>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME. MY NAME IS ROBIN WONSLEY,HE CHAIR OF THE CLIMATES AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. AND I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR TODAY, THE FIRST OF THE TERM THIS FAR. THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 16th, 2026.
BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS
A F FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS MODERATE THE
SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. >> CLERK: COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT.
PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE FIVE PRESENT. >> THANK YOU. AND I WILL ALSO NOTE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOWDHURY AS WELL AS CHUGHTAI REACHED OUT TO
ME AHEAD OF THIS MEETING, LET ME KNOW OF THEIR ABSENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, IN PARTICULAR, IS SERVING ON OUR LABOR WARD COMMITTEE TODAY. SO WON'T BE JOINING US. THAT SAID, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. AND I'LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES, AGAIN,
THAT WE'LL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE SIGNED IN! IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLES, UMM, PLEASE CONNECT WITH OUR CLERKS WHO CAN ASSIST YOU. ALSO, IF YOU'RE HEREOR ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, I INVITE YOU TO
REGISTER WITH OUR CLERKS TO THE RIGHT. AND YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR MATERIALS TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. WITH THAT, OUR AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA REFLECD IN ITEMS 3 THROUGH 11
ON THE AGENDA. WITH THAT, ALSO, I WANT TO NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, WHO I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN WE COME TO, I BELIEVE, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FOR SO BRIEF COMMENTS. THAT SAID, I'LL READ THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR
THE RECORD. THE FIRST ITEM IS ... OH, PUBLIC HEARING. STARTING WITH NUMBERHREE IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR LANDSCAPING
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TRIANGLE PARK DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. NUMBER FOUR IS AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WEST BANK. NUMBER FIVE I APPROVING ART AND RURAL LARGE
BLOCK PERMITS 2026. NUMBER SIX IS APPROVING EVENT PERMIT JUNE 5 THROUGH 7, 2026. STAFF AFFIRMED THIS IS HAPPENING ON THE MINNEAPOLIS. NUMBER SEVEN
IS APPR APPROVE JUNE 6 AND 7 OF 2026. NUMBER 8 IS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE MARSHALL STREET NORTHEAST RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. NINE IS
ACCEPTING BID AT 4300 MARSHALL AVENUE NORTHEAST. NUMBER 10 IS ACCEPTING BID FOR TRAFFIC MARKING FIRST AVENUE SOUTH AND NICOLLETVENUE PROJECT. NUMBER 11 IS AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH PCI ROADS LLC FOR THE 2025 CONCRETE PAVEMENT
REHABILITATION PROJECT. UMM, COLLEAGUES, ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? WITH THAT, I ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE FOR BRIEF COMMENTS ON
NUMBER EIGHT. MARSHALL STREETNN PROJECT. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF AND THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. SEXTON. THIS IS A CONTENTIOUS PROJECT. MARSHALL STREET IS IN A GROWTH MODE. A
LOT OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN GROWING BUSINESSES, BICYCLISTS, BUSES, CARS, EVERYTHING. AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS. YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN GREAT!! I APPRECIATE THE GIVE AND TAKE
THAT HAS GONE. WE CAN'T MAKEEVE A GOOD JOB. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WK OF THE STAFF THAT HELPED. I'M GRATEFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR THA EXCUSE ME. I ALSO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 11. >> OKAY. WE'LL MOVE THAT FOR A SEPARATE VOTE AND DISCUSSION. THAT SAID, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL CONSENT ITEMS, MINUS NUMBER 11. WITH THAT, UMM, ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL TAKE UP NUMBER 11, UMM, COUNCIL MEMR WARREN, PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. UMM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH PC RIVMENT ROADS -- PCI ROADS FOR THE 2025 CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND REHABILITATION PRO IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY SPECIFICATIONS. WHERE IS THE
RK BEING DONE AT? >> SO I WILL ASK THAT WE HAVE STAFF COME FORWARD. ALSO, I WILL NOTE -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST ME, JUST TRYING TO EVEN PULL THE LIMS FILE FOR THIS
ITEM. IT'S NOTORKING. SO YOU CAN EITHER -- OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST ISOLATED TO THIS. BUT IF, CLERKS, IF YOU CAN CHECK OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. HI, CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> H CHAIR WONSLEY AND
COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. THE WORK WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN THE KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. >> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN? >> AND IT'S IN THE KENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS? >> YES, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN.
>> OKAY. THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. >> AWESOME. I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR Y AYE. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY. JUST FOR THE RECORD, NONE. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT WE'LL PROCEED WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS REFLECTED AS ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON THE AGENDA. AGAIN, ANYONE WHO WISHES -- [ OFF MIC ] ANYONE WHO WISHES TO TESTIFY OR
PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENT, PLEASE SEE OUR CLERKS. AGAIN, TO THE RIGHT. ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP, YOU WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. AND THESE HEARINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST IN BOTH THE RECORDING
AND BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED A PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. AND BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THE LAW.
THAT INCLUDES, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENT YOU PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED ARE IN THE RECORD FOR E MEETING.
THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LOGAN PARK INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I'LL INVITE BEVERLY HARDIN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS BEVERLY. I'M A PROJECT ENGINEER WITH THE TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN DIVISION OF PLIC WORKS. TODAY I'M HERE PRESENTING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR LOGAN PARK INDUSTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. PACKAGE ONE. CITY
PROJECT NUMBER 2295-CPC123. RECONSTRUCTING OF MULTIPLE SEGMENTS IN THE LOGAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. INCLUDING JACKSON STREET, 12th AVENUE NORTHEAST, 12th AVENUE NORTHEAST, AND
14th AVENUE NORTHEAST AS WELL AS VAN BUREN STREET NORTHEAST. ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT INCLUDE THE FULL REMOVAL OF THEN RAMPS, SIDEWALKS, SHARED USE PATH, NEW PAYMENT, CURB AND
GUTTER, PLANT AND BOULEVARDS, STREET LIGHTING, AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS. IT INCLUDES NEW SIGN AGE AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PACKAGE ONE IS $8.9 MILLION. THE TOTAL STREET RECONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT IS
$1,903,074.70. THIS WAS BASED BASE ON THE 2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES. WITH THE RATE OF $3.20 FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND $1.12 FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE PAID OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD. THE REST OF THE
LEVY-NET FUNDED DEBT, GENERAL FUND, AND STORMWATER FUND. WE HAVE CITY STAFF HAS CONDUCTED NUMEROUS VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. IN A VIRTUAL PREASSESSMENT MEETING WAS HELD LAST THURSDAY TO DISCUSS THE
PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT METHOD AND THE PROCESS THAT WAS USED. IT WAS HELD ON APRIL 9th AND HAD TWO PARTIES ATTENDING. TODAY PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO PASS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE ASSESSMENT BONDS
AND AUTHORIZING THE ABANDONMENT, REMOVAL OF AREAWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL STANDBY FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. WE WILL
PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION FIRST BEFORE ALLOWING COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS. I'LL OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE, AH.
OKAY. WE HAVE KURT. AND I'M SORRY FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. KURT. YES. GUNSBURY. PLEASE PROCEED FORWARD. IF
ANYONE ELSE IS HERE TO TESTIFY FOR THE ITEM, PLEASE CHECK IN WITH OUR CLERKS. OKAY. COME FORWARD HERE. >> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SORRY, I'M BREATHING HARD BECAUSE I ENTERED THE WRONG WAY
AND GOT LOST ON MY WAY INTO THE ROOM. >> OH NO! >> I'M PARTNERS WITH THE FORMER YOUNGBLUT PROPERTY IN NORTHEAST WHICH IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS ASSESSMENT. AND OUR VERY LARGE CONCERN IS THE LONG-TERM
PLAN DOES NOT SUPPORT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST. IT EFFECTIVELY CREATES AN ENORMOUS TAX ON A PART OF THE CITY THAT, FOR 130 YEARS, HAS BEEN ECONOMICALLY PROD PRODUCTIVE. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE CITY BLOCK THAT WE OWN HAS BEEN VACANT. BECAUSE WE
ARE UNABLE TO DEVELOP WITH MARKET RATE ANYTHING. WE ARE NOW WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON 1/6th OF THE SITE. IT WILL BE 10 OR 12 YEARS BEFORE WE CAN FULLY DEVELOP THE SITE. RESIDENTS FOR OUR PLANNED AFFORDABLE PARKING WOULD BE
USING STREET PARKING. WE KNOW THAT THE COST FOR THIS RESURFACING AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THIS ENTIRE BLOCK WILL ONLY ADD TO THE COST OF OUR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE MAY BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR GRANTS THAT NEED TO COVER THE
ASSESSMENT COST. NOBODY ON OUR BLOCK, NOBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I KNOW OF, HAS ASKED FOR THIS REDEVELOPMENT OF THE STREETS. THEY WORK FINE THE WAY THEY ARE NOW. OFFICES USE THEM FOR PARKING DURING THE DAYTIME. RESIDENTS USE THEM FOR PARKING DURING THE NIGHTTIME.
WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS, UNFORTUNATELY, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WOULD CALL THE UPTOWNIZATION. OF THE CITY. WE DON'T NEED THE REDEVELOPMENT. WE HAVEN'T ASKED FOR IT. IT'S ADDING COSTS AND LIMITING OUR
ABILITY TO DEVELOP THIS VACANT EYE SORE OF A CITY BLOCK INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. CHECKING TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HERE TO SPEAK
TO THIS ITEM AMONGST THE PUBLIC. SEEING NO ONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I DID PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE STAFF COME FORWARD AND SHARE A LITTLE
BIT OF WHAT GOES INTO THE CITY'S PROCESS WHEN EXECUTING THESE ASSESSMENTS. HOW REGULARLY DO THEY HAPPEN AND IF IT'S OFTEN BY REQUEST OF RESIDENTS. JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY ON THAT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL TAKE A FIRST STAB AT THAT. AS FAR AS, LIKE, THIS PROJECT. UMM, PART OF THE REASONS THESE BECOME PROJECTS IS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXISTING STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA. MUCH OF THE AREA DOES
NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS. MUCH OF THE AREA IS VERY PAST THE USEFUL LIFE. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE PROJECT STARTED. AS FAR AS ASSESSMENTS, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE ASSESSMENT TEAM, IF THAT'S A FURTHER QUESTION. >> THANK YOU. >> HI. CAN YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS JEFF HAND LON, A PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THAT JOVA OVERSEES THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC
WORKS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. ALL STREETS NEED MAINTENANCE AND EVENTUALLY NEED RECONSTRUCTION. WHEN STREETS ARE RECONSTRUCTED, PUBLIC WORKS FOLLOWS CITY COUNCIL POLICY THAT INCLUDES FUNDING A PORTION OF THE PROJECT
BY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT IS UNIFORM ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY. FOR ALL PROSPECTS OF T -- PROJECTS OF THAT TYPE. >> FOR CLARIFICATION, IN TERMS THE CITY ESSENTIALLY HAS A STANDARDIZED PROCESS FOR DNG THE ASSESSMENTS. AND IT'S NO
THE AT THE REQUEST OF RESIDENTS THEN? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, THAT'S CORRECT. THE PROJECTS ARE PROGRAMMED WITH MULTIPLE CONSIDERATIONS THAT OTHERS HERE COULD SPEAK TO BETTER THAN I COULD, IF THAT WOULD HELP. >> YES. AND I DON'T KNOW --
THIS MIGHT BE FORWARD, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOWF STAFF COULD SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WAS TIED T THE ASSESSMENT PROJECT. IF THERE WAS CANVASSING OR NOTICES SENT TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE IN PROXIMITY OR MOST IMPACTED BY
THIS PROJECT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. THERE WAS A LOT OF OUTREACH ON THIS PROJECT. TRYING TO REACH PHONE CALLS. MY PEERS IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS OF BLIC WORKS SET UP MEETINGS, MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT. AS JEFF SAID, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON. THERE'S MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO PJECT BECOMING A
PROJECT. AND WITH -- EXCUSE ME. WE DID OUTREACH VIA PHONE CALLS, NEWSLETTERS, IHINK WE DID SOME POSTCARDS, GOVERNMENT DELIVERY LISTS. WE TRIED TO SPREAD EVEN IN NORTHEAST AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, WE TRIED TO ADVERTISE THE PROJECT. >> OKAY. THANKS. IS THAT A STANDARD PROTOCOL WHE THESE ASSESSMENTS IN TERMS OF DOING THAT OUTREACH? >> UMM, MADAM CHAIR, WITH THE ASSESSMENTS, IT GOES IN A DIRECT MAILING TO THE TAXPAYER/PROPERTY OWNER. >> OKAY. AWESOME. THOSE ARE
ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO CONNECT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DID SPEAK TO TALK ABOUT ANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THEY RAISED. WITH THAT SAID, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR
APPROVAL. SEEING THERE'S NO ONE IN QUEUE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'LL JUST TAKE A VOICEOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT THE. AYES HAVE IT. AND THAT ITEM CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS
PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NORTHROP RESIDENTIAL RESURFACING PROJECT. AND I WILL INVITE HAZEL SUPERVISOR ENGINEERING TECH WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS HAZEL WOLF, SUPERVISING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN WITH PUBLIC WORKS. I'M HERE TO PRENT THE RESURFACING PROJECT AND RECOMMEND POS PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ADOPTING SPECIAL
ASSESSASSESSMENT. PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF -- IN THE AMOUNT OF
$1,375,505.78 FOR THE PROJECT. LOCAL STREETS BOUNDED BY 46th STREET EAST TO EAST MINNEHAHA PARKWAY. AND CHICAGOVENUE TO CEDAR AVENUE SOUTH. THIS AREA WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN 1990 AND PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 36.
PUBLIC WORKS HOSTED A VIRTUAL INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th, 2026 AT 6:00 P.M. THERE WERE 732 INVITATIONS MAILED AND TWO ATTENDEES. ON FEBRUARY 5, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO THE
2026 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE RESURFACING PROGRAM TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF SOME CITY STREETS NOT SCHEDULE ISED FOR ANY PREVENT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS ADDRESSING CITY STREETS AT A POINT IN THEIR LIFE
CYCLE WHERE A NEW SURFACE WILL EXTEND THE STREET'S LIGHT, IMPROVE RIDE QLITY, AND NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY. AND HELP SLOW THE OVERALL DETERIORATION OF OUR STREET SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS WERE DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE 2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES TO THE LAND
AREA OF BENEFITED PARCELS LOCATED WITHIN THE STREET AND ZONE ALONG THE IMPROVED STREETS. INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE NOTICINGS AS TO HOW PERSONS M PREPAY IN FULL
WITHOUT INTEREST, IF CHOSEN. -- OWNED BY A PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, RETIRED, OR MILITARY PERSONNEL ORDERED INTO ACVE MILITARY SERVICE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UMM, I WILL NEXT PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM. WE DO HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP. THE FIRST IS JOSEPH HOCH. AWESOME.
PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE WHO YOU ARE. >> MY NAME IS JOSEPH HOCH. I'VE LIVED AT 4745 11th AVENUE SOUTH FOR 18 YEARS. MY WIFE'S PARENTS BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN
1968. THE CITY CAME IN LAST YEAR AND DID CURBS. DID ALL THE CURBS IN OUR AREA THAT WAS ON THE MAP. AND THEY GAVE US A MAP -- NO RESURFACING OF ANY
STREETS. WHAT THEY DID, THEY CAME IN AND THEY FORGOT TO PUT THE BLIND NUBBIES ON -- THAT BLIND PEOPLE USE FOR WALKING. SO THEY TORE IT UP AGAIN. SO FOR LAST SUMMER, THEY INSTALL
. IT WAS ALL DONE. AND THEY CAME BACK AND TORE IT UP AGAIN TO PUT THE BLIND NUBBIES IN. WE'RE A RESIDENTIAL AREA. WE'RE NOT A COMMERCIAL. I'VE LIVED THERE 18 YEARS AND NEVER SEEN A
BLIND PERSON ON THE AVENUE. SO WE'RE NOT BEING RESURFACE YET. HASN'T BEEN DONE. NO INFOR NOTIFICATION. NO NOTIFICATI LAST YEAR. SO, AS FAR AS INCOMPETENCE TO DO IT
TWICE AND NOW THEY'RE DOING IT A THIRD TIME THIS YEAR. I'M SORRY. AND WE'RE GETTING A NOTICE OF WE HAVE TO PAY $1600.
$16 60.68. AND AS FAR AS I LOOK AT IT YOU CAN TAKE THE $9 BILLION AND SOMEBODY SE PAY FOR THAT RATHER THAN US. YEAH. I HAVEN'T SEEN A BLIND PERSON ON
OUR STREET EVER. SO WHY ARE WE DOING IT? WHY DO WE HAVE TO TEAR UP THE STREETS AGAIN AND STILL NOT HAVE RESURFACING? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU CAN ALSO SHARE WHATEVER REMAINING COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO
MAKE WITH OUR STAFF THROUGH WRITTEN COMMENT. THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE ITEM FOR PUBLIC RECORD, AS WELL. >> OKAY. > AND YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BEING DISABLED? >> NO. I SAID YOU CAN SHARE YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY. THE COMMENTS UNFINISHED WITH THE
CLERKS. WE HAVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT INDIVIDUAL. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LESLIE JACKSON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ALL THESE PLANS AND PROJECTS. ARE THE LEAD PIPES
BEING REMOVED AS THE WORK IS BEG DONE? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LEAD REMOVAL THING GOING ON. AND WHILE THEY RESURFACE AND DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, ARE THEY REMOVING THE LEAD PIPES, AS W WELL? SO THEY'RE NOT GOING BACK IN, OPENING UP THE STREETS OR, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION WORK
AND REMOVING THESE LEAD PIPES THAT ARE CAUSING HARM TO OUR COMMUNITIES. SO, THAT'S MY QUESTION. TO THE PUBLIC WORKS, ARE THEY REMOVING LEAD PIPES AS THEY DO THE WORK ANYWHERE? OUR CITY? THANK YOU. WITH THAT. I YIELD BACK.
THANK YOU. AND HIGHLIGHT, UMM, I'LL -- WAIT. ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM T THAT HAS NOT SIGNED UP, AS OF YET. GOING ONCE. GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE SIGNED
UP, UMM, I'LL CLOSE THIS PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND MOVE TO ANY COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMITTEE. I WILL ALSO INVITE STAFF TO COME BACK UP. JUST FOR SOME CLARIFICATION, I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE. AND, AH,
JUST FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, TOO. I WAS INFORMED BY THE CLERKS THAT LIMS SHOULD BE WORKING AGAIN. IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE, NOTIFY MICHAEL OR OUR CLERK STAFF WHO WILL BE RAPIDLY ON TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT WHATEVER IS WRONG.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CAN YOU SHARE IN RESPONSE TO THE LAST INDIVIDUAL'S TESTIMONY AROUND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR RESURFACING PROJECT. LEAD -- THIS IS -- FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING, THOSE ARE SEPARATEROJECTS. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF WE CAN HAVE CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC. >> THANK YOU. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR WATER DEPARTMENT, AND THEY DO GO IN BEFORE WE RESURFACE AND UPDATE ANY --
ATTEMPT TO UPDATE ANY REMAINING LEAD LINES IN THE AREA. THAT'S SOMETHING ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE WE START RESURFACING. >> AWESOME. AND GOING TO ANOTHER MATTER THAT WAS RAISED, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ALSO, W ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS IN OUR COMMITMENT OF HAVING ALL OF OUR
SIDEWALK OR SURFACING PROJECTS MEET ADA STANDARDS, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT. CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? AND WHAT ADA IS. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO, I GUESS TO SPEAK TO THAT PERSON'S QUESTION. BEFORE WE DO A RESURFACING
PROJECT, WE UPDATE ALL ADA PEDESTRIAN RAMPS. THAT MEANS RECONSTRUCTING THE RAMP IN A WAY THAT ACCOMMODATES AS MANY USERS AS POSSIBLE. SO IT'S SPECIFIC GRADES THAT LD UP. SO NOTHING IS TOO STEEP FOR FOLKS. AND,
ALSO, HAS, AS HE POINTED OUT, THE -- THE -- I'M SORRY. THE TEXTURE TO LEAD PEOPLE TO THE STREET. BECAUSE WE INVITE UTILITIES TO DO WORK AHEAD OF A PROJECT. SOMETIMES THEY WILL NEED TO REMOVE A RAMP AND
TEMPORARILY PUT CONCRETE IN THERE TO MAKE A WALKABLE SURFACE BEFORE WE COME IN AND FINISH UPGRADING THE RAMP. THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT STI ISN'T FINISHED. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY UPGRADING ANY REMAINING RAMPS EITHER THAT WERE NOT UPGRADED AT ALL OR TEMPORARILY PUT BACK
TOGETHER SO WE CAN MAKE THE COMPLETE. >> CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WEREN'T COMPLIANT WITH THESE ADA REQUIREMENTS. AND DID NOT FULFILL THEM. WHAT COULD BE AT-RISK OF THAT?
> OR CITY ATTORNEYS? JUST, YEAH. RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT. >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU, COUIL MEMBER WONSLEY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REDO THEM. SO IF IT WASN'T UPGRADED, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND TEAR OUT SOME OF THE NEW STREET TO
REDO THAT RAMP. I THINK FURTHER ELABORATION ON THAT, I WOULD NEED TO CONSULT WITH CITY STAFF AND GET BACK TO YOU. AS FAR AS LEGAL IMPACTS. >> YEAH. I WANT TO SAY, ALSO, FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEYS. ADA, THERE'S A FEDERAL COMPONENT OR REQUIREMENT OF THAT. CAN YOU
SHARE SOME OF THE LEGAL RISK WITH NOT FALLING INTO COMPLIAE WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. THAT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU SPECIFICS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADA STANDARDS THAT THE CITY IS
REIRED TO FOLLOW. WITH ANY NEW RECONSTRUCTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THESE -- THEY AREN'T OPTIONAL FOR THE CITY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I
UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THAT WAS THE FACT TT BECAUSE THERE WERE ALTERATIONS THAT WERE DONE ON NUMEROUS DIFFERENT OCCASNS, THAT TH THEY'RE BEING ASSESSED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH RESPECT TO THAT. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL CHARGES? IS THERE A
WAY TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELP LOWER THE BURDEN COST THAT IS BEING PLACED ON THE RESIDENTS IN THIS JURISDICTION TH AREA DUE TO THE MULTIPLE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY'RE BEING AESSED OR THE STREET HAS BEENISRUPTED?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. MY NAME IS PAUL KEATING, THE SUPERVISORF -- >> CAN I ASK YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. >> SUPERVISOR FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION,
ENGINEERING, DESIGN DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS. THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT ALL ASSESSED. THE IMPROVEMT IS WHAT IS BEING ASSESSED MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT'S SOLELY FOR THE RESURFACING WORK. THE UTILITY WORK AND THE RESTORATION WORK
WAS SEPARATE. AND THEN THE ADA RAMPS WERE SEPARATE. THESE ALL HAPPEN CONCURRENTLY AS COORDINATION FOR ANTICIPATION OF THE RESURFACING WORK. THE ONLY ASSESSMENT IS FOR THE RESURFACING. THERE'S NO FURTHER
COST. >> SO THERE'S NO -- THERE WERE NO ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED BY THE RESIDEN FOR ANY OF THE OTHER WORK. IT'S JUST FOR THE RESURFACING WORK. THEY'RE NOT PAYING THREE TIMES, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME? >> CHAIR WONSLEY AND COUNCIL
MEMBER WARREN. THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'S A SINGLE CHARGE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS RESURFACING ALL OTHER RELATED WORK IS DONE IN ANTICIPATION AND COORDINATION OF THE RESURFACING. SO THAT NEW PAVEMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DISRUPTED IN THE FUTURE. >> OKAY. PERFECT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU KINDLY. >> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL MOVE THIS ITEM FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF. AND THANK YOU
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS WHO SHOWED UP AT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON ON A THURSDAY TO COME TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING! OUR NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVING AND FILING A BRIEF PRESENTATION PREPARED BY MY OFFICE AS WELL AS VICE CHAIR STEVENSON RELATED TO THE 2026
THROUGH 2029 CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PLAN. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF US TRANSITIONING OUT OF OUR SUPERC.OW. COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. AND I WILL WAIT UNTIL OUR STAFF
HAS IT UP AWESOME. NEXT SLIDE. SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS. AS WE HAD HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE JOINED US THIS TERM. WORK PLANS ESSENTIALLY STARTED IN 2022. WITH FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND FORMER CHAIR
OF THE ITERATION OF THIS COMMITTEE, ANDREW JOHNSON. WHO INITIATE THESE TO REAY MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A CLEAR LEGISLATIVE IDANCE ON HOW TO STRUCTURE THE WORK RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
MATTERS. FROM THAT, WE BUILT UPON FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S LEADERSHIP IN LAST TERM, 2024-2025 WHERE COUNCIL LEADERSHIP RECOMMENDED ALL COMMITTEES ORGANIZE AND ADOPT A WORK PLAN FOR STANDING
COMMITTEES. AGAIN, THIS IS A WAY IN WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN REALLY SHAPE THE GOALS AND THE SCOPE OF WORK THESE COMMITTEES WILL INITIATE. AND THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH ALREADY EXISTING POLICY FRAMEWORKS. LIKE ON TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. OUR
CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, THE WORK IN WHICH HOW WE'RE ADVANCING PU -- MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL. AND MAKIN SURE IT'S A PLACE WE CAN WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ADVANCE POLICY AND SOLUTIONS IN
COLLABORATION WITH CITY STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS, ULTIMATELY. SO WE ARE INTENDING TO CONTINUE THAT,MM, TO GIVE US THAT FOCUS. AND GIVE US THE SPACE TO DO THAT DEEP LEGISLATIVE WORK TETHER IN THIS TERM, AS WELL. UMM, AND,
ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL LEADERSHIP RECOMMENDED ALL COMMITTEES, UMM, ALSO DO THESE WORK PLANS. SO, AGAIN, THERE IS CLARITY FOR OUR PUBLIC ON WHAT WE ARE DOING TOGETHER. UMM, AND I WILL ALSO GIVE A MAJOR, AH, THANKS TO OUR
LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH OFFICE WHO WILL BE SUPPORTING US IN THIS PROCESS, AS WELL. UMM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS, OR WHAT PAST PRIORITIES LOOKED LIKE. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE WORK PLAN THAT WAS
PASSED THROUGH CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE LIMS FILE, AS WELL, SO YOU CAN GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE OVERALL PLAN LOOKED LIKE. SOME OF THE PAST EXA EXAMPLES INCLUDED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2023 CLIMATE EQUIT ACTION PLAN. THAT HIGHLIGHTS A
10-YEAR VISION HOW WE'LL BECOME A CLIMATE-RESILIENT CITY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. ALSO, A CRITICAL COMPONENTF THAT WAS, UMM, ADVANCING AND SUPPORTING GREEN JOB INITIATIVES ALL ACROSS THE CITY. SPECIFICALLY IN GREEN STONES, SO THAT WE'RE BUILDING A WORK FORCE THAT SUPPORTS US
BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO MORE OF A CLIMATE-FRIENDLY FUTURE. AND TO ESSENTIALLY CULTIVATE THOSE INDUSTRIES HERE. UMM, A REALLY BIG POINT OF DISCUSSION, TOO, ESPECIALL IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ONGOING ORGANIZING FOR THE CLOSURE OF
THE H ERC HOW WE ALSO IMPLEMENTING OUR OWN ZERO-WASTE POLICIES SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WASTE TO THE INCINERATOR. AND SPECIALLY SUPPORT THE EARLY CLOSURE OF THAT FACILITY. UMM, ONGOING PRIORITY OF THIS BODY,
UMM, AS WELL, HAS BN AROUND ADVANCING SIDEWALK, SNOW, AND ICE EMPLOYING THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. WHERE THE WORK TO ACTUALLY SOLIDIFY, UMM, THE LEGISLATIVE AND FUNDING, UMM, AH, INITIATIVES NEEDED TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND. THAT WORK HAPPENED LARGELY IN THIS
COMMITTEE. AND NOW THOUSAN OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS OF THE PILOTS OF OUR SIDEWALK EMPLOYING PROGRAM. UMM, DURING OUR WINTER MONTHS. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IS, UMM YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL MEMBER BROUGHT FORWARD THIS I A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK WITH
EXISTING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, SPECIFICALLY TO PROTECT OTHER PUBLIC ASSETS LIKE THE MINNEHAHA CREEK WATER SHED DISTRICT. SO, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED THAT THEN FORMED THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE WORK PLAN
OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS THEN WORKE WITH STAFF FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO FIND POLICY OPTIONS, FUNDING AVENUES TO REALLY ADVANCE THOSE PRIORITIES FORWARD. SO, NEXT I WILL PASS IT OVER TO VICE CHAIR STEVENN FOR THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU A FEW OPPORTUNITIES FROM DOING THIS AND CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS TIMES. ONE, IT PROVIDES FOCUS AND INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY ON OUR SHARED PRIORITIES. SO WE DON'T GET BLOWN OFF TRACK. SECD, IS SUPPORTS BETTER TRANSPARENCY
WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH THE MINISTRATION IF WE HAVE A WORK PLAN, WE CAN ALL BE WORKING OFF THE SAME DOCUMENT, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING, AND NOT BE SURPRID. AND GIVE INPUT INTO THE DIFFERENT ISSUES COMING UP. D SUPPORTS THE COUNCIL'S
OVERSIGHT FUNCTION BY GIVING US A LITTLE GROUNDING AND LETTING US NAIL INTO THINGS SPECIFICALLY. UMM, CHANGES AND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASED STAFF CAPACITY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE PREVIOUS TIMES. HAVE AN LRO
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DESIGNATED TO THIS COMMITTEE. THAT'S A CHANGE FROMAST TIME. AND THEN THIS LONGER TERM IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE ADJUSTMENTS MIDTERM. WHETHER I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING EVERY TWO YEARS, BUT WE CAN DISCUSS LATER. ADJUSTING WHEN
WE GET HALFWAY THROUGH OUR TERM WHERE ARE WE AT, WHAT DO WE NEED TOW CHANGE IN THE WORKLAN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KEEP? THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE CHAIR AND I WILL BE SENDING OUT AN E-MAIL TO ALL 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE WORK
PLAN. RESIDENTS/PUBLIC SHOULD CONTACT THEIR SPECIFIC COUNCIL MEMBER TO ENCOURAGE THEIR ISSUE. ENCOURAGE THEIR MEMBER TO CARRY THEIR ISSUE AS A PRIORITY. COUNCIL COMMENT IS A WAY TO REACH ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THAT'S COMMENTCOMMENT@MINNEAPOLIS MN.GOV. AND THIRDLY, COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP WILL ORGANIZE PROPOSED PRIORITIES AND PRESENT THE WORK PLAN FOR COMMITTEE REVIEW. AND COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AT THE END OF
JUNE. NEXT SLIDE. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS? >> CHECKING T SEE IF ANYONE IS IN QUEUE. OKAY. UMM, OH, SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DIDN'T
MEAN TO MYSELF IN TWO OR THREE TIMES. I WAS TRYING TO GET SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TO WORK. HOW DO WE SUBMIT THINGS TO THE WORK PLAN? WHEN -- I UNDERSTAND THE LEGACYNVOLVED IN THE WORK AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ENACTED IN T LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I APPLAUD THOSE EFFORTS. BUT HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE ARE TO SUBMIT THINGS TO THIS BODY OF WORK, IF YOU'VE PUT A PLAN TOGETHER? >> YEAH. SO I WILL NOTE, UMM, AS OF NOW, THERE'S NO PLAN ESTABLISHED. WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS A LOGISTICAL
OUTLINE AND AS NOTED IN THE PRESENTATION, BOTH I AND COUNCIL MEMBER -- I'M SORRY, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON WILL SEND AN E-MAIL TO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT BASICALLY WOULD OUTLINE HOW TO E-MAIL YOUR PRIORITIES TO US. AND FROM THAT, WE WILL BRING A DRAFT OF THAT TO COMMITTEE FOR
FURTHER CONSIDERATION. LIKELY NEXT MONTH. THAT'S WHERE WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENTS, HAVE DISCUSSION ON THEM. AND HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. BY THE END OF JUNE, ERE WILL BE THE FINAL CONSIDERATION OF IT IN THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE GOING TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. SO WE WANT TO GIVE THREE MONTHS OR A
LITTLE UNDER THREE MONTHS FOR THE BODYO REALLY SHAPE WHAT THE WORK PLAN IS. BUT WE'LL HAVE AN E-MAIL GOING OUT THAT'LL BE ATTACHED TO THIS FILE THAT BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT, LIKE, WHERE TO SUBMIT THEM. WE'LL BE DOING ONE-ON-ONES WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TALK THROUGH THE PRIORITIES,S WELL.
>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN QUEUE, I WILL ASK THAT OUR CLERK STAFF FILE THAT PRESENTATION. NEXT WE'LL MOVE
TO DISCUSSION ITEM 13, RELATED TO THE 38th STREET AND CHICAGO RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. I WILL INVITE UP ADAM HAYOW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY. MY NAME IS ADAM HAYOW. PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE HAS EVOLVED
THROUGH A LONG COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROCESS. HE PROJECT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN 2018. AND HAS BEEN SHAPED OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS THROUGH EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PLANNING EFFORTS, TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, AND CITY COUNCIL
DIRECTIVES THAT HAVE SET THE STAGE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THE MOST RECENT CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS IN DECEMBER 2025, APPROVEDDED A FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT, AND ASKED PUBLIC WORKS TO EVALUATE THE COMMUNITY VISIONING
COUNCIL'S DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE INCORPORAD INTO THE PROJECT. THE CVC RECOMMENDS FOCUS ON SAFETY, ACCESS, AND LIVABILITY, INCLUDING TRAFFIC CALMING, PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS, GREEN SPACE, RETURNING TRANSIT ACCESS TO t 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE. IT ALSO EMPHASIZES LONG-TERM COMMUNITY GOALS, INCLUDING PRESERVING A PROTECTED SPACE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A
PERMANENT GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL. THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CVC, RISE AND REMEMBER, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND BUSINESSES NEAR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, COMBINED WITH A DETAILED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, PLIC WORKS WAS ABLE
TO IMPLEMENT NEARLY ALL THE RESOLUTION ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE ADOPTED CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION. THE ONLY RESOLUTION ITEM NOT INCORPORATED WAS THE DIAGONAL PARKING, ALONG THE 3700 BLOCK OF CHICAGO AVENUE. AFTER AN
EVALUATION OF A BENEFITS AND IMPACTS, PUBLIC WORKS DETERMINED THAT PARALLEL PARKING WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION BASED ON PARKING NEEDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BUSINESS DELIVERY OPERATIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVATION
SPACE, AS WELL AS MORE GREEN SPACE. IN PROJECT INVOLVES A RECONSTRUCTION OF 38th STREET FROM PARK AVEE TO 10th AVENUE. AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHICAGO AVENUE FROM 37th
STREET TO 39th STREET. THESE STREETS WERE LAST RECONSTRUCTED MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO. THE ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE HAS REACHED THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE, AND NEEDS FULL REPLACEMENT. THE
PROJECT WILL BE BUILT IN TWO CONSTRUCTION PHASES. PHASE ONE CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN JUNE, 2026. AND INCLUDES 38 STREET EAST OF CHICAGO AVENUE AND CHICAGO AVENUE SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED BRT STATION, AS SHOWN
IN BLUE ON THE MAP. PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2027. AND INCLUDES A 38th AND CHICAGO INTERSECTION, 38th STREET WEST OF CHICAGO AVENUE, AND THE REST OF CHICAGO AVENUE INCLUDING THE PROPOSED D-LINE BRT STATIONS.
AS SHOWN IN GREEN ON THE MAP PLANTINGS AND FINAL CLEAN UP WILL OCCUR IN EARLY 2028. CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR WILL MAINTAIN ACCESS TO GEORGE FLOYD A SQUARE, BUSINESSES, AND HOMES. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO
MEMORIALS DURING CONSTRUCTION. THE TOTAL COST OF THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS $14.9 MILLION. THE PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH MULTIPLE SOURCES, INCLUDING CITY FUNDS, STATE AID FUNDS, AND SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. CITY ORDINANCE AND STATE LAW ENABLE ASSESSMENTS TO PAY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT OJECTS. IT IS CITY POLICY TO ASSESS ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS ON ALL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS PAY ONLY A PORTION O THE PROJECT
COST, AND ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON ANNUAL UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATE. ASSESSMENTS DO NOT CHANGE BASED ON THE COST OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. NEXT STEPS. A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE COMING WEEKS BEFORE
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. TEMPORARY LIGHTING INSTALLATION WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF THE CONSTRUCTION START IN JUNE. THE MEMORIALS IN THE STREET WILL BE RELOCATED IN EARLY JUNE, SO THEY REMAIN ACCESSIBLE TO VISITORS AND ARE NOT AT-RISK OF BEING
DAMAGED DURING STREET RECONSTRUCTION. AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MAY 18. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS PLANNED TO BE HELD AT THE JUNE 4th CLIMATE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING. SORRY. ONE MORE SLIDE. OKAY. PERFECT. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH -- >> OH, OKAY. LET'S BACK UP. OKAY. >> I'LL START AGAIN. TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE THE IMPROVEMENTS, ADOPT THE REPORT RECEIVING THE PROJECT COST ESTIMATE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
FINALLY, PUBLIC WORKS IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SET THE ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 4th. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL STANDBY FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION. I'LL PAUSE TO SEE IF ANYONE IS IN QUEUE. DOO-DOO-DOO. OH, OH. [ LAUGER ]
I SEE. [ LAUGHTER ] THAT JUST POPPED UP. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> IS THERE -- [ AWAY FROM MIC ]
ON LIMS SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE -- [ AWAY FROM MIC ] -- WHAT THE FINAL CONCLUDED PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN COMMUNITY
MEETINGS. AND I SPOKE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON -- VICE CHAIR -- THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY. AND THEY'VE BEEN -- THEY'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE -- WHAT THE ACTUAL FINISHED PRODUCT IS GOING
TO LOOK LIKE. DO YOU HAVE THAT? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. YES, WE HELD TWO OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS THIS WEEK. ONE A VIRTUAL MEETING AS WELL AS IN-PERSON MEETING. WE DO HAVE RENDERINGS OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN, WHICH WE SHARED TO THE PUBLIC AT THE OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS. I BELIEVE I'LL
CONNECT WITH MY COLLEAGUE FONTAINE WILL BE UPDATING THE RENDERINGS THIS WEEK ON THE PROJECT WEB PAGE. WE HAVE THE CONCEPT DESIGN LAYOUT ON THE WEB PAGE, AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT. I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT THE
PROPOSED LOOKS LIKE INHE FUTURE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER -- I'M SORRY. CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, I BELIEVE FONTAINE -- IT'S ON THE WEB PAGE NOW. THOSE RENDERINGS. >> OKAY. >> I'M SORRY. CAN YOU COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AND SHARE
THAT INFORMATION? AND INTRODUCE WHO YOU ARE. >> CHAIR WONSLEY, COUNCI MEMBER WARREN. FONTAINE. I'M A SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THE ADOPTED
COUNCI LAYOUT WAS UPLOADED ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND CAN BE FOUND THERE. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF POSTING OUR PUBLIC MEETING MATERIALS THAT WERE SHARED EARLIER THIS WEEK ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE, AS WELL. THOSE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE
EARLY NEXT WEEK. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AWESOME. AND VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, ALSO, WAS IN QUE. >> I WAS GOING TO BASICALLY SAY WHAT SHE JUST SAID. SO WE'RE ALL GOOD.
>> I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. SOMEWHAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAYOUT CONCEPT. AND, ACTUAY, I THINK THIS IS ONE WHERE DIRECTOR SEX TOBTON WOULD BE BEST TO ANSWER THIS. IN ESSENTIALLY REITERATING SOMETHING YOU SHARED IN A PRIOR E-MAIL TO ME. AROUND SOME
CONCERNS AMONGST THE PUBLIC AROUND THE COUNCIL'S ROLE AS IT RELATES TO APPROVING LAYOUTS. I WANTED TO HAVE YOU KIND OF REITERATE WHAT THAT ESSENTIAL, LIKE, GUIDANCE IS. >> YEAH. I'LL TRY MY BEST. TIM SEXTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
YEAH, CHAIR WONSLEY. BASICALLY, I MEAN, THE CONCEPT LAYOUT PROCESS IS NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY. IT'S SOMETHING PUBLIC WORKS ELECTS TO DO EARLY ON. SO THAT WE SET DIRECTION OR GET, EXCUSE ME, GET SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. SO WE FEEL MORE CONFIDENT TO CONTINUE SPENDING MONEY ON THE
FINAL DESIGN PRODUCT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME CERTAINTY FOR THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THAT DESIGN WILL BE. SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. IT DOESN'T MEAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STOPS, BUT IT CHANGES. SO THE BIG ELEMENTS ARE WORKED OUT AND WE HAVE AGREEMENT. AGAIN. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE THAT'S
WHEN THE DESIGN COSTS START TO ESCALATE. AND THE OTHER REASON WE DO THIS, IS A RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY. WHILE NOT A REQUIREMENT, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S BETTER TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE EARLY. SO THAT WE, AGAIN, HAVE THE CONFIDENCE MOVING FORWARD. IF THERE WERE A CHANGE LATE IN
THE PROCESS, NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE EXPENSIVE. IT COULD DISRUPT THE PROJECT CSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT ALSO, THEN, BECAUSE WE DELIVER SE PROJECTS ON OUR OWN. IT COULD HAVE IMPACTS TO OTHER PROJECTS, AS WELL. >> THAT SAID, THEREFORE, THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD ANTICIPATE
OTHER LAYOUTS WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THIS COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND COLLABORATION? >> CHAIR WONSLEY, WE HAVE -- YEAH. WE TRADITIONALLY BRING FORWARD MOST MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR CONCEPT LAYOUT APPROVAL. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DIRECTOR SEXTON. I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. SO I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL RIGHT. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT THE AYES
HAVE IT. AND NOW ON TO THE LAST ITEM, WHICH REPRESENTS BOTH 14 AND 15. TIED TO THE 2026 VISION ZERO ANNUAL REPORT. AND CRASH STUDY. AND STAFF HAS PREPARED A
PRESENTATION. I'LL INVITE MENN OZ SCHUKKING. >> TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. FEEL FREE TO GET STARTED. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS,
AS I SAID, MANNO SCHUKKING HE/HIM PRONOUNS. IT'S AN EFFORT
ACROSS 14 CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS COLLABORAON WITH THE COUNTY, MNDOT, MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY TO REACH ZERO
FATALITIES AND SEVERE ENGINEERS ON CITY STREETS BY 2027. THIS WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2017. AS A COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO IS A COMMITMENT TO LIFEND EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF
MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN WE LOOK AT FATAL CRASHES IN THE CITY, UMM, OVER THE PAST DECADE, WE SAW A BIG SPIKE IN CRASHES IN 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 DURING AND IMMEDIATELY DURING COVID
PANDEMIC. WHICH IS MIRRORING NATIONAL TRENDS. SINCE 2023, WE'VE SEEN A STRONG DECLINE, BUT IN 2025, WE SAW 14 FATALRASHES WHERE 15 PEOPLE LOST THEIR
LIVES. AND WHILE STATISTICS SHOW AN IMPROVEMENT, WE DON'T WANT TO GET LOST IN THE PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OUR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND
CLASSMATES. THE PEOPLE LOST IN 2025 INCLUDE NELSON, RONALD, BRIAN, WILLEN, KEY BEGAN, JORDAN, JUSN, ARIEL, JEFFREY,
SAID, JAMES, CARL, ANTHONY, LIBERTY, AND MARISSA. IN THEIR HONOR, AND DUE TO TRAFFIC VIOLENCE THEY EXPERIENCED, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF
SILENCE. THANK YOU. HOW CAN WE
WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE NYMPH OUR ANYMORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS? THAT'S WHERE VISION ZERO COMES I AND WHERE WE USE A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TOWARDS CRASH REDUCTION IN THE CITY.
EVERY FEW YEARS, THE CITY PRESENTS A CRASH STUDY THAT DIVES DEEP INTO THE CAUSES OF WHERE THESE CRASHES HAPPEN, HOW THEY HAPPEN, AND WHO WAS INVOLVED. SOME KEY FINDINGS IN
THIS LATEST CRASH STUDY INCLUDE THAT 2025 CRASHES RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURIES ARE AT A SIMILAR LEVEL TO THE LOWEST YEARS IN 2018 AND 2019. SPEEDING IS THE MOST COMMON CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO FATAL
CRASHES. BUT DRIVERS FAILING TO YIELD WHILE TURNING LEFT, RIGHT, AT INTERSECTIONS ISOST -- FACTOR FOR SERIOUS INJURY CRASHESHERE PEOPLE NEED SERIOUS MEDICAL ATTENTION WHEN THEY'RE INVOLVED IN A CRASH. WE
ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT NATIVE AMERICAN AND BLACK RESIDENTS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC DEATHS. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. AND WE NEED TOWOK AT THIS GRAPH OF SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES COMBINED, WE
SEE THAT SPIKE IN 2022 OF CRASHES THAT MIRRORS THE NATIONAL TREND. SINCE 2022, WE'VE SEEN OVER 30% REDUCTION IN SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS A GOOD
IMPROVEMENT. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPROVING QUICKER THAN NATIONAL TRENDS WITH THE CRASH STUDY, WE ALSO UPDATE THE HIGH INJURY STREE MAP. THESE ARE THE TOP 10% OF STREET MILES IN THE CITY WHERE
CRASHES OCCUR WITH FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WE UPDATE THIS MAP EVERY FEW YEARS TO CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS FOR SPOT IMPROVEMENTS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME STREETS WERE ADDED. SOME REMOVED. THE 2025 STREET
MAP IS IN DARK BLUE. I WANT TO NOTE EVEN SOME STREETS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL SAFETY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN SOLVED ON THOSE STREETS. IT'S RELATIVE TO ALL THE STREETS IN BLUE SAW FEWER CRASHES. WECONTY
IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE JUST ... WHEN WE LOOK AT FATAL CRASHES BY STREET TYPE, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH INJURY STREETS OF COMPRISED 64% OF THE
TAL CRASHES FROM 2022 TO 2025. BUT BY STREET JURISDICTION, WE SEE THAT STREETS OWNED BY MND AND OPERATED AND THE COUNTY SEE A HIGH PERNTAGE OF FATAL CRASHES. COUNTY ROADS COMPRISE
ALMOST HALF THE FATAL CRASHES ON STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY IS DOING IN THE PAST YEAR. THEY'VE PASSED THEIR FIRST TOWARD ZERO DEATHS ACTION PLAN. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COUNTY ON RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AS WELL
AS SPOT IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COUNTY ROADS. CRASHES HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTSES. FROM 2020 THROUGH 2024, 55% OF FATAL CRASHES HAPPENED IN
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PORITY AREAS 1 AND 2. THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH MARKED WITH A RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION. IT WAS PASSED IN 2023. AND WE
WORK ON CONSENT AGENDA TRAIPTING OUR EFFORTS IN THESE AREAS OF THE CITY. I'LL NOTE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE PERCENTAGE OF FATAL CRASHES IN AREAS AND 2
HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY. THESE RESULTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. AND WE ARE LOOKING AND WORKING ON WAYS TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS
THESE DISPARITIES. AND WE INVITE YOU TO SHARE AND WORK WITH US ON MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS. WHEN WE LOOK AT CRASHES BY MODE. WE SEE BIKING AND WALKING TRIPS
COMPRISE A SMALLER SHARE OF TRIPS OVERALL. THEY'RE OVERREPRESENTED IN SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES IN THE TY. THIS IS PART OF CREATING A SAFE STREETS SYSTEM. AND CREATING COMFORTABLE FACILITIES
FOR OUR RESIDENTS T GET AROUND. OUR STAFF DIGS THROUGH ALL THE CRASH REPORTS INVOLVING SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES. AND WE LOOK AT WHAT DETERMINING FACTORS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE
OFFICER THAT REPORTED TO THE INJURY. OR TO THE CRASH. DRIVER FAILURE TO YIELD WHEN TURNING AND DRIVER SPEEDING WERE THE TOP CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. BUT THEY
WERE WITH RELATIVE CONFIDENCE IDENTIFIED AS HAPPENING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. OTHER TOP FACTORS INCLUDES DRIVERS RUNNING RED LIGHTS, DRIVERS RUNNING OFF THE ROAD, AND PEDESTRIANS CROSSING MID BLOCK. WE WANT TO
NOTE THAT DISTRACTED DRIVING AND IMPAIRED DRIVING ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE STASTICS. THEY CANNOT ALWAYS BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH BY THE OFFICER. WITH CONFIDENCE. BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON REDUCING
DISTRACTED DRIVING AND IMPAIRED DRIVING IN OUR EFFORTS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SPECIFIC TO PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAVE MULTIPLE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS AND TREATMENTS. WE
BUILD SAFETY INTO LARGE CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AS WELL AS RETROFITROJECTS, LARGE INDUSTRY PROJECTS COMPLETED LAST YEAR INCLUDE HENNEPIN AVENUE SOUTH PHASE I OF FIRST AVENUE SOUTH RECONSTRUCTI, AS WELL AS
THE PHILLIPS 24th STREET TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECT. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO INCORPORATE TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THEIR PROJECTS. AND WITH MNDOT AND METRO TRANSIT, ESPECIALLY ON STREETS WITH THE HIGH INJURY STREET NETWORKS. IN ADDITION TO
THOSE LARGE PROJECTS, WE HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON SPOT IMPROVEMENTS AT SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS. AND STREETS WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF CRASHES HAPPENING THROUGH AFFORDABLE TREATMENTS. SUCH AS
QUICK BUILT TREATMENTS WITH PLASTIC AND PAINT. A EVENTUALLY WITH TRAFFIC CIRCUMCIRCUMSTANCE --
CIRCLES AND SPEED HUMPS. THESE NEED TO BE APPROPRIATELY SELECTED ON STREET TYPE AND THE PROGRAM. THE VISION ZERO FOCUSES EFFORTS ON THE HIGH INJURY STREETS WHERE 46% OF ALL FATALITIES HAPPEN. OLDER PROGRAMS INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD
TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM AND LAST YEAR WE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM TRAFFIC CALMING ON N MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREETS NOT ON THE HIGH INJURY STREET NETWORK. WE WANT TO NOTE THAT IF WE WANT TO REH THE VISION ZERO GOAL, WE
WANT TO FOCUS ON THE HIGH INJURY STREETS AND MANY OF THE FATALITIES THAT ARE LISTED ONTHD STREETS ALSO HAPPEN AT THEINTERS THAT ARE EITHER MUNICIPAL STATE
AID STREETS OR COUNTY STREETS. LAST YEAR ON THE VISION ZERO NETWORK WE TREATED 25 INTERSECTIONS, ADDED 40 CURB EXTENSIONS, AND 22 HARD AND CENTER LINES. WE ARE
EXPERIMENTING WITH A FEW NEW TREATMENTS. AND UPGRADING PLASTIC DELINEATO TREATMENTS TO CONCRETE. WE ALSO EVALUATE AND STUDY HOW WELL OUR TREATMENTS ARE WORKING IN REDUCING CRASHES.
WE EVALUATE NEW TREATMENTS SUCH AS RAISED CROSSINGS AND HOW THEY IMPACT SPEEDS. SPEED CUSHIS, THERE'S AN IMAGE ON THE RIGHT HERE. SPEED CUSHIONS. ALLOW EXTRA SPACE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO PASS THROUGH WIT LESS INTERFERENCE. COULD BE A
GOOD TREATMENT NEAR MEDICAL FACILITIES OR NEAR FIRE STATIONS, FORXAMPLE. WE TEST TREATMENTS WITH METRO TRANSIT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO SEE IF THEIR VEHICLES ARE ABLE TO RUN OVER THEM WITHOUT ISSUES. WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE TRAFFIC
CALMING BENEFIT. WE PUBLISHED A THREE-LANE ONE-WAY STUDY AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR ROUND ABOUTS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. THE CITY'S TERRANCE OFFICE LAST YEAR RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR A TRAFFIC SAFETY RESOURCE PROCUTOR. AND THIS NEW POSITION HAS A SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON DRUG IMPAIRED DRIVING. SO AN EXAMPLE OF HOW VISION ZERO COLLABORATES WITH DIFFERENT DIVISIONS ACROSS THE
CITY TO REACH OUR COMMON GOAL. I WILL NOT GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL. MY COLLEAGUE PRESENTED ON THAT TO C.O.W. LAST MONTH. THAT WAS A BIG MILESTONE FOR OUR PROGRAM THE PAST YEA LOOKING
FORWARD, WE PUBLISHED A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN. SO AFTER THE GOAL WAS SET IN 2017, WE PUBLISHED A VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN IN 2020. THAT ESTABLISHED TWO MAJOR OUTCOMES WAS THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE THE VISION
ZERO CAPITAL PROGRAM AND WORKING TOWARD 20 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT CITY WIDE. AND THE 2023 VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN WAS OUR EFFORT TOWARDS THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS, AS WELL AS MAJOR WORK TOWARD SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT. THAT WE SECURED FM THE
U.S. DOT. WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING A NEW VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN FOR 2026 THROUGH 2030 TO ALIGN WITH THE LARGER TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. AND ADDRESS THE LATEST FINDINGS FRO THIS LATEST CRASH STUDY THAT I
PRESENTED ON. VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN IS ORGANIZED ALONG FOUR SYSTEMS. THEY FOLLOW A NATIONAL SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH. SAFE STREETS BEING PRIMARILY
PUBLIC WORKS FOCUSED.. ON THE CURRENT VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN, INCLUDES 17 STRATEGIES AND 79 ACTIONS. EVERY TIME WE UPDATE THE VISION
ZERO ACTION PLAN, WE REMOVE COMPLETED ACTIONS FROM THE NEXT UPDATE. SOME ITEMS CONTINUE BE ONGOING. THE NEW PLAN UPDATE LIKE I MENTIONED IS UNDER DELOPMENT. INCLUDING NEW AND UPDATED
ACTIONS AND UPDATED PERFORMANCE METRICS. WE ARE IN FINAL STAGES OF DRAFTING THAT. AND WE'LL HAVE A 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT AND ENGAGEMENT PERIOD FOR THAT. HIGHLIGHTING THE CHANGES WILL HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WL
THAT. AND THE FINAL PLAN PRESENTED TO C & I SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. AND THAT WAS MY FINAL SLIDE. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION. I WILL
SEE ... OKAY. FIRST IN QUEUE WE HAVE VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. GOING BACK TO THE
SLIDE ABOUT THE TREATMENT EVALUATIONS. WERE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WERE EVALUATING THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD WORK WITH METRO TRANSIT AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES? OR WERE YOU SAYING YOU WERE EVALUATING THEM BASED ON THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AT CREATING SAFETY? >> BOTH. BOTH. SO, FOR THE
SPEED CUSHION IMAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A NEW TREATMENT THAT WE STARTED WITH IN 2025. WE FIRST WANT TO SEE IF THEY WORK WITH METRO TRANSIT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE
AT LEAST THREE YEARS OF DATA AFTER THOSE IMPLEMENTATION, WE EVALTE THE TREATMENT AND SEE IF ON THAT PARTICULAR STREET OR THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE INSTALLED THEM, WE SAW A REDUCTION IN CRASHES. >> UMM, COULD YOU SEND ME THE
DATA THAT YOU HAVE ON THE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS AND, LIKE, THE HISTORICAL DATA ON THEIR EFFECTIVENESS? >> YEAH. SO RAISED CROSSING EVALUATION WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON. BUT WE'RE FINISHING UP THE SPEED CUSHION EVALUATION.
BUT THAT'S STILL ON THE -- THE INSTALLMENT PHASE. ONCE WEAVE MORE CRASH DATA, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT AT THE LATER -- >> HAVE YOU EVALUATED OTHER TREATMENTS? >> YEAH. SO WE ARE FINISHING
UP -- WE HAVE EVALUATED, LIKE, THE PLASTIC DELINEATOR TRTMENT. AT THE STREET CORNER AS A BUMPOUT OR A MEDIAN AND WHETHER IT'S AT A SINGLE INTERSECTION. >> OKAY. CAN YOU SEND ME -- I
GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING. CAN YOU SEND ME THE EVALUATIONS YOU'VE DONE S FAR? >> AH, YES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO INTERJECT FOR THAT NOTE. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE PRACTICE OF INFORMATION SHARED WITH ONE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'LL NOTE FOR A STAFF FOLLOW UP. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> YEP. >> AND THEN NEXT, I TNK I MISSED THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION. HOW DO YOU DECIDE HOW STREETS GET ADDED OR REMOVED TO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK? >> WE LOOK AT FOUR YEARS OF DAT
ACROSS -- I'M SORRY. FIVE YEARS OF DATA ACROSS ALL STREETS. AND WE DO SOMETHING CALLED A SLIDING WINDOW ANALYSIS. SO IT'S A GIS MAPPING EXERCISE. WHERE WE ASSIGN SCORES TO OTHER FATAL OR
SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES HAPPENEDD THAT GIVES US A SCORE TO EVE STREET IN THE CITY. AND THEN WE DESIGNATE APPROXIMATELY THE TOP 10% OF STREET MILEAGE IN THE
CITY TO THE HIGH INJURY STREET MAP. >> OKAY. >> MORE OF THE METHODOLOGIES TO REPORT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THA YOU. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS IN TERMS OF WHY I'M
MOST PROUD ABOUT THIS ASPECT OF THE WORK WE DO AS A CITY. UMM, I KNOW LAST TERM, UMM, THE COUNCIL HAD MANY DEBATES AROUND THE USEFULNESS OF -- OR MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN TRAFFIC CALMING. WHY AREE
PUTTING, YOU KNOW, MORE OR DOING MORE CONVERSIONS OF STREETS. THINGS THAT CAN MAKE THE LIVES OF DRIVERS MORE INCONVENIENT. AND I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE IDE NUMBER FOUR WHERE YOU READ -- OR WHERE WE MANY A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR
THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE WALKING, BIKING, OR DRIVING IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND I HAVE SEEN YOU DO THIS PRESENTATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. AND I HAVE ALWAYS MADE SURE THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THAT PRESENTATN. OF NAMING WE'RE LOSING LIVES WHEN OUR STREETS ARE NOT SAFE.
AND THAT EVERY RESIDENT DESERVES TO ACCESS THEM SAFELY AND FREELY AND WITHOUT CONCERN OF BEING PUT AT-RISK OF LOSING THEIR LIVES. IF THAT MEANS SHAVING OFF SOME TIME IN YOUR COMMUTE, THEN IT'S WORTH IT. WE'RE MAKING OUR
STREETS SAFER FOR OUR RESIDENTS P THAT'S PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE PUIC SAFETY STRATEGY, AS WELL. SO I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE DO THAT. FOR THE PUBLIC. FOR FOLKS WHO WONDER WHY DO WE COMPARE ABOUT BIKE LANES? WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THE CONVERSIONS OF STREETS? WHY DO
WE CARE ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING AND PUTTING THE ANNOYING PIECES OF PLASTIC. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PLASTIC. I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GR GREEN FRIENDLY. THIS IS WHY WE INVEST IN THIS WORK. THE GOAL IS ZERO
RESIDENTS AT-RISK OR LOSING THEIR LIVES WHILE NAVIGATING STREETS. I WANT TO COMMEND OUR STAFF FOR MAKING, AGAIN, STEADY PROGRESS. AND COMPLETING THE STRATEGIES AND GOALS THAT WE'VE PLACED IN OUR VISION ZERO PLAN. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE
UPDATED VERSION THIS SUMMER. AND, ALSO, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE, AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED, FOR RESIDENTS TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT ARE WE MISS. WHERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO MORE. THERE ARE OTHER INNOVATIVE TACTICS WE C EMPLOY TO KEEP
OUR STREETS SAFE FOR EVERYONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, TAKE A MOMENT TO GIVE KUDOS TO OUR STAFF ON THIS COMPONENT OF OUR WORK. WITH THAT, I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE FANTASTIC WORK. YOU KNOW,
THE VISION ZERO INITIATIVE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT T THE CITY. YOU ALL ARE COMMITTED TO THIS. ALWAYS.. I THINK IT DOES SHOW THE COMMITMENT IN A WAY, DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES WE HAVE HERE.
BECAUSE YOU DO A GOOD JOB AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND HOW IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO VISION ZERO. I WANT YOU TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! BUT, OF COURSE, MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE MORE THE BETTER. LIKE, YOU'RE DOING FANTASTIC. IT'S GOTTEN BETTER
OVER THE YEARS. AND SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. LIKE, JUST GETTING BETTER A BETTER WITH IT. PEOPLE -- I GET LESS QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AT MAKINGURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED THAT THEY
HAVE A VOICE IN THESE PROJECTS. THEY GET TO SHARE THE STORIES THAT THEY -- THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO WITNESSED THESE CRASHES. THEY'RE THE PEOPLE REPORTING THESE STREETS. THIS LIST OF STREETS YOU HAVE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CALLING AND
SAYING, THERE'S ATHER ACCIDENT HAPPENING HERE. CAN WE GET A TRAFFIC STUDY. AND SO I THINKTU AND THE ENTIRE VISION ZO TEAM HAVE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY IS ENGAGED IN THIS, IS REALLY PAYING OFF. AND
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH BETTER IT'S GOTTEN OVER THE YEARS. AND I JUST ENVISION IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. I WAS SO HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY DIRECTLY NOW. BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS KIND OF
BEEN STARTLING TO ME. THE NUMB OF DEATHS ON COUNTY ROADS. I HAVE A COUNTY ROAD IN MY WARD THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEATHS. BUT THERE'S SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. IT'S BEEN REDESIGNED AND ALL THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. YOU ALL STEPPED UP TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
REDESIGN. AND I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP DOING THAT. WE HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE FOLKS WHO THE ROADS BELONG TO. AND EXPRESS TO THEM HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING. BECAUSE WHAT I FIND, TOO, IS AOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
REPORT TO THE COUNTY OR TO MNDOT. IT COMES TO US OR YOU ALL. THEY THINK EVERY ROAD IN MINNEAPOLIS IS A CITY ROAD. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE PARTNERSHIP WH HENNEPIN COUNTY IS STRENGTHENING, TOO. AND THEN JUST, AGAIN, PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. I'M ALWAYS SO PROUD
OF THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ZERO DEATHS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, AS WELL. FOR, UMM, SUCH A WARM
PRESENTATION OF EVERYTHING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. ABOUT THE VISION ZERO AND ENSURING THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAFE AND THE WORK YOU DID ON LYNDALE AVENUE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. YEAH. THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
>> MORE TO COME THIS YEAR. >> YEAH. THAT WAS -- AND PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER DRIVING DOWN LYNDALE AVENUE SINCE THOSE TRAFFIC CALMING DIVIDERS IN THE STREET
ARE NOW THERE. BECAUSE PEOPLE USEDO FLY DOWN LYNDALE LIKE THEY HAD LOST TAL REGARD IF IT'S A STREET. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN A RACEWAY. I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. I'M THANKFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAFER FOR OUR FAMILIES TO GET, YOU KNOW,
ACROSS THE STREET TO THE PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. IT FEELS REALLY GOOD. AND FOR THE WORK THAT WAS ALSO DONE ON PLYMOUTH AVENUE, AS WE. SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THOSE THINGS. AND LOOK FORWARD TO
OTHER WAYS WE CAN HELP ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UMM, I WAS WONDERING -- I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH. WITH A LOT OF THE CROSSWALKS AND SUCH. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TALKING CROSSWALKS IN NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS THAT SUPPORT A LOT OF OUR ADA RESIDENTS OVER THERE. OR THE ELDERS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN THE PLAN, TOO? TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE -- >> SO WE, UMM, AH, THE AUDIO -- >> EVEN WITH THE LITTLE BIKE SIGNS ON THERE.
>> YEAH. THE FLASHING ONES? >> YEAH. YEAH. >> THE YELLOW ONES. YEAH. WE DO -- INCLUDING OUR TRAFFIC STAFF IMPLEMENT THOSE. I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED RIGHT NOW. BUT
WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT LOCATIONS. >> YEAH. I JUST ASK BECAUSE LAST SUMMER AND THE SUMMER BEFORE LAST, I BIKED WITH MY DAUGHTER. SHE WAS DOING A S.T.E.M. PROGRAM AT URBAN LEAGUE. WWERE BIKING FROM OUR HOME. WE TOOK FREMONT UP TO
PLYMOUTH AND THEN COMING BACK DOWN AND AROUND THAT WAY. AND THE BIKE LANES ARE ON BOTH SIDES IT DOESN'T GIVE CLEAR INDICATIONS OF WHERE YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TURN AT AND DO WHAT HAVE YOU. WOULD BE GOOD YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY'RE USING THE BIKE LANES AND OTHER
INDIVIDUALS TO KNOW, HEY, WAIT. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE CAN MOVE IN CERIN AREAS OF THE CITY. SINCE WE'VE INVESTED AND PUT IN THE BIKE LANES THERE, WE SHOULD HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO P SUPPORT IT IN THE WAY THEY
DO IN OTHER AREAS THE CITY. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. >>EP. THANK YOU. >> NO PROBLEM. I SENSE A PRIORITY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN TO BE SUBMITTED. [ LAUGHTER ] THAT SAID, AGAIN, JUST LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. ALL RIGHT. NO ONE ELSE IS IN QUEUE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH, AGAIN, FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. I WILL ASK OUR CLERKS TO FILE THAT AND, ALSO, TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AROUND THE QUESTION HE ASKED, AS WELL. UMM, THAT SAID, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL BUSINESS
ON OUR AGENDA BEFORE US TODAY. SO WITH THAT, UMM, I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT.