, AND IT WAS LAGGING A BIT BEHIND. WE ADDED PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THAT HAVE PLANNED
BIKEWA, SO WE CAN SHOW THOSE ARE COMING. WE CAN PLAN AROUND THOSE CHT AND WE MADE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS WHERE THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE -- WE RELOCATED, EXCUSE ME A BIKEWAY TO A PARALLEL CORRIDOR. ONE OF THESE IS, FOR INSTANCE,
WEST BROADWAY. HAD A BIKEWAY IDENFIED AS AN UPCOMING OR PLANNED BIKEWAY WITH THE BLUE LINE EXTENSION AND THAT MOVES TO THE 21st. WE WANT TO REFLECT THAT IN OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS. A NEW MAP THAT WE CREATED TO GIVE SOME MORE INFORMATION BOTH FOR O STAFF AND FOR THE PUBLIC
IS AN EXISTING BIKEWAYS MAP. THISHOWS WHERE THERE ARE EXISTING BIKEWAYS ACROSS THE CITY. AAA HAS BOTH PLANNED AND EXISTING. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO USE AS A WAY TO KNOW WHERE THERE IS BIKE ROUTES THAT YOU CAN TAKE. THIS IS A NEW MAP THAT WE
CREATED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. FOR THE TRANSIT TOPIC AREA, AGAIN, MAP CLEANUP HERE TO MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR STAFF TO USE. THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK HAD SEVERAL LAYERS OF INFORMATION THAT WAS HARD TO PEEL THROUGH AS
A STAFF MEMBER, SO WE SIMPLIFIED THINGS TO RLLY PRIORITIZE WHAT IS CLEARLY WRITTEN OUT IN THE TAP AS PRIORITIES. SO THE ACTIONS THAT WERE IN THE TAP, IN THE MAROON ARE NOW HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAP ITSELF. AND WE ALSO CREED A CATEGORY
TO SHOW WHERE THERE ARE COVERAGE D SERVICE TYPES OF ACTIONS. AND TAP ACTION 1.6 TOIGHLIGHT THIS SPECIFICALLY ON THE MAP SO STAFF KNOW H TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PROJECTS FOR THE MAP ALSO
SIMILAR TO THE BIKEWAY, THE PEDERIAN PRIORITY NETWORK MAPS, AND WE UPDATED WHERE THERE HAS BEEN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE B LINE WAS SHOWN AS A FUTURE TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDOR AND IS NOW AN EXISTING TRANSIT PRIORITY COR
DAR BECAUSE IT'S BEEN -- CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BUILT. E LINE IS THE SAME WAY. IN TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER, ONE ACTION TO HIGHLIGHT IS ACTION 4.15. WE HAVE CREATED A DASHBOARD OF DATA WHICH IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND HOW MANY
TRIPS, WHERE TRIPS AND WHEN TRIPS ARE LIKELY TO BE TAKEN AND SHARE OUT HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING. TO THE FREIGHT TOPIC AREA, THERE WAS A TRANSPORTATION
PLAN ABOUT ADAPTING AN UPDATE TO TH TRUCK ROUTE NETWORK. WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH STAFF ACROSS PUBLIC WORKS TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF TRUCK ROUTES ACROSS THE CITY AND BROUGHT FORWARD SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE TRUCK ROUTE BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS LOOKING AT WHERE THERE
ARE TRUCK ROUTES PARALLEL TO EXISTING TRUCK ROUTES AND LAND USES THAT SUPPORT NOT HAVING TRUCK ROUTES ON THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, RESIDENTIAL CORRIDORS AND STREET TYPOLOGIES THAT ALSO GO TOWARDS THAT AFFECT. SO A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF ROUTES
THAT WERE REMOVED, LYNDALE AVENUE NORTH, ADJACENT TO I-94. I-94 CARRIES A LOT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC. DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE ON LYNDALE AVENUE AS A RESIDENTIAL AND MORE FOCUSED STREET.
WE WORKED THOSE UPDATES THROUGH THE COUNCIL TO THE LETTER RECORD PROCESS AND UPDATED THE MAP TO REFLECT THOSE. IN THE STREET OPERATIONS TOPIC AREA, THERE WAS AN ACTION TO UPDATE THE STREETS
POLICY TO INCOOPERATE MICROMOBILITY SO SCOOTER AND BIKE SHARES, FREIGHT AND GREEN STORM WATER. THAT POLICY WAS UPDATED IN 2021, SO THE NEW MODAL TRIANGLE, WHICH ESTABLISHES A MODAL PRIORITY, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PROJECTS, IS ON THE SCREEN AND HAS BEEN
UPDATED AS OF 2021. IN THE STREET DESIGN TOPICAREA, ACTION 1.1 DESCRIBED UPDATING OR CREATING A STREET DESIGN GUIDE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
DEVELOPED AFTER THE TAP AND BECAUSE OF THA ACTION, IT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2021 TO SUPPORT THE VARIOUS THINGS AND BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE WALKING, TAKING, GREENING, STORM WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE GUIDE IS UPDATED PERIODICALLY AS BEST PRACTICES COME TO LIGHT AS WE FURTHER DEVELOP THE WAY WE DESIGN PROJECTS. THAT IS A SOURCE USED BY STAFF.
THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE UPDATE IS A NEW PLANNING PROCESS BEGINNING. THE METROPOLITAN COUIL ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL PLAN IN 2025 WHICH KICKS OFF THE COMP COMP PLAN CYCLE. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WILL
ED TO DEVELOP AN UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY AND MINNEAPOLIS 2040 IS THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT PLAN WORK WILL BE LED BY CPED, BUT WE EXPECT GOALS AND POLICIE ON TRANSPORTATION TO SET THE VISION FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY.
WITH THAT WILL ME AN UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN N INFORMATION THAT IS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE NEW POLICY, NEW ACTIONS, NEW STRATEGIES POTENTIALLY AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE
10-YEAR PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN ITSELF. AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO COME ON THAT AND MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. AGAIN, THIS UPDATE TODAY IS REALLY JUST REFLECTING THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AND TRYING TO REFLECT THE PLANS AND
POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS A MID-YEAR CHECK POINT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEX ITERATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. SO THAT'S ALL THE MATERIAL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. THANK YOU, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRETTY EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION, AND ALSO TO PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR RED LINING THA 300-PAGE PLUS REPORT. IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTUING TO DIVE DEEP INTO THAT OVER THE NEXT COMING DAYS TO SEE WHAT ALL HAS BEEN DONE. AND WHAT'S YET TO COME. BUT FIRST, I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, MS. FOGT, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO THIS IS
MYC MY SINCERE THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR MAKING THIS A LIVING DOCUMENT. I REMEMBER THE CONSTRUCT OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN AND IT WASN'T EASY. WE HAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY. I
EXPLICITLY RECALL DEPUTY DIRECTOR HAGGAR AT MINE WHERE SHE WAS GETTING HARANGUED ABOUT THE BICYCLE CORRIDORS AND WHAT THAT MEANT. I CAN TELL BY THE LOOK ON HER FACE, SHE ALSO REMEMBERS IT FONDLY. BUT
REALLY, I DO THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN WE TAKE THESE LARGE PROJECTS -- THESE LARGE VISION DOCUMENTS AND WE GO BACK AND WE REVISIT THEM. AND WE SAY, HEY, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS OF SOMETHING LIKE A GLOBAL HEALTH PANDEMIC WOULD BRING TO OUR CITY
AT THAT TIME. OR OTHER EVENTS IN OUR CITY AT THAT TIME. AN IT IS REALLY NICE AND REFRESHING TO SEE THERE ARE TANGIBLE THINGS IN THIS DOCUMENT
THAT WE COULD REPRIORITIZE OR REFOCUS. I AM CURIOUS TO THAT END, IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE I SEE IT IS RECEIVING AND FILING A REPORT. IS THIS SOMETHING WE DO BACK AND RE-ADOPT AT SOME POINT? AND MAYBE THAT IS NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU SO MUCH AS FOR MY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. HOW MUCH HAS TO CHANGE IN A VISION DOCUMENT IN A STRATEGIC PLANNING DOCUMENT OVER TIME BEFORE I KIND OF COMES BACK TO READOPTION? AND WHAT YOU SAID AND IF YOU COULD REMIND ME OF THE TIMELINE TO COME UP WITH THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION ACTION AN,
MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND OUR TIME AND FOCUS. >> YEAH, CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE NEXT PLANNIN PROCESS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DUE AT THE END OF 2028. SO
NOT FAR OUT FROM LONG-TERM PLANNING. THE SCHEDULE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN UPDATE IS STILL TO BE DEFINED, BUT I WOULD EXPECT IT WOULDN'T BE FAR BEYOND THAT. >> OKAY. ANOTHER PIECE IS WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS LAST TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, I REALLY FEEL LIKE
IT WAS COMPLETELY RE-ENGINEERED FROM PRIOR ONES. THAT WE REALLY WERE, LIKE, IT WAS NEWLY COMPHENSIVE IN A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS. I SAY THAT WITHOUT DEEP RECOGNITION OF WHAT
EXISTED BEFORE THAT. DO YOU FORESEE MAJOR PIECES COMING WITH TH NEXT VERSION OF THIS? I SAW TECHNOLOGY MENTIONED HERE, AND OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FROM DRIVERLESS VEHICLES TO PACKAGE
DELIVERY TO THESE OTHER KINDS OF NEEDS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT OR THAT WE FORESEE COMING INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AT SOME POINT, THOSE ARE THINGS WE WOULD NEVER HAVE NECESSARILY ENVISIONED BACK WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS. ARE THERE OTHERS?
>> CHAIR WONSLEY, CNCIL MEMBER, THERE MAY BE OTHERS. THERE MAY BE OTHERS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT COME TO LIGHT, RIGHT, THAT THEMES THAT WE'LL WANT TO CARRY THROUGH INTO THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. THE THEMES AND GOALS AND THE
POLICIES AND ACTIONS WILL COME FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO WILL BE LOOKING CLOSELY TO THAT AND COORDINATING ON WHAT THOSE OVERALL FOUNDATION PIECES ARE. WE THINK WITH THAT WE HAVE GOOD BACKBONE WITH THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLANMT F
>> THANK YOU. THIS WAS GREAT. >> NEXT, I SEE VICE CHAIR SOOEF STEVENSON IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU. YEAH, I GUESS I HAVE AN OVERARCHING QUESTION THAT WE CAN DIG INTO, BUT HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE PLAN?
>> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, THAT'S GREAT QUESTION. WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE PLAN, AND OUR TYPICAL BIENNIAL REPORT BACK INCLUDE A TALLY ON HOW MANY ARE COMPLETED, IN PROGRESS, STILL TO BE STARTED. I DON'T HAVE THOSE
NUMBERS WITH ME TODAY, BUT WE CAN PULL THOSE AND REPORT BACK. I WOULD SAY THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROGRESS ON OUR PLAN. >> SO ONOF THE GOALS OF THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE 3-5 OR 3/4? OF TRIPS TAKEN OUTSIDE A CAR. HOW
ARE WE GOING ON THAT GOAL? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, GREAT QUESTION. ALSO SOMETHING ELSE WE REPORT OUT IN THE METRICS WITH OUR BIENNIAL REPORT BACK, AND I WILL LOOK TO TH CROWD. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THOSE DATA POINTS FOR YOU TODAY, BUT WE CAN PULL THOSE I
AND PROVIDE THEM. THEY WERE LAST UPDATED IN NOVEMBER 2024 AND WILBE UPDATED THIS FALL. >> BEFORE WE MOVER TO YOUR NEXT CHAIR, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, DO YOU WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR FOLLOW-UP FOR CLERKS TO DOCUMENT THEM AND GET THEM TO STAFF? >> YES, PLEASE.
>> FOR BOTH QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. >> HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE GOAL OF WHAT IS IT, 3-# A TRIPS TAKEN OUTSIDE A CAR? >> AND YOU HAD ONE BEFOREHAND YOU SAID YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP ON, TOO.
>> I THINK IT WAS NUMBER OF ACTION ITEMS YOU HAD CHECKED OFF. THAT ONE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. AND THAT IS WHAT IS LEADING TO THIS QUESTION. I
DON'T THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO 3-5 TRI TRIPS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF A CAR. NOT TO DOWNGRADE THE AMAZING PROGRESS, BUTHAT DO WE NEED TO GET THERE? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, VICE CHAIR
STEVENSON, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. AND THE TRANSPORTATION AION PLAN OUTLINES A NUMBER OF ACTIONS INTENDED TO GET US TOWARD THAT GOAL. WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE. WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO GET TOWARDS THAT 3-5.
>> WELL, I KNOW, THAT IS A MASSIVE QUESTION THAT JUST CAN'T BE ANSWERED HERE AND HOW TO GET AN AMERICAN CITY TO COMPLETELY SHIFT THE WAY IT MOVES ITSELF AROUND. BUT THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR ME AND LOTS OF STAFF. SO THANK YOU.
>> I SEE A PRIORITY COMING FROM VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. DIRECTOR -- SORRY.
IS THAT A HUDDLE FOR A RESPONSE? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, JUST ONE DATA POINT IS THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE MODE SHARE. WE WON'T HAVE THEPDATED MODE SHARE DATA UNTIL THE FALL, SO WE CAN REPORT BACK ON WHAT WE KNOW
SO FAR, BUT IT WON'T BE AS TIMELY AS POTENTIALLY WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. >> ALL RIGHT. I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE JUST IN FOLLOW-UP TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO'S QUESTION ABOUT THE REVAMPING PROCESS OF THE NEXT TRANSIT
ACTION PLAN, AND THIS IS ONE WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INVOLVE THE CITY ATTORNEYS IN. IF SOME PEOPLE CAN RECALL, LAST TERM WE HAD A HUGE DEBATE AND CONVERSATION AROUND THE RESTRUCTURING OF PLANS DUE TO GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WHERE, AGAIN, WHAT I LOVER MOST ABOUT
THE TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLANS ISERY CLEAR OF WHAT'S IN KIND OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S WHEELHOUSE OR LEGISLATIVE ACTION STEPS. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE IS BASED OFF THIS CITY ATTORNEY'S ADVICE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TOED A -- TO
ADJUST HOW WE DO THESE TYPEF PLANS NOW. AND HOW WE'RE INCORPORATING LISLATIVE FEEDBACK OR POLICY INTEGRATION INTO THESE PLANS. BIG QUESTION MARK WHEN WE HAVE ALL THOSE COMING UP, AS YOU IMAGINE, OF IMAGINE 2050 AND
THEN THIS. THIS IS ONE WHERE THE CITY ATRNEY'S OFFICE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN TO HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW BEST WE CAN CONTINUE MAKING SURE THAT NOT ONLY WE USE OVERSIGHT BUT ALSO BRING OUR POLICY EXPERTISE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION ON REACHING THESE GOALS. AND OUR NEXT ITERAON OF THE PLAN. SO I DID WANT TO FLAG TH CONVERSATION THAT PROBABLY PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR COMMIEE LEADERSHIP WILL HAVE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
AND CONCNS. AND HOW TO BEST PREP. SO I DID WANT TO FLAG THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW BUT ALL WOULD LIKE TO BE HEAVILY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AS WAS THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT. AND JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT. I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN
QUEUE. SO -- OR -- NO, OKAY. NOT SING ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL ASK THE CLERKS TO FILE THAT PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, EVERYONE, WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TODAY. SO WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING, AND GET O WITH THE REST OF OUR
THURSDAY. ALL RIGHT. BYE. . . . . [GAVEL] . . . . . . .