>> GOO AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CLIMATE & INFSTRUCTURE COMMITTEE FOR DECEMBER 4, 2025. BEFORE WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, I WANT TO OFFER A REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS AND
STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE ONLINE BROADCAST. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THE MEETING. >> CLERK: REINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: VETAW.
>> PRESENT. >> CLERK: OSMAN IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> CLERK: PRES PRESENT. >> CLERK: KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> CLERK: CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND A NOTE FOR ALL OF THE MEMRS OF THE
PUBLIC, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, M PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SIGN IN WITH THE CLERKS. COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SIGN INTO SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, PLEASE. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA. I HAVE A WALK ON ADDITION, A RECEIVE AND FILE
ATTEMPT. AN UPDATE TO OUR 2024 AND 2025 CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. SO IT HAS SOME DETAILS ABOUT ALL THAT WE DID OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THIS COMMITTEE. AND A COLUMN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON
THE FILE, SHOWS THE OUTCOME OF THE VARIOUS ITEMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE DIDN'T FULLY COMPLETE FROM OUR WORK PLAN TOGETHER, BUT THIS CAN LAY OUT A ROAD MAP FOR THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE IN THE NEXT TERM, TO PICK UP ON THE
PROGRESS. WITH THAT IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ADDING THAT TO THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARETEMS 2 THROUGH 13, AS WELL AS THE WALK ON ITEM. SO ITEM TWO IS A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
INCORPORATING THE SEVENTH STREET NORTH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT INTO THE BLUE LINE EXTENSION LIGHT RAIL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THREE IS AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025R-108 TO SPECIFY THE PROJECT STATIONS WHERE CRITERIA ARE NOT
MET AND SPECIFYING THE DESIGN SPEED REDUCTION. THIS IS ALSO IN RELATION TO THE BLUE LINE. FOUR IS AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025R-228 TO SPECIFY THE PROJECT STATIONS WHERE CRITERIA WERE NOT
MET FOR THE CEDAR LAKE ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT. FIVE IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES. I'M GOING TO PULL THIS TO DISCUSSION. SIX IS A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE MET COUNCIL RELATEDO THE BLUE
LINE EXTENSION. SEVEN IS AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY FOR THE STORMWATER RESILIENCE PLANNING. EIGHT IS RECEIVING AND FILING A REPORT ON TRAFFIC ZONES, RESTRICTIONS, AND CONTROLS. NINE IS APPROVING A SET OF
RESOLUTIONS THAT AMEND THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION FOR WATER DISTRIBUTION. IMPROVEMENTS AND ALL RELATED PROJECTS. 10 IS APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REQUESTING A SUMMARY OF THE 2006 SOUTH LYNDALE MASTER PLAN. AND
ANALYSIS FOR POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. 11 IS AROVING A BLOCK EVENT PERMIT FOR THE WINTERAPOLIS CURLING PLAZA TO TAKE PLACE ON NICOLLET MALL IN FEBRUARY. 12 IS AMENDING A PREVIOUSLY-PASSED
RESOLUTION TO CORRECT AND CLARIFY MUNICIPAL STATE AID RULE FOR THE PROJECT FOR 35th AND 36th STREET IS SEEKING A VARIANCE FROM. AND 13 IS APPROVING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER. ALSO
KNOWN AS THE HERC. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? OR SPEAK ON? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO PULL THE
BOTH HERC ITEMS. ONE IS THE CONTRACT AND THE OTHER IS IS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE FROM COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. AND THE CURLING. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT. THERE'S AN EVEN HAPPENINT
MALL IN FEBRUARY. I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE DURING THE WINTER OLYMPICS. I DID SHARE WITH THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL THAT MY OFFICE, REPRESENTING WARD 7, I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM TRANSIT RIDERS WHEN THE BUSES ARE DETOURED OFF NICOLLET MALL.
IT'S SOMETHING TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON TRYING TO MAKE THAT PROCESS AS SMOOTH AND FRICTIONLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DO USE NICOLLET ML FOR TRANSIT. BUT I KNOW THIS WILL BE A POSITIVE EVENT AND WILL BRING A LOT OF ACTIVITY TO DOWNTOWN. KIND OF IN THE WINTER
PHASE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TOURISM ACTIVITY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THE ITEMS EXCEPT THE TWO HERC-RELATED ITEMS. ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY
ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THOSE ITEMS CARRY. SO, TAKING UP THE HERC CONTRACT, FIRST. THIS IS A TWO-YEAR CTRACT FOR HOLLER SERVICES TO THE HERC AT HENNEPIN
COUNTY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR I CAN'T SUPPORT THE ITEM. I THINK IT DOESN'T ENOUGH TO PHASE OUT THE USE OF THE HERC FACILITY AND SETS OURSELVES UP TO BE IN A TRICKY POSITION IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. WHEN WE SHOULD BE ENDING AND WE HAD POLICIES FROM BOTH THE COUNTY AND CITY WE'RE
WORKING TOWARD CLOSURE AND REPROPOSING THE HERC INTO SOMETHING NEW. IF WE'RE NOT INCORPORATING THAT POLICY INTO OUR CONTRACTS, THEN WE'RE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP TO BE IN A GOOD POSITION. ON THIS ITEM, I WILL ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS. BUT MY
PROPOSAL IS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL. AND WORK HARD TO GET THAT CONTRACT LENGTH BROUGHT DOWN TO ONE YEAR INSTEAD OF TWO YEARS. SO THAT'S THE MOTION THAT I'LL VOTE FORWARD TAY.
ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ITEM. I WILL SUPPORT YOUR MOTION. BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THERE'S NO CHANGES, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE ITEM ATULL COUNCIL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL WORK ON COMMUNICATING WITH THE COUNTY TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET
TO AN AGREEMENT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD, DIRECTOR? ALL RIGHT. ON THE MOTION TO MOVE IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO NEXT WEEK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION CARRIES. ON THE LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTIVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE IS BRINGING FORWARD, WE DID HAVE A COUE OF LANGUAGE SUGGESTIONS ON IT. AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'D BE AMENABLE TO MOVING IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AND WORK TOGETHER ON CLARIFYING A COUPLE OF THINGS AS IT RELATES TO THE ENERGY THAT'S PRODUCED AT HENNEPIN AT
THE HERC. >> YEAH. I DO HAVE YOUR DRAFT SUGGESTIONS. AND I'M ... I HAVE YOUR DRAFT SUGGESTIONS. AND I'M AMENABLE TO ALMOST ALL OF THEM. >> OKAY. GREAT. >> THERE'S ONE THAT IS KIND OF A DEAL KILLER. >> ALL RIGHT. >> LET'S TALK ABO IT. >> SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU
FOR -- YEAH, BEING OPEN TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION. SO I'LL MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION, AS WELL. AND GET TOGETHER ON THAT LANGUAGE. ON THAT MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THAT
MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND NEXT UP WE'LL TAKE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. REMINDER, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE ITEM, WHICH IS THE WEST RIVER PARKWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SEE
THE CLERK OVER HERE. CLERK MICHAEL. I'LL INVITE STAFF TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ON THIS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CASHMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M MI MICHAEL RICHIE, SENIOR
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEER, AND DESIGN OF PUBLIC WORKS. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR WEST RIVER PARKWAY PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
APPROXIMATELY 0.3 MILES OF NEW PARKWAY. CONNECTING THE WEST RIVER PARKWAY WITH 33rd AVENUE NORTH ROUND ABOUT TO COMPLETE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION THROUGH THE UPPER HARBOR SITE. THE NEW ROADWAY WILL SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE ARTS
CENTER AND UPPER HARBOR REGIONAL PARK. THE PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT NEW SIDEWALK, ADA COMPLIANT PEDESTRIAN RAMPS, SIGN AGE, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE. TOTAL ANTICIPATED PROJECT COST IS $ $3,718,402. TOTAL STREET CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT IS $718,402. THIS IS BASED ON THE
2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES AND INFLUENCE AREA METHOD. THE RATES ARE $3.20 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND $1.12 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND THE REST OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM
COMMON PROJECT RESERVE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUNDS. TODAY PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A RESOLUTIONS ORDERINGHE WORK TO PROCEED, ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, AUTHORIZING SALE OF THE ASSESSMENT BONDS, AND AUTHORIZING ABANDONMENT AND
REMOVAL OF AREAWAYS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROJECT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I WILL STANDBY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO NOW WE'RE GOING PROCEED TO OPEN
THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. AND I AM CURIOUS IF AL FLOWERS, BYRON, RICHARD, AND OTHERS IF YOU MEANT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS
PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU'RE HERE -- NOT FOR THIS ONE. OKAY. AND GATE KEEPER ALSO FOR THE NEXT -- OKAY. AND THEN PAUL BURNBERG, AND THI IS ALSO FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE? OKAY.
ANYO HERE TO SPEAK ON THE WEST RIVER ROAD PROJECT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS. SO, FIRST, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CASHMAN. NO QUESTIONS. I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU SO MUCH. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. IT IS THE KIND O LIKE, THE FINAL CONNECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NORTH SIDE ISCCESSED THROUGHOUT THE PARKWAY AND ON THE RIVER. SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THIS HERE! AND I
APPRECIATE THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NORTH SIDE HAS FULL ACCESS TO THE RIVER. THANK YOU! >> ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. >> I'LL MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE TWO ORDINANCES
BEFORE US, WHICH ARE CONTINUATION FROM OUR LAST MEETING. THEY GO TOGETHER. THE FIRST IS THE GAS FRANCHISE FEE ORDINANCE AND THE NEXT ITEM AFTER THAT IS THE ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEE ORDINANCE. AND,
COLLEAGUES, BEFORE YOU, YOU'LL SEEN AN AMENDED VERSION TO EACH ORDINANCE. AND JUST TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE WHAT THESE AMENDMENTS DO, AND THEY WERE REQUESTED BY OUR UTILITY PARTNERS EXCEL AND CENTER POINT. THEY MOVE THE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION TO
APRIL 1 TO ALLOW THE UTILITIES TO STARTMPLEMENTING THESE FEES ON THEIR TIMELINE FOR THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICES. AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT RELATES TO THE DATA THAT WE'RE ASKING FROM THE UTILITIES, AS WELL. AND WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN LINE WITH THEIR PRIVACY POLICIES. AND JUST COLLECTING THE DATA THAT THE CITYEEDS WHILE NOT INFRINGING ON THE DATA PRIVACY THAT THE UTILITIES HAVE TO CONFORM TO. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL OF BOTH THESE AMENDED VERSIONS. ND ASK IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE SUBSTITUTION ON THESE ITEMS. WE
HAD A GREAT PUBLIC HEARING IN THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING WITH OVER 50 PEOPLE COMING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT! SO I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED. GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNSHIP WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY STAFF ON PROVIDING USITH DATA AND MODELING AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON CLEAN ENERGY DELIVERY AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE HOMES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO NEED IT MOST. THE NORTH SIDE, ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH SIDE, LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND WITHIN THE GREEN ZONES. WITH THAT, THE MOTION TO APPROVE -- I GUESS WE
CAN TAKE THEM TOGETHER, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, CLERK MICHAEL, AND APPROVAL OF BOTH ORDINANCES. AND I'LL ASK -- >> SINCE THEY'RE RELATED YOU CAN. >> I'LL ASK IF YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. >> CLERK: ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH OF THE DISCUSSION
ITEMS,OUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> CLERK: AS AMENDED. VETAW. >> AYE. >> CLERK: OSMAN ABSENT. CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CLERK: KOSKI. >> AYE. >> CLERK: AND CHAIR CASHMAN.
>> AYE. >> CLERK: WE HAVE FOUR AYES AND ONE NAY. >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THOSE ORDINANCES WILL CARRY-ON TO THE FULL COUNCIL WHERE THEY'LL BE VOTED ON NEXT THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 11th. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MOVING ON THE NEXT AND FINAL SET OF DISCUSSION ITEMS HERE WILL BE RELATED TO GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. REMINDER, WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE ON GEORGE
FLOYD SQUARE TODAY. WE ARE HEARING AND RECEIVING PRESENTATIONS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS TODAY. FIRST FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THE SECOND FROM UNITY CMUNITY, AND THEN THE THIRD WILL BE FROM THE COMMUNITY VISIONING COUNCIL. A I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT 10
MINUTES FOR EACH PRESENTATION. AND WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT IBLE, AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION, AS WELL. I'LL WELCOME, FIRST, PUBLIC WORKS TO BEGIN THEIR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. TIM SEXTON. PUB I'M JOINED BY ADAM HALE AND TIFFANY, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CROSS SECTION OF CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS MOST RECENT EFFORT
IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS. PARTICULARLY FONTAINE BURRIS AND PUBLIC WORKS AND THE US A OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AND SINCERE THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS JOINING US HERE TODAY. AND FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE ENGAGED ON THIS
PROJECT OVER THE LAST MULTIPLE YEARS. SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION JUST TO SET THE TABLE HERE. IT'S A RESPONSE TO A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 27th, 2025.
DIRECTIVE CAME FROM COUNCIL AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL REFERRED THE PROPOSED FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT TO THE CLERK. LAST WINTER. TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS A SUMMARY OF THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 10 MONTHS. AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION HAS BEEN
UPLOADED TO LIMS, INCLUDING A FULL REPORT AND THE SUMMARY OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AS PART OF THE RESPONSE TO THIS LD. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, CHAIR, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'RE NOT REQUESTING ANY KIND OF ACTION FROM COUNCIL TODAY. THIS IS JUST THE RESPONSE FROM THE
COUNCIL TO THE MAYOR FORORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY ABOUT A PEDESTRIAN PLAZA AT THE INTERSECTION OF 38th AND I THINK WHICH, SITE KNOWN AS GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO ADAM TO
PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF THE LD >> THANK Y, DIRECTOR SEXTON. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MYAME IS ADAM HALE, PRINCIPLE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS. TO SET THE STAGE
FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I'LL START WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE LANGUAGE SHOWN HERE. PUBLIC WORKS WAS ASKED TO, NUMBER ONE, STUDY THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT LAYOUT FOR 38th AND CHICAGO, ACCORDING TO THE STATE STATUTE. NUMBER TWO,
PROVIDE INFORMATION ON EXISTING PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS IN MINNEAPOLI THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THESE TWO TOPICS. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ALLOWS A CITY TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN MALL TO PROTECT PUBLIC WELFARE, PROTECT
THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, AND TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE FUNCTION AND APPEARANCE OF A CITY. TO ESTABLISH A PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE, THE COUNCIL MUST ADOPT A PEDESTRIAN MALL
ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE REQUIRED STATUTORY LANGUAGE, THIS INCLUDES: ADOPTING THE FINDINGS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE, OFFIALLY DESIGNATING THE STREET OR PART OF THE STREET AS A PEDESTRIAN MALL, AND SPECIFYING TIMES OR DAYS WHEN THE STREET IS LIMITED TO
PEDESTRIANS AND AUTHORIZED VEHICLES, SUCH AS EMERGENCY, PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTENANCE, AND SERVICE VEHICLES. THE STATE STATUTE ALSO LAYS OUT THE PROTEST PROCESS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ABUT THE
PROPOS PEDESTRIAN MALL. IF THE OWNERS OF LANDS ABUTTING ON A STREET OR PART OF A STREET PROPOSE AS A PEDESTRIAN MALL REPRESENTING A MAJORITY OF THEIR FRONTAGE ON THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN MALL, MAY MAKE WRITN OBJECTION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROPOSED
PEDESTRIAN MALL BEFORE THE ORDINANCE IS FINALIZED. THE CITY COUNCIL MUST HALT THE PROCESS. NO SIMILAR ORDINANCE CAN BE INTRODUCED FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL PROCEEDINGS.
FIRST, I WILL WALK THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN MALCOLM ACCEPT LAYOUT, AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS IN RESPONSE TO ITEM ONE OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AN
EMPHASIS ON TECHNICAL AGENCY, AGENCY COORDINATION, AND COMMUNITY INPUT. THE ANALYSIS BEGAN WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL CONCEPT LAYOUT. INCORPORATING TECHNICAL ANALYSIS TO REFINE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND EVALUATE FEASIBILITY AND IMPACTS. WE
COORDINATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CPED, HENNEPIN COUNTY, METRO TRANSIT, AND MET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND ACCESS AND DELIVERY NEEDS. WE ALSO RESEARCHED EXISTING PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS THAT CITY COUNCIL
REQUESTED. FINALLY, THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE REPORT SUMMARIZES THE PEDESTRIAN MALL EVALUATION. THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF A PEDESTRIAN MALL IS MMARIZED IN SIX AREAS. I'LL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE ON THE
FOLLOWING SLIDES. BEFORE PRESENTING THE DETAILED TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, HERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL CONCEPT LAYOUT. I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY FEATURES. I'LL BEGIN BY DEFINING THE LIMITS OF THE
PEDESTRIAN MALL. THE PEDESTRIAN'S MALL NORTHWEST LIMIT IS AT THE PUBLIC ALLEY, CAN HAD HAS TO REMAIN OPEN. THE NORTHEAST LIMIT IS DEFED BY THE POINT WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN SPACE EXCEEDS 18 FEET, WHICH IS A MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED WIDTH FOR THIS TYPE OF STREET. IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS STREET DESIGN GUIDE, CHICAGO AVENUE IS IDENTIFIED AS A MIXED USE COMMERCIAL CONNECTOR. THE RECOMMENDED DIMENSIONS FOR PEDESTRIAN SPACE ON THIS TYPE OF STREET ARE A TWO-FOOT FRONTAGE, 6 TO 10-FOOT CLEAR SIDEWALK, AND 6-FOOT
BOULEVARD OR FURNISHING AREA. FOR A TOTAL PEDESTRIAN SPACE RANGING FROM 14 TO 18-FEET. THEREFORE, A PEDESTRIAN SPACE WIR THAN 18-FEET WOULD EXCEED THE DESIGN GUIDANCE AND WAS CONSIDERED PART OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. THE SE
SOUTHERN LIMIT IS THE NORTH SIDE OF 38th STREET. T DARK GRAY REPRESENTS THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA, AND THE BLUE AREA IS A MEMORIAL SPACE WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED. A 20-FOOT CLEAR ZONE NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA TO ALLOW
FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND FOR DELIVERY VEHICLES THAT CANNOT TN AROUND IN THE CUL-DE-SAC. I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THIS IN A LATER SLIDE. FINALLY, THE PROPOSED BRT PLATFORMS ARE SHOWN ON CHICAGO AVENUE, SOUTH OF 38th STREET.
HOWEVER, BUSES WOULD NEED TO DIVERT OFF CHICAGO AVENUE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. I'LL DISCUSS TRANSIT SERVICE IMPACTS LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. I'LL SHARE A FEW RENDERINGS OF THE PEDESTRIAN
MALL. THE FIRST IMAGE SHOWN SHOWS WHAT THE PEDESTRIAN COULD LOOK LIKE. THIS VIEW IS NORTH OF THE CUL-DE-SAC,OOKING SOUTH TOWARDS 38th STREET. THIS
VIEW IS SOUTH OF 38th STREET, LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. THIS VIEW IS SIDE THE PEDESTRIAN MALL
LOOKING NORTH. NOW, I'LL GET INTO THE TECHNICAL ANALYS STARTING WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS. BASED ON COORDINATION WITH MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY VEHICLES WOULD REQUIRE THE ABILITY TO
ACCESS OR DRIVE THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN MALL FOR EMERGENCIES IN OR NEAR THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. AS A RESULT, THE DESIGN INCLUDES A 20-FOOT CLEAR ZONE PER THE FIRE CODE. THIS ZONE IS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SLIDE. THE CLEAR ZONE CANNOT HAVE ANY
FIXED OR MOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS,ING IN THING LIGHTS, SIGNS, GATES, TREES, PLANTERS, SEATING, VENDOR CARTS, OR SNOW STORAGE. A 4-INCH CUL-DE-SAC CURB IS DESIGNED ON
THE NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. THAT CAN BE DRIVEN OVER BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES. WE COORDINATED WITH MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM THE FIRE TRUCKS CAN DRIVE OVER THE CURB AND A L
ALLOWOR EQUIPMENT CLEARANCE. PARKING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. PARKING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE CUL-DE-SAC. THIS WILL BE POSTED WITH SIGNS, BUT CHALLENGING TO KEEP CLEAR. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AROUND THE PEDESTRIAN MALL, PARKING WOULD
BE REMOVED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 37th STREET BETWEEN CLUCK BUS AVENUE AND CHICAGO AVENUE DUE TO THE NARROW STREET WIDTH. PARKING ON COLUMBUS AVENUE AND ELLIOT AVENUE WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE PARKING
RESTRICTIONS OR REMOVAL. TRAFFIC IMPACTS. THERE ARE ABOUT 2,900 VEHICLES PER DAY ON THE 3700 BLOCK OF CHICAGO AVENUE. WITH A PEDESTRIAN MALL, ROUGHLY A 550 VEHICLES PER
DAY WOULD DIVERT TO COLUMBUS AND ELLIOT AND 37th STREET, A NOTABLE INCREASE FOR THE LOW-VOLUME STREETS. THE REMAINING TRAFFIC SHIFTING TO BLOOMINGTON AVENUE, PARK AVENUE, AND PORTLAND AVENUE. PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY. THIS TABLE SHOWS CRASH DATA FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. THERE U WERE FEWER CRASHES AT 38th AND CHICAGO FROM 2021 TO 2025 WITH THE CENTER ISLAND AND ALL-WAY STOP CONDITIONS. CRASHES INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES OVER THE LAST 10
YEARS SHOW THAT ALL CRASHES OCCURRED ON 38th STREET WERE ON THE SOUTH LEG OF THE CHICAGO AVENUE INTERSECTN. MEANING THERE WERE NO CRASHES IN THE AREA WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN MALL WOULD BE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT CRASHES ON THE LOCAL STREETS.
37th STREET, COLUMBUS AVENUE, AND ELLIOT AVENUE. THE CRA FREQUENCY WAS HIGHER IN 2020 AND 2021 DURING THE CLOSURE OF 38th STREET AND CHICAGO AVENUE, COMPARED TO EITHER
BEFORE OR AFTER THE CLOSURE. DELIVERY ACCESS. AROUND 12 BUSINESSES RECEIVE40 TO 45 SMALL-VEHICLE DELIVERIES PER WEEK. WHICH INCLUDES PICKUP TRUCKS, VANS, BOX TRUCKS, SUCH
AS UPS AND FEDEX. THESE SMALLER DELIVERY VEHICLES WILL BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND IN THE CUL-DE-SAC AND ALSO USE THE NEARBY ALLEYS. LARGER VEHICLES ARE UNABLE TO NAVIGATE THE CUL-DE-SAC OR THE NEARBY ALLEYS. AND WILL NEED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN
MALL TO ENTER OR LEAVE CHICAGO AVENUE. EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND LARGER MAINTENANCE VEHICLES WOULD ALSO NEED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. IN TOTAL, ABOUT 20 VEHICLES PER WEEK ARE ESTIMATED TO DRIVE THROUGH T PEDESTRIAN MALL, INCLUDING
BEVERAGE TRUCKS, TRACTOR-TRAILER TYPE TRUCKS, AND LARGE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. TRANSIT SERVICE. THE D-LINE BRT PROJECT UPGRADED AND SUBSTANTIALLY REPLACE THE LOCAL ROUTE 5 WHEN
IT OPENED IN 2022. THIS WAS A $75 MILLION INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE TRANSIT SERVICE AND STATIONS ON THE 18-MILE ROUTE FROM THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO BROOKLYN CENTER. INCLUDING CHICAGO AVENUE. THE D-LINE
CURRENTLY SERVES AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 13,000 RIDERS PER DAY, WHICH IS METRO TRANSIT'S HIGHEST RIDERSHIP BRT ROUTE. PRIOR TO THE D LINE, THE SCHEDULED ROUTE 5 TRIP TIME WAS ABOUT 90 MINUTES
ONE WAY. A KEY GOAL OF THE D-LINE PROJECT WAS TO REDUCE TRAVEL TIME BY 20 TO 25%. THROUGH INCREASED STATION SPACING, IN-LANE STOPS, TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS. THAT PROJECT GOAL EQUATES TO ABOUT 18 TO 22
MINUTES IN TRAVEL TIME REDUCTION. THE D LINE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO OPERATE ON CHICAGO AVENUE THROUGH THIS AREA, WITH STATIONS AT 42nd STREET, 38th STREET, AND 34th STREET. WE COORDINATED
WITH METRO TRANSIT TO PROPOSE THE D LE STATIONS AND ROUTING WITH THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION. D LINE BRT STOPS ARE PROPOSED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON CHICAGO AVENUE, SOUTH OF 38th STREET. THESE PLATFORMS WOULD SERVE BOTH
D LINE AND ROUTE 5 BUSES, AND BRING TRANSIT STOPS CLOSER TO WHERE THEY LIVE AND WORK. THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE BUS ROUTING WITH THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. SOUTHBOUND BUSES WOULD USE 35th STREET, PORTLAND
AVENUE, AND 38th STREET TO TRAVEL AROUND THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. NORTHBOUND BUSES WOULD USE 38th STREET, BLOOMINGTON AVENUE, AND 36th STREET. THIS WOULD INCREASE NORTHBOUND TRAVEL TIME BY 7 TO 10 MINUTES. AND 4 TO 6 MINUTES OF ADDITIONAL
SOUTHBOUND TRAVEL TIME WITH A TOTAL ROUND-TRIP OF 11 TO 16 MINUTES IN TRAVEL TIME, COMPARED TO BUSES TRAVELING STRAIGHT THROUGH CHICAGO AVENUE. IF THE D LINE IS ON A PERMANENT DETOUR,
METRO TRANSIT'S GOAL OF 20 TO 25% REDUCTION IN TRAVEL TIME CANNOT BE MET. FINALLY, THE D LINE PROJECT WAS PARTIALLY FUNDED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS. AND A PERMANENT DETOUR WOULD POTENTIALLY REQUIRE PAY BACK OF
FEDERAL FUNDS. OUR FINAL ANALYSIS COVERS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. FULL SNOW REMOVAL WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE CUL-DE-SAC, THE 20-FEET CLEAR ZONE, AND ADJACENT SIDEWALKS TO MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
SNOW REMOVAL COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $70,000 PER WINTER, BASED ON AN AVERAGE WINTER AND PUBLIC WORKSOMPLETING THE WORK. THE 20-FOOT CLEAR ZONE MUST BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES. EXCEPT DURING PERMITTED STREET CLOSURES AND PERSONAL VEHICLES WOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO USE THE PEDESTRIAN MALL FOR DRIVING OR PARKING. KEEPING PERSONAL VEHICLES OUT OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL, ALONG WITH KEEPING THE CUL-DE-SAC CLEAR OF PARKED VEHICLES, WILL BE AN ONGOING OPERATIONAL CHALLENGE.
TO SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS OF THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. ABOUT 550 VEHICLES PER DADDY VE -- DIVERTED TO LOCAL STREETS. THE ADDITION OF THE CENTER ISLAND AND ALL-WAY STOP HAS CONTRIBUTED
TO FEWER CRASHES AT THE 38th AND CHICAGO AVENUE INTERSECTION. D LINE AND ROUTE 5 TRAVEL TIMES WOULD INCREASE BY 11 TO 16 MINUTES ROUND-TRIP. COMPARED TO THROUGH-ROUTING ON CHICAGO AVENUE. EMERGENCY AND LARGE VEHICLES MUST DRIVE THROUGH THE
PEDESTRIAN MALL. AND, FINALLY, $70,000 IN ANNUAL SNOW REMOVAL COSTS. WE ALSO REVIEWED OTHER PEDESTRIAN MALL REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE STATUTE. A PEDESTRIAN MALL OF 38th AND CHICAGO MEETS
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY CRITERIA, SINCE BOTH STREETS ARE CITY STREETS AND NOT ADJACENT TO ANOTHER ROADWAY AUTHORITY. UNDER THE CURRENT CITY ASSESSMENT POLICY, 83 PROPERTIES WILL BE ASSESSED ALONG 38th STREET EAST. BETWEEN 10th AVENUE SOUTH AND
PARK AVENUE. AND ALONG CHICAGO AVENUE BETWEEN 39th STREET EAST AND 37th STREET EAST. APPROXIMATELY $561,000 COULD BE ASSESSED FOR THE PROJECT. STATE STATUTE REFERENCES THE CITY'S BEST INTERESTS. THE MINNEAPOLIS
2040 PLAN WAS USED TO GUIDE THE EVALUATION OF THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. THE MINNEAPOLIS 2040 PLAN STATES THE CITY WILL USE THIS PLAN TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING THAT AFFECTS THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF OUR CITY AS
IT RELATES TO THE BUILT, NATURAL, AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. THE ANALYSIS CONSIDER THE CONSISTENCY OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL CONCEPT WITH EACH OF THE 100 POLICIES AND RELATING ACTION STEPS THAT SUPPORT THE 14 GOALS IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS 2040 PLAN. THE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT 10 POLICIES IDENTIFIED IN MINNEAPOLIS 2040 PLAN APPLY TO THE PEDESTRIAN MALL STREET CONCEPT. MORE DETAIL OF THE ANALYSIS AND RELEVANT POLICIES CAN BE FOUND
IN THE REPORT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY ON VISIONING AND PRIORITIES FOR 38th AND CHICAGO SINCE 2021. FROM 2021 TO 2023, MORE THAN
1,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATED. AND MORE THAN 2,500 COMMENTS WERE COLLECTED. IN 2024 ALONE, THERE WERE MORE THAN 1,000 ATTENDEES AT PROJECT
ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND 25,000 INTERACTIONS ON THE PROJECT. SPECIFIC TO THE LEGISLATIVE RECTIVE, THIS PAST SPRING AND SUMMER, WE'VE ENGAGED PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESSES THROUGH MAILINGS, E-MAILS, AND IN-PERSON
VISITS TO UNDERSTAND ACCESS AND DELIVERY NEEDS. IN AUGUST, WE SHARED OUR PEDESTRIAN MALL ANALYSIS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SHARE FEEDBACK AND IDENTIFY ANYTHING WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED IN THE EVALUATION. WE ADVERTISED
THOSE EVENTS IN AUGUST, VIA MAILINGS, DOOR HANGERS, THE CIT WEBSITE, E-MAILS USING GOV DELIVERY, AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THE EVENTS WERE WELL ATTENDED. WE HAD OVER 200 ATTENDEES, AND 179 COMMENTS. WE ALSO PRESENTED TO
THE CITY'S BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEES. A SUMMARY OF EACH ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY AND THE COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THE ENGAGEMENT PERIOD CAN BE FOUND IN ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY, INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. NEXT I'LL DISCUSS
ITEM TWO IN THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, WHICH INVOLVES PRESENTING INFORMATION ON EXISTING PEDESTRIAN MALLS. NICOLLET MALL LOCATED BETWEEN WASHINGTON AVENUE AND ALICE
RAINVILLE PLACE. NICOLLET MALL WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 4239 OF THE TITLE 17 IN THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE AS A PEDESTRIAN MALL WITH TRANSIT SERVICE AND OPENED IN 1967, FOLLOWING A CITY COUNCIL ACTION. THIS APPROACH WAS INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE REVIVAL OF DOWNTOWN RETAIL. IT
WAS RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED IN 2017, AND FEATURES WIDENED SIDEWALKS, PROGRAMMABLE ZONES, PUBLIC ART, AND DEDICATED TRANSIT SPACE. AND RESTRICTS GENERAL VEHICLE ACCESS, EXCEPT FOR DELIVERIES AND EMERGENCY
VEHICLES. CHICAGO AVENUE MALL.R PARKWAY AND SECOND STREET SOUTH. BEFORE ITS CONVERSION TO A PUBLIC PLAZA, THE CHICAGO MALL WAS A RAIL YARD AND LATER A PARKING LOT WITH REDEVELOPMENT PLANS BEGINNIN IN 1998, AND
SHIFT TO A PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY SPACE IN 2001 TO SUPPORT THE GUTHRIE THEATER AND CONNECT THE CITY TO THE RIVER. THE MALL'S DESIGN PRIORITIZES PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, RESTRICTS ACCESS TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND PROVIDES
OPEN SPACE TO EVENTS LIKE MILL CITY'S FARMER MARKET. THE DESIGNATION OF THE CHICAGO OF A MALL WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER CHAPTER 4 459 UNDER TITLE
17. IT WAS NOT A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. MILWAUKEE AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT LOCATED BETWEEN EAST FRANKLIN AVENUE AND EAST 24th STREET. THE MILWAUKEE AVENUE
HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS ORIGINALLY 19th CENTURY WORKER STREET, LATER THREATENED BY URBAN DEVELOPMENT BUT PRESERVED AND REHABILITATIONED EARNING NATIONAL AND LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS IN THE 1970s. ITS DESIGN FEATURES A PEDESTRIAN
PRO PROMENADE WITH SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, VEGETATION, VEHICLE ACCESS IS RESTRICTED TO ALLEYS AND ADJACENT STREETS. WHILE MAINTAINING PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN AND UTILITY EASEMENTS. ALL THOUGH IT OPERATES AS A PEDESTRIAN-ONLY CORRIDOR, IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED
AND NOT WITHIN CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT-OF-WAY. THEREFORE, MILWAUKEE AVENUE IS NOTESIGNATED AS A PEDESTRIAN MALL. LAST SLIDE. I'LL WELCOME TIFFANY, ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEY HERE. >> THANK YOU WE PROVIDED A BRIEF OVERWAY IN WHICH CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE AT A LATER TIME. AS NOTED, CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE ARE NOT TAKING THE
VOTE ON THE PEDESTRIAN MALL AT THIS TIME, AT THIS MEETING. SO THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PEDESTRIAN MALL CONCEPT, THEY WILL NEED TO REINTRODUCE A PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE IN THE 2026 SESSION. THIS IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OUR NORMAL STANDARD PROCEDURES
WHEN WE HAVE A SHIFTING OF COUNCIL AND THAT'S WHY THE POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN MALL ORDINANCE WOULD NEED TO BE REINTRODUCED AT THAT TIME. THAT WOULD HAPPEN SOMETIME, PROBABLY EARLY NEXT YEAR, WHENEVER THE COUNCIL WISHES TO TWO FORWARD.
MR. HALE CAN TALK ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION. >> THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE FOR NEXT YEAR, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, PUBLIC WORKS WOULD RESTART A BROADER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT TO
DEVELOP A MORE COMPLETE AND STAFF-RECOMMENDED CONCEPT LAYOUT. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE. FINAL DESIGN WOULD OCCUR IN 2027 WITH CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN 2028.
>> IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT, THAT CONCEPT WAS PUT ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THE DECEMBER 11th DATE. IF COUNCIL DECIDED THEY WANTED TO VOTE IT FORWARD AT THAT TIME, THEY COULD. THEY COULD CHOOSE WHATEVER THEY WISH TO DO WITH
THAT CONCEPT. BUT THAT WOULD BE THE TIME THEY WOULD FIRST BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT CONCEPT LAYOUT AGAIN. AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU, TIFFANY. CHAIR, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT, IF
THAT IS APPROVED, THE LAYOUT WILL ADVANCE INTO FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN 2026. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN 2026. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE. A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION DURATION. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE OPEN CONCEPT DESIGN CONSTRUCTION DURATION
TIMELINE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DON ELWOOD, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, ENGINEERING, AND DESIGN. MOVING FORWARD WITH A FLEXIBLE OPEN, WE CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN 2026, IT'S
ANTICIPATED TO TAKE ALL OF '26, '27, AND FLOAT A LITTLE BIT INTO '28. DEPENDS ON THE EXACT METHOD OF DELIVERY. I WOULD ANTICIPATE UTILITY WORK BEGINNING IN 2026. AND MOVING INTO FULL CONSTRUCTION ALL OF
2027. >> OKAY. THANKS. AND I'M REALLY SENSITIVE TO THE D-LINE COMPONENT THAT TRANSIT COMPONENT HERE. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE TRANSIT IN THAT OPEN CONCEPT WOULD MOVE BACK TO CHICAGO IN 2028, IS THAT
CORRECT? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING. AND JUST TO CLARIFY. OFTENTIMES ON PROJECTS, YOU'VE SEEN ME WORK SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE ON A CERTAIN DATE. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT FLOAT INTO THE FOLLOWING YEARS. COULD BE
TRANSIT STATIONS WOULD NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED. MAYBE STREET LIGHTS. THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE 2027. >> OKAY. THANKS. AND THEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MR. HALE. ABOUT THE ADDED COST. I HEARD SNOW REMOVAL AS AN ADDED COST IN THE PEDESTRIAN
PLAZA. AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS. CAN YOU CLARIFY IF THOSE -- I THINK IT WAS $500,000 IN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENTS WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE ... INVESTMENTS INVOLVED IN ANY STREET RECONSTRUCTION CONCEPT.
>> CHAIR CASHMAN, YES. REGARDLESS OF THE LAYOUT THAT IS CHOSEN .... ON A PORTION OF THE
STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN. THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S CLARIFYING. AND SNOW REMOVAL, IS THAT -- THAT'S GOING TO BE
NEEDED, NO WA MATTER WHAT CONCEPT IS APPROVED. IT'S NOT DIFFERENT FOR EACH CONCEPT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. >> GOT IT. >> DUE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEPING ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT WILL NOT HAVE ANY SNOW REMOVAL COMPONENT.
>> EVEN HOW MUCH WAS THAT ADDITIONAL SNOW REMOVAL IN THE PEDESTRIAN CONCEPT? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, WE'RE ESTIMATING AT $70,000 PER WINTER. BASED ON AN AVERAGE WINTER. >> WHO WOULD BEAR THE COST? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, AT THIS POINT,
IT'S UNKNOWN. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE ESTIMATE FOR THE SNOW REMOVAL COST. BUT I WOULD MAYBE LOOK FOR TIFFANY HERE. BUT I WOULD ASSUME PART OF THE ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE. THE STATE STATUTE
DOES INDICATE THAT IF THERE WOULD BE ANY SORT OF ASSESSMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE, ANYTHING LIKE SNOW REMOVAL, WORK WITH PLANTERS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF IT WOULD BE ASSESSED TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA. THAT WOULD BE NOTED WITHIN THE
ORDINANCE TIME. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COST WOULD BE BORN OR WHO WOULD BE BEARING IT. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE ORDINANCE CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A LATER DATE. >> OKAY. THANKS. THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS JUST ABOUT TOTAL PROJECT COSTS
REGARDLESS OF THE CONCEPT THAT THE FINAL DESIGN CONCEPT. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE TOTAL PROJECT COST WILL BE AND WHO IS PAYING FOR IT. YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT SOURCES BEING PUT TOGETHER TO FUND IT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FOR
CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS $MILLION. OBVIOUSLY, ONCE AN APPROVED LAYOUT COMES FORTH, WE CAN HAVE A MORE PRECISE ESTIMATE AS WE GO TO FINAL DESIGN. >> ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, COUNTY OR FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES? IS IT ALL CITY FUNDED? WHAT PART
WOULD BE BY ASSESSMENTS? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, I BELIEVE, AT THIS POINT, IT'S ALL LOCAL FUNDS, AT THIS POINT. THERE'S NO MSA FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. >> OKAY. YEAH. TRYING TO GIVE YOU A THUMBS UP. >> I'M SEEING JENNY'S APPROVAL.
WHAT ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT? THE ASSESSMENT PART WAS HOW MUCH? >> THE ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THE CURRENT -- SORRY, CHAIR CASHMAN. THE ASSESSMENT IS BASED ON THE CURRENT RATES. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT $561,000. >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH! NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.
>> SORRY. IT'S FOR COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I'M NOT ABLE TO GET INTO QUEUE. SO I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. HAVE YOU TALK THE TO THE MET COUNCIL AND MET TRANSIT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE D LINE? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER
RAINVILLE, YES. WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH METRO TRANSIT. >> AND WHAT'S THEIR REACTION TO ADDING THE EXTRA TIME TO THEIR ROUTE? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WOULDN'T BE THEIR PREFERENCE. THIS WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL TRAVEL
TIME TO THE D LINE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. BUT, YEAH, IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH METRO TRANSIT. >> OKAY. AND HOW ABOUT WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO DELIVERIES, I NOTICED, DELIVERIES ARE GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR LARGE TRUCKS. WHAT IS THE REACTION TO
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR THIS EXTRA BURDEN ON DELIVERIES? >> CHAIR CASHMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, YES. PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, COORDINATION ENGAGEMENT WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, WE UNDERSTAND DELIVERY ACCESS NEEDS. ESPECIALLY FOR LARGER ACCESS
VEHICLES. THERE'S NO SPACE WITHIN THE CUL-DE-SAC FOR THEM TO TURN AROUND. THEY WOULD NEED TO DRIVE THROUGH THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. SO, YEAH. BASED ON MY CONVERSATION, THEY WOULD PREFER THE OPEN CONCEPT LAYOUT. BUT, YEAH. THERE WILL BE SOME
CHALLENGES WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CUL-DE-SAC AND DELIVERY OPTIONS. >> OKAY. GREAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS ANSWER OR NOT, IT'S MY LAST QUESTION. THE COSTS, SO FAR, FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING. WHAT
IS THE COSTS THAT THE TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE? >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, THE OVERALL COST TO DATE, THE CITY COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS AROUND $3.5 MILLION. SPECIFIC TO THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, IT'S AROUND LESS THAN $400,000 SINCE MARCH.
>> BUT IN TOTAL IT'S $3.5 MILLION. >> $3.5 MILLION. CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU. I LIKE TO ADD IT'S BEEN MORE THAN $3.5 MILLION. IT'S BEEN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF POLICE BRUTALITY SETTLEMENTS THAT HAVE GONE ON TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE HAD THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT -- UNCONSTITUTIONALLY THAT COST US MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT LEAD US TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WHERE RESIDENTS
HAVE BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED, WHICH HAS DONE A REALLY BAD BURDEN TO OUR TAX BASE IN MINNEAPOLIS. SO I'LL JUST REFERRING TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE WASTED BECAUSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS LITERALLY KILLED AND BRUTALIZED OUR
RESIDENTS. [ SCATTERED APPLAUSE ] >> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE PORTION BEFORE I MOVE TO COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS. WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM UNITY COMMUNITY MEDIATION TEAM. AND YOU'LL HAVE
10 MINUTES TO PRESENT. WELCOME UP. WHY THANK YOU.
>> LET ME ASK COUNCIL AND MAYOR PRESENTATION OR JUST THE COUNCIL PRESENTATION? >> WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S THE QUESTION AGAIN? >> WAS IT A COUNCIL PRESENTATION OR THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL? >> THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE? >> YEAH. >> THAT WAS -- I MEAN IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS SPEAKING CITY
STAFF. UNDER THE MAYOR'S -- >> I'M NOT GOING TO -- IT'S SO MUCH THAT HAPPENED THERE. COUNCILMEMBERS, DON'T USE THAT TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. TELL THEM I THINK THEY SPENT $3.5 MILLION.
>> OKAY YEAH. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS $2 MILLION A MINUTE. SO YOU THROW ME OFF THERE. I'M GOING TO STEP BACK BECAUSE I ASKED COUNCILMEMBER SEVEN CASHMAN TO MEET. I MET WITH THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ON
38th STREET, THE UCMT UNIT, THE COMMUNITY MEDIATION TEAM WHICH CONSISTS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK CHURCH, NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY, SOMALI, LATINO COMMUNITY ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND COME IN AND SUPPORT THE 38th STREET BUSINESS
CORRIDOR. THE PEOPLE ON 38th STREET. AND DOING WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO OVER THERE. I LIVE OVER THERE. DOWN THE STREET. YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE, COUNCILMEMBER. SO I'M GOING TO LET THEM DO
THEIR SPEAKING. AND, YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME UP. >> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I APPRECIATE BEING HERE. MY NAME IS L ACHELLE CUNNINGHAM. I WAS
BORN UP THE STREET FROM 38th AND CHICAGO, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ALSO, I'M THE OWNER OF CITY FOOD STUDIO NOW, WHICH IS AT 3722 CHICAGO AVENUE SOUTH. SO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CORRIDOR, AS WELL. I'M ALSO A
FIFTH-GENERATION TWIN CITYIAN. I'M THE DAUGHTER OF GARY CUNNINGHAM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM. HE USED TO RUN HENNEPIN COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. HE WAS ALSO REARED BY MY UNCLE WHO WAS A BIG COMMUNITY LEADER ON THE 38th STREET AND FOURTH AVENUE CORRIDOR. MY MOM ALSO
WORKED FOR CPED FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SO I COME WITH A LEGACY OF COMMUNITY BUILDERS AND PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO BUILD COMMUNITY. AND SO I DEVELOP THAT IN SOLIDARITY STANDING HERE WITH THE
BUSINESSES IN THE 38th STREET AND CHICAGO COALITION. AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO READ TO YOU OUR SUPPORT PLAN, OR SHARE PARTS OF OUR SUP SUPPORT PLAN. AND MANY MEMBERS ARE HERE TO DIFFERENT PARTS. I'LL START WITH BASICALLY
LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT OUR VISION IS FOR 38th AND CHICAGO. WHICH HISTORICALLY PRESENTLY KNOWN AS 38th AND CHI. A VIBRANT, SAFE, AND CULTURALLY-GROUNDED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. THIS PLACE IS THE SITE OF GLOBAL RECKONING. IT'S
A LIVING, BREATHING NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE PEOPLE RUN BUSINESSES, RAISE CHILDREN, HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND BUILD TOWARDS FUTURES OF THEIR OWN MAKING. WE HONOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND THE ONGOING MOVEMENT THAT FOLLOWED THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. WE
HOLD SPACE FOR GRIEF AND REMEMBRANCE. AND THIS PLACE CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE DEFINED SOLELY BY TRAGEDY. THE STORY OF 38th AND CHI IS ONE OF BLACK AND BROWN ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, CULTURAL EXPRESSION, AND COLLECTIVE SURVIVAL. IT IS A CORRIDOR ROOTED IN LEGACY AND BRIMMING WITH FUTURE POSSIBILITY. WE ARE HOME TO DEEPLY DIVERSE NETWORK OF BUSINESSES, BLACK-OWNED,
INDIGENOUS-OWNED, IMMIGRANT-OWNED, WOMEN-OWNED, AND LEGACY ESTABLISHMENTS. SERVING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH TIMES OF CRISIS AND REBUILDING. THE GOAL OF THE PLAN IS ELEVATE THEIR VISIBILITY. STABILIZE THEIR OPERATIONS. AND ENSURE THEIR ROLE IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THIS DISTRICT. THE 38th
AND CHICAGO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PLAN HAS FOUR PARTS. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VICTORIA. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF CHICAGO AVENUE FIRE CENTER. WE OPENED
AT 38th AND CHICAGO IN 2010. PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF. THE FIRST PART OF THE BUSINESS SUPPORT PLAN IS REIMAGINING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND DIGNITY. THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF 38th AND
CHICAGO MUST REFLECT THE PRIDE AND POTENTIAL OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE. OUR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, SIGN AGE, AND PUBLIC SPACES NEED IMMEDIATE AND SUSTAINED INVESTMENT TO ENSURE BEAUTY, FUNCTIONALITY, AND
SAFETY. WE PROPOSE A COORDINATED INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE PLAN THAT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF THINGS, FROM PERMANENT TRASH RECYCLING BINS TO REGULAR STREET WASHING AND SEASONAL SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, FRESH PAINT, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS,
IMPROVED OVERHEADLIGHTING, ILLUMINATED BUSINESS SIGN AGE, AND THE CREATION OF GREEN SPACES WITH RAISED FLOWER BEDS, TREE PLANTINGS, AND PUBLIC SEATING. ACCESS IS ALSO A KEY CONCERN. THE CORRIDOR SHOULD INCLUDE CURB
CUTS FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND CLEARLY-MARKED PARKING AREAS. WE RECOMMEND ANGLE PARKING BE EXPLORED TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY. WHILE WE SUPPORT THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT PLAN, WE'RE OPEN TO EXPLORING THE IDEA OF CONVERTING THE 3700 BLOCK TO
ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND STREET, AS WAY TO BALANCE PEDESTRIAN SPACE WITH TRAFFIC FLOW. EMERGENCY AND DELIVERY VEHICLE ACCESS IS CRITICAL, AS IS BUSINESS VISIBILITY. WE KNOW THAT THIS PLACE IS MEANINGFUL AND IMPORTANT. WE BELIEVE THAT THE
STREET DESIGN CAN REFLECT THIS WHILE STILL PROVIDING MOVEMENT. WHETHER BY VEHICLE OR BICYCLE, ON FOOT, OR IN A WHEELCHAIR TO AND THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. >> CHAIR, I'M THE FOUNDER OF
MYSTIC HEALING STONES, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3 3805 CHICAGO AVENUE. AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGIST COMPUTERS. I SERVE ON THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE BEFORE BROADBAND AND SERVE AS THE CHAIR FOR GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEAGUE MINNESOTA. THE SECOND PART OF THE BUSINESS SUPPORT PLAN IS MAKING MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE. SYMBOLIC RECOGNITION, WHICH IS ALL WE'VE RECEIVED THUS FAR, IS NOT ENOUGH. REAL SUPPORT MEANS RESOURCES, ACCESS TO CAPITAL, AND LONG-TERM STABILIZATION
TOOLS. TO THIS END, WE PROPOSE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE FUNDING OF A DEDICATED 38th AND CHI SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PLAN. A DISTRICT-WIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND RENEWED PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO THE 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN, WITH A
MINIMUM INVESTMENT TARGET OF $10 MILLION IN THIS CULTURAL DISTRICT. THE CITY MUST ALSO MAINTAIN ALL PUBLICLY-OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. A COMPLETE LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE OF THE 38th AND CHICAGO BUSINESS DISTRICT IS INCLUDED WITH THE SUPPORT PLAN. SPECIFICS ARE ONE, THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS SHOULD REMOVE THE MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT.
OKAY. I WILL CEDE TO THE NEXT PERSON. >> EXCUSE ME. HOW YOU DOING. I'M BORN AND RACESSED ON RAISED BUSINESS OWNER GALLERY AT 3730 CHICAGO AVENUE. FOR SOME, THE
FIGHT FOR JUSTICE STARTED ON MAY 25th, 2020. FOR OTHERS, LIKE DRED SCOTT, WHO WAS HELD ILLEGALLY AS A SLAVE IN MINNEAPOLIS JUST FIVE MILES SOUTH OF 38th AND CHICAGO. IT STARTED IN 1836. WHEN HE SUED, WHEN THEY TRIED TO SEND HIM BACK
TO THE SOUTH. HE SUED TO BE FREED AND THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THAT ALL BLACK PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RIGHTS IN AMERICA. FROM MY FAMILY THAT CAME HERE IN 1863, WE STARTED ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND FOUNDED THE FIRST BLACK CHURCH HERE IN MINNESOTA.
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. SINCEE '20st THIS HAS BEEN A SACRED AND SAFE PLACE FOR BLACK FAMILIES. MANY WHO STARTED HERE IN MINNESOTA, AND ALL THAT HAVE MIGRATED HERE TO THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. FROM THERE, WE HAVE LAUNCHED THINGS LIKE THE URBAN LEAGUE IN 1925,
RECORDER 1934, INTAT ANY, AND THE LIKES. THIS HAS BEEN SACRED GROUND FOR MANY IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS. WE FACE CHALLENGES SUCH REDLINING WHERE WE COULDN'T MOVE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, REDLINING AGAINST BUSINESSES, WE COULDN'T HAVE LIQUOR LICENSES FOR THE BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DISINVESTMENT, POLICE B BRUTALITY, DISPLACEMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES. THE 3700 BLOCK AND THE INTERSECTION IS ABOUT 40 UNITS, 10 RESIDENTIAL, 30 BUSINESSES. SO 75% OF THE 3700 BLOCK IS BUSINESSES. OF WHICH 17 ARE
BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES AND ALL ARE MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES OR WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IN THE CITY ON ANY BLOCK IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR ALL. I WAS HAPPY WHEN I JOINED THE LAST
MEETING I WAS AT ON OCTOBER 18. THERE WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED AGAINST THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. THE STREET DESIGN IS IMPORTANT, BUT RIGHT-OF-WAY DESIGN IS NOT RESTORATIVE AND NOT JUSTICE. IT'S NOT AN EXIFICATION OF JUSTICE IN ANY WAY. I ASK THAT
YOU DO NOT FORCE A DEAD END ON US WHEN, INSTEAD, FUND THE 38th STREET THRIVE AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PLAN. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. AS MANY KNOW I'M A MEMBER OF 38th
AND CHI. I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. WE DO NOT STAND IN SUPPORT OF THAT PEDESTRIAN MALL. TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AND TO HEAR THIS CITY AND PUBLIC WORKS THROW OUT A NUMBER THAT INCLUDES $70,000 WHEN THE MAN STANDING TO MY RIGHT DOES THE
PLOWING RIGHT NOW FOR FREE. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. SO IN CONCLUSION, I ASK THAT YOU GUYS HEAR ME AND HEAR ME WELL. IT IS TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND INSIDE OF TRAGEDY. WE REFUSE TO BE HELD
HOSTAGE TO SUCH TRAGEDY. IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME. THIS IS NOT WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO SAY TO YOU, BUT IT WAS MOVED ON MY SPIRIT TO SAY IT. I HOPE THAT YOU HEAR THE COMMUNITY. I HOPE THAT YOU HEAR US WELL. I HOPE THAT YOU HEAR BEHIND ME.
WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE PLAN EITHER. BECAUSE IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE THE PUBLIC. THE PEDESTRIAN MALL PLAN THAT IS BEING PRESENTED. THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT AND IT'S NOT BEING PUT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESSES THAT WILL SUFFER.
THESE ARE MOMS AND DADS WHO ARE PROVIDING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. >> TIME. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN ADD SOMETHING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO. >> OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING. >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR YOUR TIME IN LISTENING TO US. AND, ALSO, UNDERSTAND WE HAVE
SUBMITTED OUR SUPPORT PLAN. AND THE AMOUNT WE HAVE -- WE'RE AT ABOUT $10 MILLION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR INVESTMENT. AND THAT'S ABOUT, I THINK $11 MILLION THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THE PEDESTRIAN MALL. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THAT MONEY ON THE PEDESTRIAN MALL, WHERE IS
THE MONEY FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT THE BUSINESSES IN THE CORRIDOR WILL NEED BEYOND THAT CORRIDOR. SO I JUST PUT THAT ON YOU ALL'S MINDS AND HEARTS TO CONSIDER. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN ACCESS THE PLAN YOU'VE SUBMITTED. I'M WONDERING FOR YOU CAN MAKE SURE TO GET A COPY TO MICHAEL OVER HERE. >> MICHAEL DOES HAVE IT. >> OKAY. WE CAN GET IT UPLOADED INTO LIMS. >> YES. YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE COMMENT, I BELIEVE, MADAM CHAIR,
THE SUPPORT PLAN. THAT WILL BE UPLOADED. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> EVERYBODY WAS IS INCLUDED. IT INCLUDES THE BUDGET. >> YES. THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, TO MAKE SURE TO SAY THAT THE PROJECT WILL COST $11 MILLION FOR ANY STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. NOT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT THAT'S A COMMITMENT, TOO.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANKS. NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM THE CVC. WELCOME UP. COMMUNITY
VISIONING COUNCIL. MILEESHA SMITH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I SUBMITTED A MAP I WOULD LOOK FOR YOU GUYS
TO REVEAL, IF POSSIBLE. >> IF YOU WANT TO SHOW THE MAP ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN PUT A
COPY ON THE WHITE PLATE DOWN
THERE.
>> I SUBMITSED MY PHOTO BEFORE THE ACTUAL MEETING. >> WE'VE GOT IT. >> IT'S GOOD ENOUGH. I WANTED
THE REST OF THE ROOM TO SEE BUT ... MY WORDS IS GOOD ENOUGH. DO
WE ALL WANT TO SEE?
>> IT THERE AN ISSUE WITH THE CAMERA? >> I'M NOT SURE. PAUL IS COMING AROUND TO CONFIRM. >> THANKS, PAUL! >> IT SEEMS TO NOT BE WORKING.
THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT. >> OKAY. >> MICHAEL, DO YOU HAVE A COPY? >> CORRECT. COPIES WERE DISTRIBUTED. >> CAN YOU PROJECT IT? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT KA CAPACITY FROM THIS. >> OKAY. >> ONLY THAT COMPUTER CAN
PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE ONLY WAY TO PROJECT IF IT'S ON A USB STICK. I THINK WITHOUT THAT, OH, WE GOT IT? >> WE GOT IT! ALL RIGHT. WE
SEE IT! YOU'RE WELCOME TO TAKE YOUR SEATS, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY VISIONING COUNCIL, KNOWN AS T THE CVC TO PRESENT. MY NAME IS MILEESHA SMITH. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE 2024. WE
HAVE WORKED ON THE PLAN FOR A YEAR, AND WE HAVE FINALLY COME TO THE DESIGN SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS THE BUSINESSES, THE PROTESTERS, THE RESIDENTS, AND OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE AND HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE ONLINE AND
IN-PERSON AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. AVERAGING 40 PEOPLE, WHICH HAVE BEEN GROWING OVER IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. ON MAY 25, 2020, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, WHICH ERECTED A
GLOBAL UPRISING. AND LED A COMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO TAKE BACK THE STREETS AND STAND FOR JUSTICE. THE STREETS WERE REIMAGINED BY THE PEOPLE AS PROTESTS ARE FILLED IN THE INTERSECTION OF 38th AND CHICAGO. WHICH NOW GOES BY
GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. THIS RESHAPING OF THE INTERSECTION FORCED A RE -- FORCED CONVERSATION AND FOR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS AND BUSINESSES TO NOTICE EACH OTHER. WITH THAT
BEING SAID, WITH COMPLEMENTS OF THE 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN 2021. BUT Y'ALL KNOW THE DETAILS ON THAT, I WON'T DIP INTO THAT. THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ATTEMPTED TO GET AHEAD OF THE
COMMUNITY AND COME UP WITH TWO CONCEPTS OF THE REDESIGN OF 38th AND CHICAGO, GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE, BUT RESPECTFULLY Y'ALL WERE OUT OF PLACE. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, -- WITH THAT
BEING SAID, WE HAVE COME TO A COMPROMISE AND DECIDED TO UTILIZE THE PUBLIC WORKS DESIGNS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THE SPACE. AND WE HAVE COME TO A COLLECTIVE CONSENSUS IN WHAT WORKS BEST FOR
EVERYBODY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, I HOPE THE COMMUNITY USE THEIR IMAGINATION -- [ SINGING "IMAGINATION" ] HELP THE COMMUNITY TO USE THEIR IMAGINATION TO FIX WHAT WE DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT EITHER LAY OUT. INSTEAD OF TELLING CITY
"NO. THAT'S NOT WHAT W WANT." MAY I PRESENT TO YOU THE CITY'S PLANS THAT IS ON THE SCREEN. THE PEOPLE STREETLAN THAT IS RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN. AND WITH THE KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR PLAN IS, THE 3800 BLOCK OF CHICAGO IS A TWO-WAY STREET UNTIL WE ARRIVE AT THE TURN
AROUND IN FRONT OF 3749 CHICAGO AVENUE SOUTH. NORTH OF THE MEMORIAL, THE EAST SIDE OF THE 3700 BLOCK WILL HAVE SLANTED PARKING. WHEN WE ARRIVE TO THE POINT OF THE MEMORIAL, IT'LL BE RISEN UP TO THE SAME LEVEL AS
THE REGULAR SIDEWALKS TO MAKE IT A PEDESTRIAN SPACE FOR THOSE NOT JUST VISING THE MEMORIAL, BUT ALSO ENJOYING WHATEVER IS IN THE INTERSECTION. THERE WILL NO LONGER BE -AND WITH THAT, THERE
WILL BE A ONE-LANE, ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE MEMORIAL. THERE WILL NO LONGER BE A NORTHBOUND LANE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE MEMORIAL. THIS DESIGNATED SPACE FOR THE MEMORIAL WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE
SIMILAR FOOTPRINTS TO THE CURRENT LOCATION. THE FIST IN THE GARDEN WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE ROUND ABOUT IN THE CENTER OF THE 38th AND CHICAGO INTERSECTION. ALLOWING THE OTHER FOUR TO REMAIN IN THE SPACE WITH A LITTLE GARDEN SPOT
WITH IT. STOP SIGNS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY FORM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE PASSING THROUGH. WE HAVE ADDED THE GREEN SCE WHILE CONTINUING TO ADD ON THE
GREEN SPACE THAT WAS ALREADY THERE. THAT PUBLIC WORKS SUGGESTED. WE HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED WHERE THE BUS STOPS WILL BE LOCATED. HOWEVER, I'M SPEAKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE BUS RIDERS AND THEY ARE OKAY WITH THE CURRENT BUS STOPS FOR
THE 38 BUS THAT ROLLS UP 38th STREET. THE CURRENT STOPS ARE AT PARK AVENUE AND 10th STREET. OR 10th AVENUE. WHICH WORKS CURRENTLY WITH THE INTERSECTION. IT' ONLY A BLOCK AWAY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE D LINE COMING BACK TO
CHICAGO AVENUE WITH THE LOCATION ON WHERE IT STOPS BE DETERMINED. ANDOW WE GET TO AND FROM THERE WOULD BE DETERMINED. THAT'S CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH METRO TRANSIT AND THE NEIGHBORS, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. NOW LET ME EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS THE BEST PLAN FOR 38th
STREET AND CHICAGO'S COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. ONE, THE BUSINESSES. IT BRINGS ACCESSIBILITY WHERE THINGS CAN STILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MEMORIAL. IT BRINGS PARKING, WHICH GIVES THE BUSINESSES AND NOT JUST THE BUSINESSES, THERE'S A BLACK MAN
NAMED PATRICK THAT LIVES AND OWNS HIS HSE ON THE 3700 BLOCK OF CHICAGO THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATNSES S. HE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE SPACE. IT'S NOT JUST BUSINESSES THATst ONLY IN THIS SPACE. THERE'S ONLY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ABOVE THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN
THAT SPACE CURRENTLY. ALSO, IT BRINGS THE INVESTMENT BASICALLY TO 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN IN PLACE TO BRING THE INVESTMENTS LONG OVERDUE FOR THE INTERSECTION AND CORRIDOR. TWO, IT BRINGS PEOPLE SAFETY. A RHYTHM OFAISED PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAY IN THE STREET, THE CARS HAVE TO YIELD FOR THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO YIELD FOR TH CARS. AND MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THAT SPACE, THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY'RE STANDING IN THE STREET. THEY'RE SO FOCUSED ON TAKING IN THIS SPACE IN THIS MONUMENT SPACE THEY'RE STANDING
IN. IT BRINGS THE MEMORIAL ENGAGEMENT BASICALLY A SLOW PACE SPACE. LIKE I TOLD YOU, LIKE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS GAVE US TIME TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER, HEAR EACH OTHER, TAKE IN
WHATEVER EACH OTHER IS SAYING INTO CONSIDERATION. ALSO, IT CREATES AN EVENT-FRIENDLY DESIGN THAT WE CAN BE JUST COMMUNITY. WE STARTED AS A PROTEST BUT LEARNED HOW TO BE COMMUNITY IN THE PROCESS. AND, THREE, BUILDING COMMUNITY. IT NURTURES
AN ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER, FOSTER IMPROVEMENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY -- WE ALL BECAME AWARE THAT 38th STREET, THE HISTORY OF 38th AND CHICAGO AND THE MEMORIAL NEEDS TO
COEXIST. AND OUR DESIGN IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE 38th STREET THRIVE PLAN AND, ALSO, THE THREE BIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT THE PEOPLE'S WAY RFQ PRESENTATIONS. AND MY CONCLUSION IS, IF THIS -- NO
IFS. THIS DESIGN IS THE BEST DESIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. FOR THE NOT JUST THE INTERSECTION BUT THE 38th CORRIDOR TO BE ABLE TO STRIVE. ONE, BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE INVESTMENTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY THEY NEED FOR
PEOPLE TO ENJOY THEIR SERVICES. TWO, THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE BECAUSE THE DESIGN NURTURES SAFE SPACES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE AS NEIGHBORS. AS WE ALSO WELCOME VISITORS. THREE, THIS MONUMENT SPACE WILL BE SET IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF 38th STREET --
I MEAN 38th AND CHICAGO AND FORCE FLOYD SQUARE MUST NURTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THRIVING NEIGHBORS AND BLACK EXCELLENCE. AND IN DOING SO, WE HONOR THOSE WHO DIED UNJUSTICESLY, LIKE DAUNTE WRHT, LIKE MURPHY, IN THE
INTERSECTION. OH, AND, AO, THERE'S AT LO OF PEOPLE THAT JUST, UNFORTUNATELY THINGS BEHAO HAPPEN AND BEEN HAPPENING FOR DECAS. AND THEY DIED
UNJUSTICELY BECAUSE THE UNJUST PRACTICES AND POLICIES OVER DECADES THAT IMPACTED THE BLACK COMMUNITY. WE HONOR THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT HAS GROWN FROM OUR FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HONOR THOSE WHO LIVE ON TO DEMONSTRATE AND ASPIRE TOWARD BLACK EXCELLENCE
AND LIBATION. THANK YOU. >> DO YOU WANT TO SWITCH THE VIEW BACK SO WE CAN SEE THE PRESENTERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. PUBLIC WORKS IDEA. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT WASN'T IN THIS
PRESENTATION BUT TODAY IT WAS SAID THAT WAS PUBLIC WORKS' IDEA. AND IT WASN'T PUBLIC WORKS' IDEA. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE IDEA OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY TALKED ABOUT HUNDREDS OF CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD WITH COMMUNITY. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT IN
COMMUNITY. AND THE OPEN CONCEPT IS WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT. THE PEDESTRIAN MALL, OR WHATEVER THE DECISION WAS MADE WAS NOT A PUBLIC WORKS DECISION. I WANT TO BE CLEAR AUT THAT. PUBLIC WORKS DID NOT COME AND SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS ON 38th AND CHICAGO. AND THAT'S WHAT
WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US. WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD MANY PRESENTATIONS ABOUT OPTIONS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT. INVESTMENT IN WHAT I BELIEVE ARE THE WRONG THINGS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $3.5 MILLION. AND SO I WANTED
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CLEAR ONHERE THE IDEA OF ANY CONCEPT CAME FROM. IT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY. NOT FROM PUBLIC WORKS.>> UNDERSTOOD. >> DO I GET A COMMENT OR?
>> DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? >> I JUST -- >> IT WASN'T TREC DIRECTED AT HER. >> IT WASN'T DIRECTED AT ME. UNDERSTOOD. >> THIS WAS NOT BROUGHT UP IN THIS PRESENTATION.. >> I'M ASKING IF PUBLIC WORKS CAN COME UP FOR A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS AND I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR TODAY TO CLOSE AND LET EVERYBODY SIT WITH THE INFORMATION THEY'VE RECEIVED. YEAH, DIRECTOR SEXTON. >> I THINK WHAT I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD FROM BOTH OF THE GROUPS
WHO SPOKE TODAY INVOLVED -- SOME OF THE SIMILARITIES INVOLVE SOME ELEMENTS LIKE FLASHING STOP SIGNS, SLANTED PARKING, INVOLVE RAISED INTERSECTION, INVOLVE ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. AND I WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM YOUR ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE
ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING THESE ELEMENTS INTO THE DESIGN THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PUT FORWARD. >> THANKS. TIM SEXTON. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. YEAH. WE JUST DID HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS ARE. I T
THINGS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ELEMENTS, RAISED INTERSECTION OR RAISED CROSSWALKS. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS, AND INCREASED GREENING AND VEGETATION IN THE CORRIDOR. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE OR ALREADY PART OF THE FLEXIBLEOPED
LAST YEAR. SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS LIKE THE SOUTHBOUND CONVERTING CHICAGO TO A ONE-WAY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO MORE EVALUATION ON. AND I THINK ONE THING THAT IS PROBABLY WORTH CLARIFYING THAT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING. WHEN WE PRESENTED IN
THE PAST, IT LOOKS LIKE A DRAWING, YOU KNOW. IT'S A PLAN BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT. AND WHILE IT'S NOT -- IT DOESN'T HAVE EVERY EXACTLY WHERE THE CURB IS GOING TO BE OR EVERY, LIKE, THING DOWN TO THE NEAREST INC WE EVALUATE
DRAINAGE, EVALUATE THINGS THAT DUO ON UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. THINGS YOU DON'T SEE. WHAT WE PRESENTED LOOKED FAIRLY SIMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT. SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, LIKE THAT VE
CONVERSION IT WAS SUGGESTED, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT BUT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO THAT AND COSTS ASSOCIATED. >> WHAT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE WOULD BE A TIMELINE FOR DOING THAT? I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT TIMELINES THAT ARE INVOLVED. BECAUSE IT'S, FOR ME, IT'S MO
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO START CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INVESTMENT INTO 38th AND CHICAGO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND I WANT TO BE EYES WIDE OPEN ABOUT WHAT FURTHER CHANGES TO DESIGNS ARE GOING TO TAKE. IN TERMS OF TIME. >> YEAH. CHAIR CASHMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. YOU KNOW, I
THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT EXACTLY. BUT WE ARE TALKING MONTHS NOT WEEKS. AND GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AND THE TIMELINE ALREADY, THAT TYPE OF ADDITIONAL WORK, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY, WOULD PUSH CONSTRUCTION UNTIL AT LEAST 2027.
>> OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE ANGED ANGLED PARKING AND RAISED INTERSECTIONS. >> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. GENERALLY, IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL, ADAM IS HERE AND CAN PROVIDE THAT. THE CURRENT DESIGN HAS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE STREET. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 15 SPACES TOTAL. THE ANGLED PARKING WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF SPACES. MAYBE ONE OR TWO FEWER. BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE ALLOW ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. IS WHAT I THINK WE WOULBE THE RESTRICTION ON THE
ONEWAY. THAT ONE-WAY CONCEPT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE LESS SPACE AVAILABLE. >> SO ANGLED PKING IS FEASIBLE WITHIN THE OPEN CONCEPT. >> OH, WITHIN THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT? >> YES. >> THAT ONE IS -- I'LL LET ADAM
CONFIRM THAT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, YES. ANGLED PARKING WOULD BE FEASIBLE. ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. NOT BOTH SIDES. CURRENTLY WE HAVE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. DIRECTOR SEXTON MENTIONED 15 SPACES WITH ANGLED PARKING. PROBABLY CLOSER TO 13, MAYBE 14 SPACES.
>> SO THE ANGLED PARKING WOULD ACTUALLY LIMIT THE -- WOULD DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPOTS INSTEAD OF INCREASING IT. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, IN TERMS OF SPACES, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO HAVING PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, RIGHT. IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE ANGLED PARKING DIMENSIONS OF IT,
IT WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. BASED ON HAVING IT ON WEST OR EAST CURB LINE. >> RIGHT. >> OF THAT BLOCK. SIMILAR IN TERMS OF SPACES. >> SOITHER 13 TO 15. >> YEAH. >> OKAY. AND THEN CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE FEASIBILITY FTZ RAISED INTERSECTION AT 38th AND CHICAGO. INCLUDING RAISED
CROSSWALKS. AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHICAGO PEDESTRIAN MALL WE HAVE AT THE MILL DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. WE HAVE RAISED STREET IN UPTOWN, AS WELL. BY THE GREEN ROOM AND OTHERS. SO I'M WONDERING IF IT'S FEASIBLE TO ADD INTO THE DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE. >> CHAIR CASHMAN, FLEXIBLE OPEN
CONCEPT, THE 38th AND CHICAGO IS PROPOSED TO BE RAISED. THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION WOULD BE RAISED. RAISED CROSSINGS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. EITHER IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELYAISED OR CROSSINGSES THAT ARE RAISED. CURRENTLY THE FLEXIBLE OPEN CONCEPT, THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION
IS RAISED. >> AND HOW FAR NORTH DOES THAT RAISED INTERSECTION GO? >> CHAIR CASHMAN -- >> IS IT SPANNING THE DURATION OF THE MEMORIAL? >> CHAIR CASHMAN, THAT WOULD BE A FINAL DESIGN QUESTION. BUT GO NORTH PROBABLY 50 PLUS FEET.
BUT I WOULD -- MEMORIAL SPACE GOES MAYBE 100 FEET NORTH. PROBABLY HALF THAT DISTANCE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR TODAY. UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE TO ASK. ALL RIGHT. SO SEEING NONE, I WILL RECEIVE AND
FILE ALL THREE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA. SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.