[GAVEL] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROBIN WONSLEY AND AM THE CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR TODAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026. BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENY
REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE
COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE THE RATE OF THR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONER CANS FULLY TRANSCRIBE AND PTURE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK THAT ALL SPEAKERS MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROL TO VERIFY THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> CHHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWEN. >> PRESENT.
. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. . >>ICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> WE WILL BE USING SPEAK MANAGEMENT SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO
REACH OUT TO OUR LOVELY CLERK STAFF OVER TRE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET SIGNED UP. FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE FOR ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, IF YOU DO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, WE ASK THAT YOU REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS TO MY RIGHT.
YOU CAN ALSO PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS OR MATERIALS TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD AS WELL BY REACHING OUT TO THE CRK STAFF. AND PUBLIC WORKS STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER EACH PRESENTATION TO CONNECT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. WITH THAT, OUR AGENDA IS IN
FRONT OF US. AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA AS ITEMS 4-22 ON THE AGENDA. STARTING WITH FOUR, AUTHORIZING ACQUISITIOOF TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS FOR THE 35th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD
MITIGAON PROJECT. FIVE, AUTHORIZING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT AND MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR A STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE. SIX, IS APPROVING BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. I DO WANT TO NOTE ON THIS ONE, STAFF
HAS REACHEDUT TO MY OFFICE TO SHARE THAT ONE OF THE NOMINEES WILL BE MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND THUS, OUR BOUNDARIES.AND THEY THAT DO HAVE ANOTHER ELIGIBLE APPLICANT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD, SO I WILL BE REFERRING ITEM 6.11 BACK TO
STAFF. AND 7 IS APPROVING PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. EIGHT I AUTHORIZING A MASTER UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH MINNESOTA DEPARTMENTF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND 4thTREET SOUTHEAST PROJECT. NINE IS AUTHORIZING
THE ACQUISITION OF PERMANE AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS RELATED TO THE 35th AND 36 STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 10 IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 6, 2026, FOR UNPAVED SIDEWALK REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION
ASSESSMENT CHARGES. 11 IS ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS TO FIRST AVENUE NORTH RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 12 IS ACCEPTING LOW BID FOR PUMP STATION 6 ELECTRICAL ROOM REHABILITATION. 13 IS ACCEPTING THE LOW BID FOR
THE th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. 14 IS ACCEPTING A BID FOR SMALL DIAMETER SANITARY PIPE CLEANING AND ADVISING 2026 PROJECT. 5 IS AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS FOR
2026-2029 VEHICLE AUCTION SERVICES. 16 IS ACCEPTING A BID FOR THE FRIDLEY WATER ROOF AND MASONRY REPAIR PHASE 2. 17 IS ACCEPTING A BID FOR PUMP STATION NUMBER THREE, WET WELL REHABILITATION PROJECT. 18 IS ACCEPTING A BID FOR THE
LON PARK INDUSTRIAL PHASE ONE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS. 19 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH FO INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT LLC FOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES OF 22nd
AVENUE -- SORRY. JUST GETTING A NOTE. FOR 22nd AVENUE NORTH STORM AND SANTORY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. 20 IS AUTHORIZING THE PE INNOCENT AND TEMPORARY EASEMENT AGREEMENT WITH MINNEAPOLIS PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD FOR THE OLIVER AVENUE
SOUTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. 21 IS SETTING A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR JULY 9, 2026, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE 2026-2029 CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PLAN. AND 22 IS SETTING A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR JULY 9, 2026,
TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE LYNDALE AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? AND I WILL NOTE THAT WE'VE BEEN INED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, WHO WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 11, SO WILL PASS IT TO HIM FIRST WHILE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ITEM 11, WHICH IS THE PLANNING FOR FIRST AVENUE.
I WANTED T COMPLIMENT STAFF -- I'M LOOKING AROUND FOR LUKE. ARE YOU HERE? OU'RE HIDING. YOU WERE THE LEAD AND HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE HELPING YOU, BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC THE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE. THEY ARE VERY HAPPY, WHICH AS WE KNOW S SOWHAT UNUSUAL. AND WE'RE GOING FORWARD. IT'S STILL --
CONSTRUCTION IS A LONG WAYS AWAY, BUT THE HARD WORK OF THIS ANNING AND OUTREACH HAS COME AND NE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. IRONICALLY A LITTLE LATER WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT THE STATE IS INVOLVED WITH. D I JUST HOLD YOU UP AS A
SHINING EXAMPLE. YOU AND YOUR TEAM AS TO HOW WELL YOU CAN DO IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> NO PROBLEM. CLERK STAFF, I WILLOTE I THINK THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT'S ON MY
SCRIPT AND THE ITEM OR MESSAGE YOU JUST SHARED. I AM MAKING THE MOTION TO MOVE L CONSENT ITEMS FORWARD INCLUDING THE REFERRAL OR BACK TO STAFF ON ITEM 6.11. AND THEN WHAT I'M TRYIN TO GET CLARITY
ON IS THE REVISION FOR EITHER NUMBER FIVE OR EIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE TWO SEPARATE ONES. IF CLERKS COULD PROVIDE CLARIFICATION. >> MY APOLOGIES, MADAM CHR. THAT IS --S THAT AN ERROR ON MY PART. THE REVISION THAT STA HAVE IS RELATED TO THE
UNIVERSITY AVENUE STHEAST AND 4thTREET SOUTHEAST PROJECT, WHICH IS NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA. >> OKAY. >> THAT'S MY APOLOGIES IN MY NOTE. >> WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDING THE REVISION FOR ITEM
EIGHT AND REFER TO STAFF ITEM 6.11. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. SO THOSE NOT IN FAVOR SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS REFLECTED AS ITEMS
NUMBER ONE THROUGH THREE ON THE ENDA. ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR THESE ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN 2 MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. I'LL ALSO ADD THAT WE DO HAVE STAFF PRESENT WHO CAN MEET IN THE ROOM OR IN THE HALLWAY AFTER THEY GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS THAT'S BEING PRESENTED ON TODAY. FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THESE HEARINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST. BOTH
THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL BE SUBJECT
TO DISCLOSURE UER THAT LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME, AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE. ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD
OF THIS MEING. OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE VAN WHITE MERIAL BOULEVARD RESURFACING PROJECT AND I WILL INVITE UP THE PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DIVISION TO GET US STARTED. HELLO, TRACY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE
CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS TRACY LINDGRENAND I AM A PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS. I AM HERE TO PRESENT TO YOUHE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VAN WHITE MEMORIAL BOULEVARD RESURFACING PROJECT AND RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION ADOPTING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,125.60 FOR THE VAN WHITE MEMORIAL BOULEVARD RESURFACING PROJECT, AND PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION
AUTHORIZE THE CITY'S ISSUANCE AND SALES OF BONDS FOR THE PROJECT. VAN WHITE MEMORIAL BOULEVARD IS A MUNICIPAL STATE ROUTE BETWEEN 1th AVENUE NORTH. THIS AREA WAS RECONSTRUCTED IN
2002 AND 2004, AND HAS A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 52. THE SCOPE OF THIS RESURFACING PROJECT IS 2-INCH ASPHALT OVERLAY. 36 PEDESTRIAN RAMPS RE UPGRADED BEFORE THE STREET RESURFACING PROJECT. PUBLIC WO
INFORMATIONAL MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 11, AT 6:00 P.M. THERE WERE 63 INVITATIONS MAILED AND SEER ZERO ATTENDEES CAME TO THE MEETING. A SEPARATE MAILING
WAS COMPLETED INVITING THEM TO THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AN ADDITIONAL MAILING WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE OVERLAY, CLOSER TO THEIME OF THE WORK. THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN FOR THIS PROJECT IS AS FOLLOWS. SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS ARE $70,125.60. LEVY FUNDED DEBT TOTALS ARE $51,220. MUNICIPAL STATE AID FUNDS TOTAL $283,094 WITH THE
TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $404, 440. ON FEBRUARY 5, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL DESIGNATED THE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED TO 2026 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM. TH PURPOSE OF THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT RESURFACING PROGRAM IS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF SOME CITY STREETS, WHICH ARE NOT SCHEDULED
FOR ANY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, RENOVATION, AND RENSTRUCTION IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THIS IS ADDRESSING CITY STREETS AT A POINT IN THEIR LIFE CYCLE WHERE A NEW STREET SURFACE WILL EXTEND THE STREET'S LIFE, IMPROVE RIDE QUALITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY, AND HELP SLOW THE
OVERALL DETERIORATION OF OUR CITY STREET SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED STREET RESURFACING SPECL ASSESSMENTS WERE DETERMINED BY APPLYING THE 2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RATES TO THE LAND AREA OF BENEFITTED PARCELS LOCATED WITHIN THE STREET INFLUENCE NE ALONG THE
IMPROVED STREETS. INFORMATION HABEEN PROVIDED IN THE NOTICES TO HOW PERSONS MAY PRE-PAY THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS IN FULL WITHOUT INTEREST IF THEY SO CHOOSE. CITY COUNCIL HAS PASSED RESOLUTIONS WHEREBY DEFERMENTS OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS MAY BE
OBTAINED BY SHOWING HARDSHIP FOR ANY HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OED BY A PERSON 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, RETIRED BY VIRTUAL OF PERMANENT AND DISABILITY, OR MILITARY PERSONNEL ORDERED INTO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I'MOW GOING TO PROCEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THIS ASSESSMENT, AND SEEING ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP. >> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNEDP
AT THIS TIME. >> I WILL MAKE A CALL OUT TO THE PUBLIC HERE IF ANYONE WOD LIKE TO TESTIFY ON THIS PARTULAR PROJECT. GOING ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES. NO. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL THEN CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING. AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE COMMITTEE SIDE. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHR. I WANT TOAY THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
SEXTON AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE VAN WHITE BOULEVARD THERE IN NORTH NNEAPOLIS IN WARD FIVE. ALL OF THE GREAT A.D.A. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE UFSH CAN --
TO THE CURVATURE AND ALL THAT, IT LOOKS WONDERFUL. I AM EXCITED AND WILL BE SUPPORTG THIS ASSESSMENT TODAY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. ALL RIGHT. SEEING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET IN QUEUE. NO
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THE MOTION CARRIES. WITH AT, OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE WEST
FULTON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PHASE 1 PROJECT APPROVAL AND ASSESSNT WORK ON CHOWEN AVENUE SOUTH AND BEARD AVENUE SOUTH OM 51st STREET WEST TO 52nd STREET. AND I WILL INVITE ALLISON BELL, SENIOR
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN TO GET US STARTED. HELLO, ALLISON. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALLISON BELL. I'M A SENI PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND THE TRANSPORTATIONING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORK. TODAY I'M HERE
PRESENTING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARG FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE WEST FULTON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. AND2388, PART OF THE PV-131 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONSISTS OF RESURFACINGWO BLOCKS WITHIN THE FULTON
NEIGHBORHOOD. CWEN AVENUE SOUTH AND BEARD AVENUE SOUTH FROM FIRST STREET WEST AND SPOT REPLACEMENTS TO CURB AND GUTTER AS NEEDED. THE BLOCKS WERE LAST RECONSTRUCTED IN 1969 AND HAVE A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 36.
THE TOTAL ANTICIPATED PROJECT COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $502,6. THE TOTAL STREET RESURFACING ASSESSMENT IS $65,108. THIS IS BASED ON 2026 UNIFORM ASSESSMENT RAT AND THE INFLUENCE AREA METHOD. THE
RATES ARE 80 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND 28 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THESE ASSESSMENTS ARE PAYABLE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. THE REST OF THE FUNDING IS GENERAL FUNDS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY 13% OF THE TOTAL
PROJECT COST. A VIRTUAL PRE-ASSESSMENT MEETING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, DISCUSS PLAN IMPROVEMENTS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT METHO AND PROCESS WAS HELD ON JUNE 9. CITY STAFF HAVE CONDUCTED MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT IN THE
PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS O THE PROJECT. THERE WERE THREE ROUNDS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT STARTED IN SPRING OF 2024 AND CONCLUDED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE PROJECT TEAM CONDUCTED MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OUTREACH, HOSTED ONLINE SURVEYS AND COMMENTS, AND
ATTENDED POP-UP EVENTS, HELD OFFICE HOURS AND SHARED INFORMATION THROUGH THE E-NEWS LETTERS. TODAY PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO PASS RESOLUTIONS ORDERING THE WORK TO PROCEED ADOPTING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE ASSESSMENT BONDS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I WILL STAND NEARBY FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND I'M GOING TO PROCEED TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE WEST FULTON NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PHASE PROJECT. SEEING IF ANYON
HAS SIGNED UP. >> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO MEMBERS AT THIS TIME SIGNED UP. >> ALL RIGHT. GOING TO MAKE A PITCH HERE. ANYONE WLD LIKE TO TESTIFY IN RESPONSE TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.
ONCE, TWICE, ALL RIGHT. THRICE, ALL RIGHT, GREAT. I AM GOING TO NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AMONGST THE COMMITTEE A I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> TNK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO
THANK ALLISON BELL AND ACTUALLY HER WHOLE TEAM OF ENGINEERS. THIS IA PROJECT THAT PREDATES ME SERVING ON THIS BODY AND IN CITY COUNCIL. SAID ANOTHER WAY, IT BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT. IN FACT, THENTIRETY OF THE
PROJECT IS THE MAJORITY OF THAT MAP THAT YOU SAW IN DIFFERENT WAYS STAGED OVEREVERAL YEARS. THIS IS THE TWO BLOCKS THAT ACTUALLY GOT CHANGED FROM BEING FULL RECONSTRUCTION TO INSTEAD ING THIS LIGHTER OR LESSER
AMOUNT OF WORK AFTER MORE SOIL TESTING. IT WAS SEEN THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE WHAT WE NEEDE TO DO HERE WITH THE FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION INSTEAD OF A FULL RECONSTRUCON PJECT. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT,
CONTINUING TO REFINE IT AS THINGS GO FORWARD. AND IT SURPSES ME A BIT THAT WE START HERE IN THIS MAP. 1969 WAS A LONG TIME AWAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> OKAY.. NOT SEEING ANYONE
ELSE IN QUEU SO I WILL MOTION APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, ALTHOUGH IN FAVOR SAY AY THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. E LAST PUBLIC HEARING IS TO CONSIDER THE
MAYOR'S NOMINATION OF TIM SEXTON TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM THAT HAVE BEEN JOINED BY MAYOR FREY WHOM I WILL IITE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NOMINATION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND VICE MAYOR STEVSON. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMRS, FOR HAVING ME HERE TODA I AM PROUD TO PUT FORWARD TIM SEXTON'S REAPPOINTMENT FOR THE DIRECT TO HAVE OF PUBLIC WORK. WHEN WE EMPHASIZ DOING THE BASS AT LOCAL VERNMENT, WHAT COMES TO MIND FIRST AT THE FOREFRONT IS
MAKING SURE TH OUR DRINKING WATER IS SAFE, THE STREETS AND POTHOLES ARE FILL AND THE BASIC AND CORE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE EXPECT FROM OUR CITY. AND DIRECTOR SEXTON HAS DELIVERED ON THOSE ELEMENTS AND MANY MORE. DURING HIS TIME AS PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE NUMBER ONE DRINKING WATER CITY IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. WE COMPLETED MAJOR STORMWATER PROJECTS AND SECURED CRITIL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITHOUT SACRIFICING CORE CITY GOALS. LEADING PUBLIC WORKS, DIRECTOR
SEXTON HAS OVERSEEN PROJECTS OF THE HENNEPIN AND FIRST AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT REPLACED AGING INFRASTRUCTURE BELOW THE STREET AND ALSO CREATED A CALMER, GREENER STREET AT THE SURFACE. AND HE'S HELPED LAUNCHHE CITY'S TRAFFIC SAFETY
CAMERA PILOT PROGRAM THAT IS REDUCING SPEEDING AN DANGEROUS DRIVING ON THE STREETS. AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE POSITIVE BENEFITS FROM IT. AND UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE MANAGED TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG ON STREET LIGHTS THAT WERE OUT DUE TO
COPPER WIFE THEFT AND BEYOND. THESE ARE NOT EASY PROJECTS TO UNDERTAKE. OFT TIMES THEY'RE CONTROVERSIAL. HE'S MANAGED TO NAVITE GREAT DIFFICULTY AND MANAGED TO GET THIS DONE FOR THE
PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. ND IT IS NOT JUST PEOPLE AT THE CITY WHO RECOGNIZE DIRECTOR SEXTON'S WORK. HE WAS RECENTLY ELECTED FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS SHOWING THE WORK WE ARE DOING IS SETTING A NATIONAL STANDARD. I AM HAPPY
TO NOMINATE DIRECTOR SEXTON FOR ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR TERM BECAUSE HE'S SHOWN THE PROVEN DEDICATION AND TRANSPORTATION IN RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY, IN CLIMATE ACON AND PUBLIC HEALTH, ALL WHILE GETTING THE BASICS RIGHT. SO I THINKE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIS SERVICE HERE AT THE
CITY, AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT JOB. DIRECTOR SEXTON, TNK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ASKOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR FREY. I AM GOING TO PROCEED WITH OPENING UP
THE PUBLIC HEARI AT THIS TIME. FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND I DO SEE THE FIRST PERSONHAT HAS SIGNED UP IS SENATOR SCOTT DIBLE. >> AND THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY, VICE MAY STEVENSON, MEMBERS,
MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD TODAY. I'LL START OFF BY SAYING MY DRINKING WATER IS DELICIOUS. MY TRASH I PICKED UP ON TIME. I LOVE ORGANICS RECYCLIN MY STREET DOESN'T FLOOD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND I FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION AND SO I THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TIM SEXTON AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I HAVE HAD THERIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH TIM FOR MANY YEARS FIRST DURING THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER AT MN-DOT AND NOW IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. QUITE FRANKLY, HE
WAS ONE OF THE GREAT ONES THAT MN-DOT LET GET AWAY. AND MINNEA MINNEAPOLIS' GAIN WAS THE STATE'S LOSS. AND WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT TIM IS HE UNDERSTANDS TRANSPORTATION IS NOT SIMPLY A MATTER OF MOVING VEHICLES BUT AS A PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT CREATES
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MUST WORK FOR EVERYONE WHETHER THEY DRIVE, WALK, USE TRANSIT OR MOBILITY DEVICES OR RELY ON A COMBINATION OF THESE OPTIONS. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS SHAPE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, PUBLIC ALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE. ASHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I HAV ENGAGED EXTENSIVELY WITH TIM AND HIS AFF ON NUMEROUS POLICY INITIATIVES AT THE CAPITAL, AND THROUGHOUT THE EFFORTS, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY BEING ACCESSIBLE, THOUGHTFUL AND SOLUTIONS ORIENTED. AND EVEN WHEN WE HAVE
FACED DIFFICULT QUESTIONS OR COMPETING PRIORITY TIM HAS APPROACHED THE CONVERSATIONS WITH PROFESSIONALISM, RESPECT, AND A GENUINE DESIRE TO MOVE THE BALL FORWD. AND I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY HIS A TOBLT BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. HE HELPS MOVE HIS
PEERS ACROSS THE REGION TO A SHARED VISION AND WORKED CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH COUNTY PARTNERS, METROPOLITAN STAKEHDERS AND OTHER AGENCIES EVEN WHEN THE RELATIONSHICANS BE COMPLICATED AND CHALLENGING. THAT KIND OF COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP IS NOT EASY TO FIND, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKING PROGRESS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, TIM LEADS WITH VALUES. HE UNDERSTANDS -- IS THAT MY TIME? >> YES. >> WELL, YOU GET MY INT. HE LIKES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY, IMPROVE SAFETY, MEET THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIME GOALS. GREAT LEADER. WORTHY OF REAPPOINTMENT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND ALSO, EVERYONE CAN FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT THE WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE CLERK AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. NEXT WE HAVE ROBIN HUTCHINSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND VICE MAYOR STEVENSON. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MAYOR FREY, I'M ROBIN HUTCHINSON T CHAIR OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. I'M A FORMER SENIOR LEVEL APPOINTEE OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. AND MY FAVORITE JOB OTHER THAN THE ONE I HAVE NOW IS AS FORMER PUBL WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TIM SEXTON AS THE PUBLIC WORKS RECTOR. I HAD A BOSS ONCE SAY IT'S NOT
THE LIST O YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS THAT PEOE REMEMBER MOST, IT'S HOW YOU WORK. AND I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO HOW TIM SEXTON WORKS AND HOW BELIEVE THAT IS A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE FOTHE CY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHEN TIM WAS THE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY AT MN-DOT AND I
WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HERE, WE WORKED TOGETHER ON SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES THAT WEREN'T ALWAYS POPULAR AT MN-DOTBUT HE KNEW THAT WORKING TOGETHER AND PUTTING US AT KEY TABLES, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADVAE OUR GOALS, WHI WOULD IN TURN HELPIM AANCE HIS
GOALS. WHEN I WAS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND ICH CAN BE A LONELY PLACE, TIM ON HIS VISITS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WOULD SIT WITH ME AND REMIND ME ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND I KNOW HE WAS AN ADVISOR AND KEY
ADVISOR TO THE JOINT OFFICE OF ELECTRIFYCATION.MOST IMPORTANTL THE METROPOLITAN CHAIR, I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF HIS COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT DIRECTOR SEXTON CONVENES PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTORS AROUND THE REGION FOR MONTHLY COFFEE AND CHAT. HE IS EXTREMELY ENGAGED IN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION BIG CITIES CONFERENCE, SO THAT HE CAN BRING BEST PRACTICES HERE TO MINNEAPOLIS AND SHARE THE GOOD WORK. HE HAS A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE,
VERY APPROACHABLE STYLE, WHICH WILL SVE YOU SO WELL. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, HE HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OCITY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS THAT WAS HOSTED HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND IT REPRESENTED THE CITY SO WELL. I AM GLAD TO SEE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR SEXTON AND I HOPE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE KEVIN --
HI. >> THANK YO CHAIR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF LIGHT MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA. OUR MEMBERS -- WE REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS WHO LIVE OR WORK IN TH CITY BUILDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTAINING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT INCLUDEE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. WORKING FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS LOCAL 563 WHO WORK FOR CONSTRUCTION NTRACTORS ON CITY PROJECTS. HE TO SUPPORT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TIM SEXTON WHO HAS BEEN A GAT PARTNER. I
JUST WANT TO SAY IN TERMS OF WATER REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS LEAD SERVICE LINES HAS BEEN A KEY PRIORITY FOR US STATEWIDE. MINNEAPOLIS HAS DONE A GREATOB OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE STAT RESOURCES. AND WE NEED TO GET MORE OF THOSE T DO THE PROGRAM THE STATE ENVISIONED, WHICH IS TO REPLACE LEAD SERVICE
LINES AT SCALE USING RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTORS AND LEVERAGING THE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY OF REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THIS CITY THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE GOING LEAD LINE REMOVAL HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS. E HAVE THE LARGE AND MOST DIVERSEN THE ENTIRE STATE. THE LARGE BUNDLED CONTRACTS ARE CREATING LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES F NEW PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. AND THAT IS A HUGE BENEFIT AND THAT IS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. TIM HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH
AND HAD AN OPEN DOOR WHEN WE HAVE ANY CONCES WHETHER IT'S ABOUT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS OR ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR SIDE THAT TIM'S DOORS OPEN AND 'S WORKED WITH HIS STAFF TO TRY TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO TESTIFY. SEEING WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATED LIST, ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GOING ONCE, TWICE, ALL
RIGHT. I'M GOINGO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND MOVE TO THE DISCUSSION PART OF OUR AGENDA WITH OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW FIRST IN QUEUE. >> DIRECTOR SEXTON IS NOT GOING TO -- >> OH, SORRY. YES, THANK YOU.
>> WOULD LIKE TO INVITE -- AUGHING] >> JUST WRAP THIS UP. >> AND DIRECTORSEXTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AS WELL? >> I THOUG I GOT AWAY WITH THAT.
ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. M SEXTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. FIRST OF ALL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY. VICE MAYOR STEVENSON, MAYOR FREY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I WANT TO START TODAY, THOUGH, FIRS BY THANKING MY COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKE ON MY BEHALF. REALLY GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU IN
DIFFERENT WAYS FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND REALLY THE FRIENDSHIP OF ALL AND APPRECIATE TING THE TIME. IT IS NOT EASY TO COME DOWN TO CITY HALL AND DO THIS, SO JUST REALLY, REALLY PLEASED. AND OW THEYM GRATEFUL. OVERALL, I AM HUMBLED TO STAND BEFORE YOU
TODAY AND AS T MAYOR'S NOMINEE FOR WE APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK. IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND IT'S TRULY BEEN THE MOST CHALLENGING ROLE AND THE MOST REWARDING ROLE OF MY 20-PLUS
YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS IS THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. AND 1300 PEOPLE AND ANNUAL OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET OVER $700 MILLION. THE NINE DIVISION CANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, OUR DRINKING WATE STORMWATER
AND SANITARY SEWER, SOLID WASTE AND THE CITY FLEET. WE'RE VISIBLE ON THE STREETS A PLOWING KNOW, D FILLING POTHOLES AND CLEANING TRASH AND GRAFFITI, AN CLEANING AND WATER LINES AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS. AND WE ALSO DO A LOT OF IMPORTANT AND LESS VISIBLE WORK
BY MANAGING OVER 18,000 PARKING SPOTS AND INSTALLI ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS, REDUCING WATER POLLUTION TO OUR LAKES AND RIVERS. MITIGATING FLOODING, RECYCLING CONCRETE, AND HELPING PEOPLE REDE HOUSEHOLD WASTE. OVER MY TWO-YEAR TENURE,E'VE
DELIVERED OVER $50 # O MILLION IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT INCLUDES MAJOR PROJECTS AS MENTIOD EARLIER, HENNEPIN AVENUE SOUTH, KIND OF AT THE TAIL END OF THAT ONE. I WON'T TAKE FULL CREDIT. ESSENTIAL CITY STORM WATER TUNNEL TO
PREVT FLOODING DOWNTOWN. THISY LEAD DRINKING WATER LINES IN THE NORTH SIDE GREEN ZONE AND COMPLETE PHASE ONE OF CONSTRUCTION AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. PUBLIC WORKIS QUITE LITERALLY THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE CITY IS BUILT. AND WE KEEPHE CITY MOVING EVERY DAY.
THAT USUALLY MEANS WHEN WE DO OUR JOB RIGHT, NO ONE NOTICES. SINCE MY ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT, I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO LET OUR TEAMS KNOW THAT WE NOTICED THEM. WE NOTICE THEIR TALENT AND NOTICE THE HARD WORK. AND WE APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND
TO RESPECT THE COMMITMENT TO THE CITY. AND WE HAVE SHOWN THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND RECOGNITION PROBLEMS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND FACES OF PUBLIC WORKS TO POST INTERVIEWS AND GIVE PROFESSIONAL HEAD SHOTS TO FRONT LINE TEAM
MEMBERS AND POST THEM ONLINE TO SHARE STORIES. AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, MORE SAFETY STAFF AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE TEAM MEMBERS GO HOME SAFETY AT THE END OF EACH SHIFT. OVER THE PAST TWO YEAR, WE'VE ALSO WORKED HARD TOGETHER TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO RES
COUNCIL MEMBER EXAMPLES INCLUDE NEW CITY WIDE MAP TO HELP RESIDENTS AND CURRENT AND FUTURE CONSTRUCTION AND BOTH THE CITY PROJECTS AND NONCITY PROJECTS IN OUR CITY. WE HAVE CREATED NEW WAYS FOR
COCIL TO INTERACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT. TO INSURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE. AND HELP US MANAGE NOT JUST THE HUNDREDS OF COUNCIL REQUESTS, BUT THE THOUSAND OF REQUESTS WE GET EACH YEAR FROM RESIDENTS. WHILE A LOT IS GOING RIGHT IN PUBLIC WORKS, WE ALSO FACE REAL
CHALLENGES AHEAD. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, RISING COSTS, AND SHIFTING COMMUNICATION EXPECTATIONS. MOVG FORWARD, MY FOCUS REMAINS CLEAR AND DELIVER EXLLENT CORE SERVICES AND DEEPLY EMBED CLIMATE, EQUITY
AND SAFETY INTO EVERYTHING WE BUILD. AND SUPPORT AN ENGAGED AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE. AND I WANT TO U THIS MOMENTO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE TEAM MEMBERS IN PUBLIC WORK, AND ESCIALLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DIVISION DIRECTOR WHO IS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY DAY TO
SUPPORT THEIREAMS INCLUDING ME. THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO THE MAYOR, FOR THE NOMINATION AND TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING THE CITY MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER IN THE YEARS TO COME. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SEXTON.
NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE COMMITTEE STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR NSLEY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SEXTON. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT SKE ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR. I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THIS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. ONE OF MY GOALS WHEN I GOT TO CITY HALL WAS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH TH DEPARTMENT. AND THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO NORTHMINNEAPOLIS. THESE LIVABILITY ISSUES THAT YOU ALL TACKLE EVERY SINGLE DAY IS
SOMETHING I HEAR ABOUT ALL THE TIME. ONE OF THE WAYS I MEASURE A LEADER IS IN THEIR TEAM, AND YOU HAVE BUILT AN AMAZING TEAM. A BUNCH OF BRILLIANT PEOPLE WHO ARE SO PASSIONAT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S
ROAD OR A LIGHT, A TRAIN, AND WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE AND WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOWN HERE IS THAT THEIR TEACHERS AND LISTENERS. THAT'S NOT EASY. A WHO YOUR LEADER IS MATTERS IF YOU GET A
CHANCE TO BE THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EMPOWERING FOLKS. YOU ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS HERE WHO ALLOWS FOR YOUR STAFF TO JUST TALK TO ME ON THE ESCALATOR. NOT ALLOW, BUT FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT ISSUES ON THE ESCALATOR, THE ELEVATOR,
AN WHEREVER WE ARE. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SHOW UP IN WARD FOUR. THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. I GOT A TEXT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY ONE DAY SAYING, HEY, WE'REETTING SOMETHING ON FIRE IN YOUR WARD GET OVER HERE. SO YOU CAN SEE IT. AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO ME TO BE
ABLE TO TELL MY RESENTS WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AND IN REAL TIME. COME IN AND WATCH IT, TOO. THE PROJECT AROUND THE RAILRO CROSSING, YOUR TEAM HAS JUST BEEN RIGHT THERE WITH ME
ALONG THE WAY. THE TRASH DUMPING. I MEAN, THE MAP THAT YOU ALL HAVE PRODUCED TO VALIDATE WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS ABOUT THE TRASH DUMPING, IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY SMALL THING,UT IT MEANS SO MUCH TTHE NORTH SIDE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE CARED ABOUT FOR DECADES.
THE ALLEY CLEAN-UPS. YOU GET THESE CALLS ALL TIMES OF THE DAY SAYING, THE SNOW HASN'T BEEN REMOVED PROPERLY. THE WAY YOU HANDLE OUR PARTNERS AND WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING UP THE ALLEY AND PICKING UP THE TRASH AND FOLKS GO BACK TO DO AN EVEN BETTER JOB. THAT MEANS A GREAT
DEAL TO US. THESE LIVABILITY ISSUES WE FACE EVERY DAY MEAN A GREAT DEAL, AND IT HAS BN SO FUN TO WATCH YOU WORK WIT FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO LEAD YOUR TEAM AND TO WORKING WITH
FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY. ALSO IT'S ALSO REFRESHING TO HEAR YOUR SIDE OF THINS. WE COME IN THE ROOM WITH OPINIONS AND THINGS THAT WE WANT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THINGS THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT, AND IT'S BEEN REFRESHING TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH YOU ON WHAT WORKS AND WHAT
DOESN'T WORK. WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY IS ALSO. I THINK YOUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY MEANS A LOT TO WORK FOR ALSO. AND SO I, OF COURSE, I'M SUPPORTING YOU.I DO HAVE A COUP BUT I JUST WANT TO GET THAT OUT FIRST BECAUSE IF YOU ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS WRONG, THEN MY -- YOU KNOW, I MIGHT SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HAVING YOU HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, DIRECTOR SEXTON. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
NORTH SIDERS RAISE CONCERNS REGULARLY ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. IFCONFIRMED, WHAT WOULD SUCCESS LOOK LIKE FOR THESE ISSUES OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO YOU? >> YEAH. THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW,IRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE EARLIER
COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY, ESPECIALLY THE BUDGET SITUATION, IT'S A REALLY FOCUSSING ON DOING THOSE CORE CITY SERVICES, DOING THE BASICS RIGHT AND DOING THEM BETTE EVER YEAR. CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK WE CONTINUE TO RENE HOW WE WORK WITH COMMITY AND MAKEURE WE'RE REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS AND THE NEEDS AND EVERY PROJECT TH WE DO. AND IN TERMS OF SUCCESS, WE
HAVE, I MEAN, WE ARE TRACKING PAVEMENTS. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY ON THE STORMWATER COMPLIANCE. AND I THINK THE REALITY IS WE ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAVEMENTS CITY WIDE, WE ARE LOSING GROUND. THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THAT. OUR PAVEMENT CONDITION IS WORSENING.
AND SO ABSENT ADDITIONAL REVENUES, I THINK WE ARE -- WE STARTED THIS ALREADY, AND I HOPE TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUING TO STREAMLINE AND CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DNG THINGS AS COST EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. AND TO STOP THAT LOSS OF
PERFORMANCE OVERALL TT WE DO TRACK CLOSELY. AND IDEALLY I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT WE COULD D BETTER AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO IROVE THINGS LIKE PAVEMENT CONDITION, AND WHILE I HOPE THAT IS THE CASE, AND THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO STOP THINGS FROM GETTING WORSE.
AND SO WE'RE FOCUSSING ON THAT INTERNALLY AND LOOKING HOW WE WORK ON PROJECTS, SCOPE, SCHEDULE, AND DGET. HOW DO WE COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITY AND W YOU DON'T SEE STREETS DONE MULTIPLE TIMES. AND FOCUSSING
ON THE BASICS AND IT WILL BE THE FOCUS GIVEN THE PRIORITY WHERE WE ARE. >> MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT DIRIBUTION OF INVESTMENT. LIKE, HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY? AND NORTH SIDE MAKES SURE AND CAN SEE WHAT
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE. >> YEAH, THROUGH THE CHAI COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I THINK THE WORK THAT OUR WATER DEPARTMENT HAS DONE IS REALLY EXEMPLIFIES HOW WE THINK ABOUT EQUITY AND HOW WE USE TOOLS LIKE OUR RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION.
TO PRIORITIZE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IS WHERE UNDERINVESTMENT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. ND SO WHA I'MEALLY JUSTHRILLED THAT OUR WATER DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE HAVE REPLACED ALL THE LEAD SERVICE LINES ON THE NORTH SIDE GREENZONE. THAT IS A REAL
ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THAT IS A CLEAREST EXAMPLE OF HOW WE FOCUS THE RESOUES AND AREAS IN THE PAST THAT WE HAVEN'T. AND THAT IS A TOOL THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE IN ALL OF OUR INVESTMENT DECISION MAKING. MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING MORE IN THOSE LOCATIONS. WE'RE
INVESTING FIRST IN THOSE LOCATIONS AND DOING MORE ENGAGEMENT AND SPENDING MORE TIME ON THE PROJECTS. THAT'S HOW WE THINK ABOUT EQUITY AND THE DEPARTMENT. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT PRECEDED ME. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE FORMER DIRECTOR ROBIN HUTCHINSON FOR
STARTING THAT FRAMEWORK. AND I THK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE CREATED A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. IMPLEMENTATION WAS DELAYED WITH THINGS THAT HAPPEN HAD HAD OVER THE WINTER WITH OPERATION METRO SURGE. BUT WE ESTABLISH THREE KEY PILLARS WHICH ARE CLIMATE,
EQUITY AND SAFETY. AND NOW WE' THEY ARE INCORPORATED INTO EVERYTHING WE DO. >> AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER YR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THIS TER THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY SERVING, AND WHAT INIATIVES AND PROJECTS ARE YOU MOST EXCITED TOED A
VANCE? >> AH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, I THINK GIVEN THE CHANGING SITUATION AT THE FERAL LEVEL, IT'S MAYBE NOT THE MOST EXCITING THING, BUT I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUREAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO TO
KEEP FEDERAL MONEY COMING INTO THE CITY. AND IT'S A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. I THINK IT'S OVER $16 # O MIION IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND TAKEN A TON OF PATIENCE BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY PERSEVERED ANDONTINUE TO DELIVER. AND I AM THRILLED NOT JUST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL BUT BEING CRE PHILANTHROPY, PURSUING STATE GRANTS FOR THINGS LIKE MITIGATION. AND WE ARE REALLY JUST LOOKING
EVERYWHERE FOR NEW REVENUE,O WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER FOR OUR RESIDENTS. MOVING FORWARD, AGAIN, I THI I SPOKE ABOUT IT BEFOR I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE BIG AND EITING WORK WE
HAVE BEFORE US, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS FOCUSSING ON THE CORE SERVICES AND MAKING SURE THATE WERE COORDINATING BETTER BETWEEN PROJECTS, WITH COMMUNITY, AND FOCUS ON SORT OF COST EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF PROJECTS, WHILE STILL ADVANCING OUR TRANSPORTATION ACTIO PLAN,
WHICH IS CRUCIAL PART OF THE PROJECT. AND GUIDES OUR WORK. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. NEXT WE HAVE VICE MAYOR STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SEXTON, FOR BEING HERE. I GET EVERY SINGLE WEEK PEOPLE
EMAILING ME ABOUT SPEEDING OR DANGEROUS DRIVI ON THE STREETS. I AM TOLD THAT OTHER WARDS ARNOT SEEING THAT, BUT I THINK I THI EVERY SINGLE STREET IN MY WARD HAS EMAILED ME ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING.
I SAY THAT TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE ABOUT THESE ISSUES. I EMAIL YOU MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK A THIS POINT. APROBABLY PUT ENOUGH WORK ON YOUR PLATE FOR AN ENTIRE STAFF MEMBER THEMSELVES. I APOLOGIZE, BUT NOT GOING TO
CHANGE. SO ANYWAY, I AM REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ONE TIME YOU JOINED USOR A SCHOOL STREETS EVENT. AND YOU SAID, YEAH, I WAS BIKING OVER HERE AND THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS PARKED IN THE BIKE LANE. AND I GOT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THAT AND WHO UNDERSTANDS SOMEONE PARKED WITH A SCHOOL BUS IN THE BIKE LANE IS A BAD THING. AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU. IN PASSING, I TOLD YOU ABOUT SOMETHING I WAS WORKING ON WITH METRO TRANSIT AND YOU TOLD ME TO TALK TO THIS PERSON AT MN-DOT. I HAD MY MEETING WITH THAT
PERSON AT MN-DOT AND IT WAS EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BENEFIT THIS CITY. AND THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN PASSING THAT HAS REALLY MOVED FORWARD. MY WORK AND THEORK OF THE CITY REALLY POSITIVELY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT FOR YOU,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR HISTORY AT MN-DOT AND OTHER PLACES. A SO YOU MARSHAL YOUR CONNECTIONS TO BENEFIT THIS CITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. AND THANK YOUOR WORKING SO WELL WITH ME. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU
CAN ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR NEXT TERMENT F >> NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK U. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SEON, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO MINNEAPOLIS. I'VE GOT SOME KUDOS AND A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES THAT I THINK YOU
FACE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT FIRST, MY APPRECIATION. DIRECTOR SEON, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE DIRECTORS IN THIS WHOLE CITY. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. ALTHOUGH I TRY NOT TO CONTACT YOU OUTSE OF REGULAR WORKING
HOURS, WHEN I'VE NEEDED TO YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN KICK TO RESPOND AND ACTIVATE YOUR TEAM TO MANAGE A SITUATION. AND I THANK YOU YOU AND YOUR DIVISION DIRECTORS FOR THAT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVENLY ACROSS THE CITY, BUT HERE
ARE A FEW EXAMPLES. FIRST WE HAD A WATER LINE BREAK DURING A COLD SNAP THAT WAS DEVASTATING THIS PAST WINTER AT 50th AND PENN. PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WERE ON SITE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY GETNG THE WATER TURN OFF, HELPING TO
SALVAGE GOODS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE CARRYING UP FLOWERS FROM A FLOWER SHOP FOR THEIR VALEINE'S DELIVERY THE NEXT DAY. CARRYING OUT A LITERAL TON OF SAND BY HAND IN BUCKETS, YOUR TEAM.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM PUMPED WATER OUT OF THE ADJACENT BUILDING BEFORE THE EMERGENCY CONTRACTOR BEFORE THAT PROPERTY OWNER SHOWED UP, AND WHEN A CORNER OF THAT BUILDING WAS DEEMED UNSTABLE, AND YOUR CREWS
INSTALLED A SUPPORT BEA TO HOLD UP THE SECOND STORY. I APPRECIATE YOURARE AND ACTION IN A BAD SITUATION. WHEN A MORE MINOR WATER LINE BROKE DURING A COLD SNAP THAT FLOODED THE E-LINE STATION THE DAY BEFORE THE OPENING, IT WAS BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR TEAM JUMPED
INTO ACTION TT PREVENTED THAT FROM BEING ENCASED IN 8 INCHES . THE OVERNIGHT WATER DESK EMERGENCY LINE, THAT IS LIKE A
RELIC IN OUR CITY. A NUMBER TO SOMEBODY ANSWERS AND THEY ACT WITH URGENCY ABOUT WHATEVER THAT NEED MIGHT BE. AND ACOS THE CITY AT LARGE, PUBLIC WORKS WAS A KEY PART OF OUR OPERATION MRO SURGE
RESPONSE. IN THE MIDST OF DETOURS AND EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURES AND OPENINGS, SEVERAL WEEKS OF CANCELED VACATION, CONSTANT OVERNIGHT WORK TO MAKE THING RIGHT DURING THE MOST CHAOTIC
AND CONFUSING TIME. SO THANK YOU. WHEN I THINK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF PUBLIC WORKS, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS THAT IS SO FACING AND HAS SUCH A
DIRECT RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF EMERGENCIES AS PUBLIC WORKS. THAT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU AND I SEE YOU HANDLE THAT WITH GRACE AND PROFESSIONALISM.
FORCE MANY DIVISIONS ARE IN THIS ROOM SUPPORTING YOU DAY. AND I APPRECIAT HOW YOU AND YOUR STAFFAVE NAVIGATED DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE NICOLLET AVENUE BRIDGE, ICH SEEMS TO BE GOING WE. AND I'M ALSO IMPRESSED WITH YOUR
FORE THOUGHT AND PLANNING THAT IT TAKES TO SEQUENCE OJECTS. I SAO HAT IN MY WARD WITH REPLACEMENT OF LEAD SERVICE LINES AND STORMWATER MITIGATION WORK IT TAKES A LOT OF DIVISION TOO IDENTITY UNDERGROUND WORK NEEDS SO WE
DON'T DISTURB NEWLY-LAID PAVEME.T A COUPLE CHALLENGES I S THINGSOVE FORWARD. I CHALLENGE YOU TO DO A BETTER
JOB WITH COORDINATION BETWEEN OTHER DIVISIONS AND O INTER-JUR I HAVE SEEN THIS GET BETTER. I THINK IT CAN GET BETTER STILL. I ALSO CHALLENGE YOUR DIVISIONS TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION WITH
THERESIDENTS. THAT IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT I HEAR ABOUT FROM RESIDENTS IS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I HAVE A STORMWATER MITIGATION PROJECT AND IS TAKING TWICE AS LONG AS ANTICIPATEDND BOY HAVE I HEARD ABOUT IT. AFTER A GREAT
DEAL OF BACK AND FORTH WITH PROJECT STAFF AND IN-PERSON MEETING WITH IMPACTED, FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS, STAFF AGREED TO SEND OUT UPDATES EVERY TWO WEEKS. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AND THIS HAS HELPED OUT A LOT. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR BEING CLEAR EYED ABTHESE
FUTURE CHALLENGES. I THINK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A STRONG HANDLE ON IT. >> NEXT IS COUNCIL MBER CHOWEN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY. I JUST FIRST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT YOU HAVE A REALLY
GREAT LEUP OF FOLKS THAT CAME AND TESTIFIED FOR YOU TODAY. I THINK IT SPEAKS REALLY STRONGLY TO JUST, LIKE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE ACROSS THE BOARD AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE SENATOR DIBLE AN FORMER PUBLIC WOR DIRECTOR ROBIN HUTCHINSON, AND I
WILL SAY THIS WAS YOUR FAVORITE JOB. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY. IT FEELS
LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, AND I BET YOU FEEL THE SAME. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE WITH MY OFFICE, I THINK A LOTBOUT THE NEEDS OF MY CONSTITUENTS. AND THE MORE EVERY WEEK THAT PASSESBY.
AND THAT MY JOB IS TO REPRESENT PEOPLE AND REPRESENT THEIR NEEDS. AND OF COURSE,ITHIN MY WARD BODARY, BUT ALSO WITH THE PERSPECTIVE OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE REST OF E CITY.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WERE THE LIGHTS ON HIAWATHA AVENUE AND HOW DANGEROUS THAT WAS AND THE ISSUEF COPPER WIRE THEFT AND I JUST APPRECIATE THAT YOU WORKED WITH MONTH AFTER MONTH, EVEN PRIOR TO THE LARGE INVESTMENT THATE MADE FROM
CONTINGENCY FUNDING. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE LIGHTING DONE ON HIAWATHA AVENUE, ANDHAT WAS REALLY DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS, THE TRANSIT USERS BY THE LIGHT RAIL STATION, FOLKS THAT WERE JUST DVING OR FREQUENTING THE BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. JUST A LOT OF
COMPOUING ISSUES. SO THAT MEANT A LOT. I'VE ALSO APPRECIATED YOUR PERSPECTIVAND VALUE IN GETTING TO OUR GOAL OF ENSURING THAT MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS TAKE 60%
OF THEIR RIDES NOT FROM A VEHICLE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT GOAL AND ONE THAT WE SHOULD KEE IT IN THE PROJECTS THA WE HAVE DONE TO IMPROVE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, YOUR TEAM'S AMAZING WORK ATHE TAB AND AT THE LEGISLATURE, THE COMMITMENT
TO VISION ZERO A TRAFFIC CALMING. ANOTHER PLACE THAT I FEEL LIKE I HEARD FROMO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS CRASHES THAT WERE HAPPENING AND MUNICIP STATE AID ROADS THAT HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED FOR YEARS AND YRS AND YEARS.
AND THERE IS ONE STREET? PARTICULAR THAT WAS GOING INTO LAKE STREET WHERE WE JUST SAW KIND OF JUST A REALLY SEVERE LE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOUR TEAM WENT OUTTHE, AND TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT.
AND THAT CHANGED A LOT OF LIVES. IT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. I ALSO -- I THINK I EVALUATE HOW A DIRECTOR IS DOING BY HOW THEIR STAFF IS SHOWING UP AND HOW THE WORK IS GOING FOR THEM, AND I
CAN JUST TELL THAT, LIKE, JUST BASED OFF OF HOW WELL THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WORKS AND THE INTERACTIONS THAT I REALLY VALUE, THAT I HAVE HAD WITH YOUR TE, AND YOUR TEAM REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATES YOUR LEADERSHIP A THE EMPOWERMENT OF THEIR LEADERSHIP. SO THANK
YOU FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES THE WORK EVEN BETTER. AND WHEN ITOT GOING THAT WAY, YOU CAN CLEARLY NOTICE IT. A FEW PLACES OF IMPROVEMENT THAT I THINK WE CAN WORK ON TOGETHE IS, I THINK WHEN WE HAVE LARGE
PROJECTS THAT OFTEN TIMES CAN B DIVIDED OR DIVISIVE, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN FROM THE PAST AND BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ALL HAVE TO LEAN IN AND COMM BETTER AND TRY TO FIND THE PATH TO WIN. AND I THINK WE HAVE HAD SOME
EXAMPLES OF DOING THAT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT I THINK THAT WAS A LESSON THAT WE'VE LEARNED MULTIPLE TIMES. I THINK WE WANT TO GROW FROM THAT. AND I'VE APPRECIATED IN OUR CONVERSATIONS YOUR COMMITMENT TO AT. I I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS COMING BEFORE YOUR DESK AND I WANT TO
BE MINDFUL OF THEIME THAT I TAKE UP. I THINK ONE THINGHAT WOULD BE VALUABLE IS FIGURING OUT A WAY FOR US TO SHARE WARD PRIORITIES WITH YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THATE CAN WORK ON AND MAYBE OVER A YEAR AND BY A QUARTER.
SOMETHING THAT'S MANAGEABLE, BUT STILL IS ABLE TO HELP US BRING FORWARD WITH THE TOP CONCERNS OF OUR WARD TO YOU. ANOTHER THING IS THE TEXT MESSAGE UPDATES FOR EMERGENCIES OR, LIKE, SCHEDULED MAINTENCE.
NOT ALL MY CONSTITUENTS ARE ON THE ESPECIALLY SENIORS, ESPECIALLY RENTERS. AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF JUST EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IF WE'RE GOING TO SENDUT PERTINENT INFORMATION TO THEM THAT IS FRONT FACING HOW DO WE
ENSURE THAT RESENTS GET ON THAT THING THAT I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED IN OUR RELATIONSHIP AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING TOUGH TOHARE WITH YOU, AND THERE IS A PLACE OF DISAGRMENT, WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
AND WE'LL JUST HAVE IT AND YOU WILL HEAR ME AND WORK THROUGH IT. AND THAT IS WHAT I JUST APPRECIATE, JUST YOU MAKING THE TIME FOR THAT AND US BEING ABLE TOO IT. AND WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PRETTY TOUGH CONVERSATNS OVER THE YEARS. AND I HAVE ALWAYS COME OF OF IT
BEING, LIKE, I HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXTIME WE GET TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU TODAY. >> NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
DIRECTOR SEXTON, THANK YOU S MUCH FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOUR TEAM DOES. AND I REALLY FELT LIKE A SHINING STAR WORKING WITH YOU WHEN I FIRST CAME IN TO OFFICE HERE, AND
THERE WAS PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT TO ME AND CONSTITUENTS IN THE WARD AND THEY WERE, LIKE, THIS HASN'T HAPPENED AND SOMETHING IS GOING ON WITH AN ICE SNOW BLOCK AND MY HUSBAND IS 80-SOMETHING YEARS OLD. I SAID, LET ME MAKE A PHONE CALL AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE TOOME OVER THERE
AND HELP YOU, AND SUSAN STILL TEXTS ME THIS DAY. SUCH A NICE LADY. AND YOU CAME RIGHT OUT THERE AND SHE SAID WELL, MAYBE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN BY SPRING. NO ONE'S EVER DONE ANYTHING FOR ME. AND LO AND BEHOLDSHE TEXTED ME NOT EVEN
BEFORE THE NEXT MORNING AND WAS, LIKE, YOU ARE TRULY A LIFESAVER. SHE WANTED TO INVITE ME OVER FOR COFFEE. YOUR TEAM SHOWS UP AND SHOWS OUT. AND WE ARE GETTING TO THE BASICS OF WHAT I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE
WORK WAS ABOUT IN SERVING PEOPLE ANMAKING SURE THAT AREA OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS INTACT AND REALLY LISTENING TO THE NEEDS OF THE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HOLES IN THE ALLEYS OR DOG TRAFFIC CALMING AND
WATCHING AND STUDYING AND I REALLY ARECIATE IT, TOO, GOING ON A SHOWER OF THE WARD WITH YOU THE OTHER DAY. AND WE WAS RLING AROUND IN THET. ANSO CHECKING OUT -- CHECKING OUT A LOT OF THE THINGS AND, YOU
KNOW, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT NEEDED SOME GOOD ATTENTION IN THE WARD. AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AND PLAN AND CONVERSE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. AND I AM APPRECIATIVE AND I'M
EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN AWESOME, COMMUNICATIVE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THAT AND EXCITED TO SUPPORT YOU GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE
ELSE IN QUEUE, I WILL TAKE THE LIBERTY OFONCLUDING AS CHAIR WITH COMMENTS. I WANT TO UPLIFT WHAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING AROUND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES IN MY
WARD, AND ALSO CITY WIDE PRIORITIES THAT AREEEPLY CONNECTED TO WHAT I HEAR IN MY WARD, FOR INSTANCE, AND WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE AROUND ADVANCING AND TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS AND REDUCING THAT SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG THAT S PILING UP.
AND GREAT TO SEE THE PROGRESS T SEEING BOULEVARDS AND TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS COME TO THEIR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE PASSAGES I THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND MUCH MORE SAFE. AND THAT IS A K AREA AND THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING THAT I HAVE
TO UPLIFT IN DINKY TOWN AND THAT WAS A 10-YEAR PROJECT IN ITSELF. BUT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TOORK WITH YOUR OFFICE TO -- AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO REALLY ADVANCE SOME CONCRETE NEXT STEPS THAT HAVE
NOW ILLUMINATED WHAT WAS A VERY -- DARK CORRIDOR AND THAT MADE STUDENTS' PARENTS, VISITORS, AND FEEL UNEASY WALKING AROUND A HIGH TRAFFICKED AREA. I AM THANKFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AGAIN AND ALWAYS BEING
RESPONSIVE WHEN 'RE NAMING THERE IS CONSTITUENT ISSUES. WANTING TO TROUBLESHOOT AND PROBLEM SOLVE. I LOVE TO UPLIFT, FORME COUNCIL MEMBER -- COUNCIL MEMBER KOSKI'S MANTRA OF DON'T TE ME NO. TELL ME HOW. AND YOU OFTEN LEAN
INTO THE HOW AND WE DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT WITH SOME OF THE DIRECTOR AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT EXPERIENCE. AND SOME OF THE THINGS I WANT TO UPLIFT, TOO, IS MOST RECENTLY AS YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WE NAVIGATED 38th
AND CHICAGO'S ASSESSMENT. AND THAT WAS NAVIGATING A SENSITIVE SUBJECT AND THAT IS AT THE CORE OF PUBLI WORKS, TOO, THAT OFTEN GETS OVERLOOKED. OF COURSE, WE WANT TO HONE IN ON THE CORE SERVICES. AND RUCE PUBLIC
WORK TO JUST PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, NEW STREETS OR LIGHTING, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHATLACES LIKE 38th AND CHICAGO AND EVEN I-94, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ROLE IN RETHINKING AND REFRAMING WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
WE RECOGNIZE HISTORICALLY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN USED Z A TOOL TO WIDEN RACIAL AND ECONOMICDISPARITIES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS COMMUNITY LEADERS OR WORKERS IN THIS BILL, WE NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HISTORY, B
ALSO USE THE TOOLS AND OUR EXPERTISE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO UNDO THAT HARM. AND ALSO LEAD WITH NEW AND BETTER ACTION THAT ACTUALLY BRING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. THAT PROMOTES RESTORATION AND REPAIRTIVE JUSTICE. AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE I'VE
SEEN OPENINGS IN YOUR OFFICE AND 38th AND CHICAGO ASSESSMENT PROJECT WAS REALLY A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC WORKS ASHLEY HAVI EQUITY ANALYSIS AND GUIDE AND NORTH STAR OF HOW TO
ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD. HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SIGNIFICANT INVESTMES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I JUST WANT TO NAME THAT. AND WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WORKING ON OUR WORK PLAN AND ALSO MAKING SURE ALL THE FUN THINGS THAT IS IN THAT CLIMATE -- I'M SORRY, BOTH CLIMATE
EQUITY PLAN, TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, AND RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK AND MAKING SURE ALL THE FUN THINGS HAPPEN ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND I KNOW YOUR OFFICE, AND YOU'RE JUST EXY
ARE READY AND HAVE BEEN WILLING TO LEAD THAT. ONE AREA OF EXCITEMENT THAT I'M REALLY HELPFUL IS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ON ACTUAL ARESSING ZERO WASTE. AND I KNOW MANY YEARS AGO, MINNEAPOLIS WAS A LEADER IN THAT COERSATION OF HOW WE ACTUALLY
ARE MOVING TOWARDS A PROGRESSIVE MODEL, AND WASTE DISPOSAL. AND LOVE TO SEE US STRENGTHEN OUR ATTENTION THERE. AND IT'S QUITE NECESSARY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INCINERATOR IN NORTH MINNEAPOLI THE GREEN ZONES AND MAKING SURE THAT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY BLAC AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, WHO HAVE LONG BARED THE HARMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTU PROJECTS AND ALSO POLLUTION THAT COMES FROM THEM, THIS REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US DO VISIONARY WORK AND ALSO AGAIN ADDRESSING THAT RACIAL HARM. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THOSE EFFORTS, AND ALSO FOR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT PRIORITIES DO THAT WE CAN GIVE ANOTHER DOCUMENT AND
WITH THAT, OH, ANOTHER THING THAT I WANT TO UPLIFT IS VICE MAYOR STEVENSON MENTIONED THE EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR BIKEWAY OR BIKE PATHS, OUR SIDEWALKS, ARE
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE AND BEING IN THE BUS LANE. AND ALSO MAKE SURE OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES KNOW THEY WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SAME GUIDELIN. AND POLICE CARS PARKED IN THE BIKE LANES OR SIDEWALKS AND ANY OTHER CITY VEHICLE OR EMPLOYEE.
SO I AM VERY MUCH ALSO EXCITED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN MORE UNDERSTANDING, ENFORCEMENT, AND OF THESE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS AND THAT OUR RESIDENT
CANS ACCESS SAFELY AND FREELY. WITH THAT I AM ALSO VY EXCITED TO SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION TODAY. WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF IT. JUST FOR FUN, LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> AYE.. >> WARREN. >> AYE.. CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHOWEN. >> AYE.. PALMISANO. >> AYE.. VICE MAYOR STEVENSON, >> AYE.. >> CHAIR WONSLEY. >AWE
>> AYE. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. ONTO THE DISCUSSION AGENDA -- AND I WILL GIVE IT A MOMEN TO
ALLOW FOLKS TO ME THEIR WAY OUT OF CHAMBERS.
ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING TO ITEM 23, WHICH IS A PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION ABOUT HIGHWAY 280 AND CALLING ON THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
INCREASE THEIR ENGAGEMENT ON THE PROPOSAL, I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE AND I AUTHORED IN TER OF THE RESOLUTION. AND ALSO MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARDS
ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD RESOLUTION SERAL WEEKS AGO THEY PASS ALSO WITH SOME SIMILAR CONTENT AND RAISING SOME SIMILAR CONCERNS. IN PUBLISHING THE RESOLUTION, WE WERE CONTACTED BY PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP, HIGHLIGHTING OR
EXPRESSING THAT MN-DOT ACTUALLY WANT TO COME AND ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE TO GIVE THEIR INSIGHTS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE MN-DOT HERE AND TO GIVE THAT PRESTATION. I WILL SEE WHO
FROM MN-DOT OR PUBLIC WORKS SAF WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE RELATED TO THIS ITEM. >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND
MEMBERS OF T COMMITTEE. AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND I HAVE BEEN THE LIAISON TO THIS PROJECT AND TO THE GROUND ROUNDS MISSING LINK PROJECT. WE HAVE GUESTS TO EAK FROM MN-DOT AND MPRB AND
WORKING ON THE GRAND ROUNDS. AND I WILL PASS IT TO RYAN WILSON FROM MN-DOT. AND WE HAVE JULIE ALDRIDGE FROM THE PARK BOARD AND WE WILL START WITH A FEW WORDS. AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, PETER. CHAIR WONSLEY, MEMBERSF THE COMMITTEE, NICE TO SEE YOU. I AM RYAN WILSON, CURRENTLY THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR METRO DISTRICT IN THE WEST MANAGEROLE OVERSEEING THE PARTNERSHIP AND TH WORK AND
THAT INCLUDES MINNEAPOLIS. AND I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF GENERAL WORDS AND HAPPY AND ON 280 HAS BEEN DATING BACK TO 220. AND WE ARE ENVISIONING A PROJECT ON 280 AND MAINTAINING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKING ON SAFETY, AND IT WAS OUTREACH DONE
IN THE MID-CITY INDUSTRIAL AREA AND OUTREACH WITH YOUR STAFF AT THE CITY OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT RAISED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUGGEST AT THE TIME. AND WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND WHAT IS IN PLACE AS A PRODUCT AND PART OF THAT. WE HAVE A TWO-PART PROJECT AND YOU ARE AWARE WE
HAVE A PROJECT IN PLACE TODAY THAT IS RKING ON THE PAVEMENT AND BRIDGES ALONG THE 28 # O CORRIDOR AND WE HAVE A PROJECT PLANNED IN 2028. OUR PART OF THAT WORK IS TO PROPOSE A CLOSURE OF NORTHBOUND 280 TO WESTBOUND BROADWAY.
EASTBOUND BADWAY TO 280 REMAINS OPEN TO BE CLEAR. AND WE HAVE A MULTI-AGENCY PARTNERSHIP AND SEVEN AGENCIES AND CITY OF LAUDERDALE AND ROSEVILLE AND ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON IMPROVEMENT IN THE INTERSECTION OF LAUDERDALE,
HENNEPIN, 280 AS WELL AS GETTING TO INDUSTRIAL HENNEPIN AND HEADING NORTHBOUND. VERY GENERALLY, BECAUSE WE ARE PROPOSING TO CLOSE THAT NORTHBOUND 280 TOESTBOUND BROADWAY MOVEMENT, WE IDENTIFIED IN 2020-2021 THAT THAT INTERSECTION OF HENNEPIN AND
INDUSTRIAL WAS A PROBLEM. WE HAD FREIGHT TRAFFIC WHO COULDN'T MAKE THAT MOVE. AND FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AND START HEARING ABOUT ACTIVITY FROM MPRB AND OTHERS TO COMPLETE THE GRAND ROUNDS CONNECTION THAT
HAS BEEN SOUGHT AFTER A FEW MORE YEARS. AND WITH THE PARTNERSHIP ACROSS AGENCIES. WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE. WE, BEING MN-DOT, WHERE WE ARE TALKING ON WORK IN AT AREA. THE WORK ON 28 # O, YES, BUT ALSO THE WORK ALONE HENNEPIN REDUCING THAT FROM A FOUR TO
THREE LANE IN THE AREA OF INDUSTRIAL, DEALING WITH THE INTERSECTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND BROADWAY ITSELF. SO MN-DOT IS TAKING ON HALF OF THAT WORK IN COSTS OURSELVES. AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AT HENNEPIN COUNTY, AND CITY AND MPRB TO DOHE REST OF THE WORK. AND SQUARING UP THAT RAILROAD
CROSSING IF YOU BIKE THROUGH THAT EA. AND GAIN THE CHANCE FOR THE CONNECTIONS FOR THE GRAND ROUNDS CLEANER AND BETTER. TYING INTO THE WORK THAT MPRB IS DOG WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON INDUSTRIAL. AND PARTNERING WITH EVERYBODY ALONG THAT COIDOR.
>> AND THAT MIGHT BE IN THE SPIRIT OF RESOLUTION AND PROPOSED BY COUNCILEMBER RAINVILLE. AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTREACH IN THE PAST AND FOCUSED IN THE MID CITY INDUSTRIAL AREA, LAUDERDALE AND ROSEVILLE. AND THE LT 3/4 OF
A YEAR WE DID NOT DO AS MUCH OUTREACH IN NOH MINNEAPOLIS. AND WE TWEAK THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND HAVE THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS IN JUNE AND MOTION AND GOING THROUGH ADDITIONAL FOLKS AND THE ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTHEAST. SAINT ANTHONY AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT INFORMATION. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE MIC BRIEFLY TO MY FRIENDS AT THE PARK BOARD.
IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. >> WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR WONSLEY AND MEMBERS OF THE CMITTEE. I'M JULIA ALDRIDGE, A DESIGN MANAGE WE ARE THE PARK BOARD AND
THE PARK BOARD. THE GRAND ROUNDS MISSING LINK IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN NEAR AND DEAR FOR YEARS AND FOLLOWING A PRIOR ADOPTED PLAN IN 2019, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BOTH BY PARK BOARD AND MET COUNCIL, PARK BOARD HAS UNDERTAKEN REVISITING THAT
PROJECT AS OF 2023. AND AS SHARED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY THE PARK BOARD IS WKING I CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. HENNEPIN COUNTY AND MDOT AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WE HAVE ALL HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE
AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP MOVING THINGS FORWARD. SOMETHING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND WITHOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP AND THAT AGENCY SUPPORT, MULTI-AGENCY SUPPORT AND THE PARK WORD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
TAKEHIS PROJECT AND OF NOTE MN-DOT HAS OFFERED TO TAKE ON IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY AND INDUSTRIAL AND IN EXCESS OF $1 MILLION AND IS WELL POSITIONED WITH THE RAILROAD AND THE AGENCYARTNERS
WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY TO IMPROVE THAT INTERSECTION. THAT IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR THE PARK BOARD TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS PRECT BARD. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE COMMIEE THAT THIS SEGMENT OF THE GRAND ROUNDS MISSING LINK IS ONE THAT MOVES
THROUG A FULLY BUILT URBAN FABRIC. AND MUCH OF THE GROUNDS AROSE BEFORE THE CITY WAS BUILT UP BEFORE IT AND THE COMPLEXITY AND WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT. IT'S JUST THE COMPLEX TIS AND MOVING THROUGH WHAT WE ANTICIPATEO BE A MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR, BUT WE
NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THIS IS A STRONG VEHICULAR CORRIDOR. THIS IS A FREIGHT CORRIDOR. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO THE MANY INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES HERE. WE WANT TO SUPPORT THAT, NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THAT. AND ALSO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT A REGIONAL TRAIL HE THAT WILL CONNECT AN PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY
FOR THE CITY'S RESIDENTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT'S A HUGE PIECE OF THIS. AND THIS ENTIRE SEGMENT OF PROJECT FOR THE PARK BOARD LIES WITHIN CITY AND COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT THE PARK BOARD DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER, SO THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTT
POINT FOR US THAT THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRITICAL FOR ALL OF US BEING ABLEO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I WILL SEE IF COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO OFFER SOME COMMENTS AS YOU WERE THE LEAD AUTHOR ON THE RESOLUTION.
>> THANK YOU. SO THAT'S VERY GOOD TO HEAR ALL THIS GREAT NEWS AND COOPERATION. THE INTENT OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPS, TO SUPPORT THE PARK BOARD, ESPECIALLY THE NEW COMMSIONER WHO REPRESENTS THE EAST SIDE. AND HE WAS THE MAIN AUTHOR OF
THE PARK BOARD RESOLUTION. THE INTENTS TO MATCH THAT AND TO -- AND TO HELP YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH THE COMMUNITY. GOOD LUCK ON YOUR JUNE OUTREACH. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
THE INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION. IT IS NOT TOELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR BUSINESS, BUT RATHER TO SHOW THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK BOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IT'S REALRY IMPORTANT AT THE CITY LEVEL THAT WE DO THIS ONGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. AND THEY KW THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE IS WE ENGAGE. ENGAGE, ENGAGE. THANK YOU FOR GOING THAT EXTRA MILE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND COLLEAGUES, MY INTENT IS TO
SUPPORT THE PARK BOARD ON THIS AND COMMISSIONER, SO I WOULD MOVE TO I A PROVE THIS. -- I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THIS. >> I KNOW COUNC MEMBER RAINVILLE, SUPER EXCITED TO MOVE IT F APPROVAL. YOU ARE NOW ON THE COMMITTEE AND I WILL MOVE IT
FOR APPROVAL AS THE CO-AUTHOR AND CHAIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, OH, WAIT. I DON'T THINK I NEAT THAT. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? >> THOSE OPPOSED. >> THANK YOU. YOUR MIC IS NOT
ON. OK. SO THAT HAS MOVED FORWARD. NOW WE'RE ONTO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE,025 ANNUAL REPORT. THIS IS REFLECTED AS
ITEM NUMBER 24. I WILL NOW INVITE UP OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COORDINATOR AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING -- THAT'S A LONG TITLE -- PROGRAING, ALEX -- CAN YOU
PLEASE PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME? THANK YOU. AWESOME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GET US STARTED. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY I AM THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COORDINATOR WITHIN PUBLIC WORK. IT IS A PLEASURE APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
PRESENT OR INTRODUCE, AND I SHOULD SAY THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE PEDESTRIAN TO PRESENT DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THEMES THAT I A ROSE OUT OF THEIR COMMITTEE'S PAST YEAR
OF WORK. AND WITH US TODAY HERE ARE LISA AND ALYSSA, THE CHAIRS OF THE PAC AND BAC. OKAY. THESE ARE OUR NAMES.
BRIEFLY BEFORE I PASS THIS OVER, THEY HAVE CLOSELY SCRUTINIZED PROJECTS AND POLICIES WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, ROLLERING, SCOOTERING AND BEND. YOU HAVE A FILE THIS SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES OF BOTH COMMITTEES IN 2025 AS WELL
AS THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NEW COMMITTEES AND THE RESTRUCTURED FORMAT. I WANT TO BRIEFLY HONOR PUBLICLY ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SERVING TO THE END OF THE PAST YEAR AND THANK THEMOR THEIR SERVICE. THESE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY
COITTEE. AND THESE ARE THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND FINALLY O MORE THING, AND BEFORE I I WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT TO SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER BRAD FLETCHER WHO REPRESENTED WARD THREE ON THE BICYCLE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE. HE WAS PASSIONATE BICYCLIST WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF ENCOUNTERING OCCASIONALLY ON THE MORNING COMMUTE. AND A SPECIAL ADVOCATE FOR ROUNDABOUTS AND UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED AWAY EARLIER WHILE TRAVELS. JOIN ME
IN A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO LISA. >> THANK YOU FOR JNING US.
CHAIR WONSLEY AND COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO OUR COMMITTEE. THEY DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR FAULTS AND OBSERVATIONS WITH YOU. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE, PEDESTRIAN IS NOT STRICTLY PEOPLE THAT ARE
WALKING.WE ARE INCLUDING PEOPLE USING MOBILITY DEVICES WHETHER WHEELCHAIR OR STRLER FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THAT ARE USING OUR CITY SIDEWALKS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOTICED IN THE PAST IS SIDEWALK ACCESSIBILITY AND CONDITION HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE
PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE HAVE NOTICED A FEW SCIFIC THINGS THAT SIDEWALK ACCESSIBILITY AND CONDITION CAN IMPACT. AND CONSTRUCTION WORK HAS CAUSED SIDEWALKS TO BE CLOSED WITHOUT VISIBLE DETOURS
OR GETTING THWARTED. AND ALSO KNOW THAT MODE SHIFT HAS BEEN A MAJOR PRIORITY WITH THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC WORKS. AND WHEN SIDALKS WITH NOT ABLE TO BE USED, MODE SHIFT IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED FOR
ANYBODY THAT -- WHETHER THEY'RE NEW TO ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION OR AND FOREARS WITHOUT THE ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK, AND THEY CAN'T MOVEORWARDMENT F WE ARE LOOKING FIRST AT ACCESSIBILITY. ALL-SEASON CLEARANCE. BIG
PRIORITY. THE PAC PASSED A RESOLUTION ON WIER SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE, NOTING THAT SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC AT CURB RAMPS AND SIDEWALKS WHERE PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR TRANSIT AND CAUSING PEOPLE TO NOT BOARD THE BUSES AND I HAD TO
STAND ON ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF SOLID ICE AT A BUSTOP BACK IN FEBRUARY, I DO BELIEVE. AND THAT WAS INTERESTING GETTING ON THE BUS. EVEN OUTSIDE OF WINTER, YOU MY ABOUT SPRING WHEN THE SNOW AND ICE IS MELTING OFF.
YOU ARE STI GOING TO BE DEALING WITH FLOODED SIDEWALKS AND THE SUBSEQUENT EROSION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE WHILE WINTER SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE IS VERY MUCH TALKED ABOUT IN THE CITY WITH EXTREME WINTERS, AND WITH CLIMATE SHIFTING, WE ARE GOING TO SEE
MORE EXTREMITIES INLL SEASONS AS WE HAVE NOTICED WITH THE RECENT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING OUR SIDEWALKS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY WARD. AND LIKEWISE W THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING, SIGNAGE IS
BLOCKING OUR SIDEWALKS OR OUR BIKE WAYS. THAT CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, WHILE CERTAINLY NOT AS LETHAL OR EVEN INJURIOUS AS CAR CRASHES BETWEEN OTHER CARS AND OTHER MODESF TRANSIT, YOU
CAN STILL RUN INTO POTENTIAL INJUES BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WHENEVER THEY ARE SHARING THE SAME PATHS. AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS OF SIDEWALKS, ESPECIALLY ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS. YOU WILL FIND THAT I
KNOW THAT THE CITY'S POLICY IS TO USE ASPHALT TO TEMPORARILY LEVEL SWABS. BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS WHEN YOU USE AS FAULT, IT IS AT A DIFFERENT RATE THAN CONCRETE. AND SO ANY REPAIRS THAT ARE MADE, ARE VERY, VERY TEMPORARY. AND IF YOU ARE GOING
TO BE WAITING A LONG TIME FOR WHETHER IT'S RECONSTRUCTION AND EVEN JUST THE UTILITY PROJECT, TO FINISH PAVING OVER THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THESE CAN BE IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME AND CAUSE LONG-TERM ISSUES. I HAVE RSONALLY TRIPPEDVER A COUPLE
OF THESE. LIKEWISE, UTILITY CONNECTIONS ARE SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF SIDEWALKS. AND IF MAINTENANCE IS NOT DONE ON THESE PARTICULAR SQUARES, TH WE ARE SEEING NEW TRIP HAZARDS. I HAVE WATCHED PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE TO GO AROUND THIS PARTICULAR WATER CONNECTION BECAUSE IT IS
STICKING UP OUT OF THE SIDEWALK DUE TO THE SIDEWALK DUE TO THE AMOUNTF LEVELLING AND CRACKS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. LIKEWISE, WHEN WE DO HAVE TEMPORARY FILLINGS OVER THE WINTER, AND PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THESE
NEED TO BE CLEANLY DONE. AND SOME OF THE PATCHES HAVE BEEN PUT IN HAVE NOT BEEN VERY LEVEL, AND IT IS HARD FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS TO BE ABLE TO STAY SAFE IN ROLLING ACROSS THAT. AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST CAN'T EVEN USE IT. WE HAVE COME
ACROSS WHERE THERE AREO FILLINGS AT ALL. AND YOU HAVE TO STOP AND DECIDE T WALK THROUGH THIS PIT OF SAND OR AM I GOING TO HAVE TO GO AROUN THE STREET TO GET AROUND THIS? SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT'S WORKING? AND WHAT CAN WE LOOK AT FOR
FURTHER IMPROVEMENT. SIDEWALK PROJECT RESOURCES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT PEOPLE, EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY RENTERS ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PUSH FOR. RENTERS ARE ESPECIALLY IN A WEIRD POSITION
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR REPAIRS DIRECTLY. IT WILL BE THEIR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WH THE PROPERTY MANAGERS FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE RENTERS ARE BEING MADE AWARE OF WHAT RESOURCES THEY DO HAVE AVAILABLE. AND ALSO WHOSE RESPONSIBITY IT IS BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN USE THAT TO GO TO PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN DIRECTED AT PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND NOT NECESSARILY AT THE RENTING COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CITY'S POPULATION. LIKEWISE, IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT TRAFFIC CALMING DOES ACTUALLY HELP WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALKS, ACCESSIBILITY AND
CONDITION. SOMETIMES PEDESTRIANS WILL HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET TO GET TO A PORTION OF THE SIDEWALK THAT THEY CAN USE, AND TRAFFIC CALMING HELPING MAKE CROSSING THAT STRT A SAFER AND EASIER THING TO DO. LIKEWISE IF IT IS A SMALL PORTION AND THEY HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE STREET, WHEN THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE BUMP-OUTS
AND THAT A SLOWING DOWN DRIVERS. DRIVERS ARE NOT JUST SLOWING DOWN. BUT THEY ARE FORC TO SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE STREET AND THAT INCREASES PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY AS THEY MAKE THEIR QUICK MANEUVERS TO GET AROUND THE INACCESSIBLE PART
OF THE SIDEWALK. BUT AS HAS BEEN EMPHASIZED IN THE NOMINATION OF DIRECTOR TIM SEXTON, DEPARTMENT COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. WE HAVE SEEN WRE SIDEWALK ACCESSIBILITY HAS BEEN
HAMPER BID DEPARTMENTS NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER. ONE MAJOR EXAMPLE IS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AT 26 AND HIAWATHA, WE INITIALLY HAD A DETO ONTO THE 24th STREET PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
HOWEVER, MN-DOTLOSED THAT BRIDGE WITHOUT TELLING US, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE CITY IS PUSHI HEY, WE SET THIS UP AS A DETOUR AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS IS STILL OPEN.
OTHERWISE PEDESTRIANS HAVE NOWHERE TO CROSS FOR A GOOD MILE. BUT EVEN ASIDE FROM THOSE LARGER ISSUES, EVEN MORE EVERYDAY COMMUNICATIONS AS I SAID, RENTERS SHOULD KNOW WHO THEY CAN TALK TO ABOUT GETTING
SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING REPAIR BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AND EVEN AMONG MEMBERS OF THE PACK AND RESOURCES ARE VERY HARD TO FIND. AND CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AND GOE
VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF THE USERS WHOFSH MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RESPONSIVENESS OF 311. AND SO THEY WOULD WANT TO HAVE -- AND THERE ARE OTHER ROUTES OF WAYS TO COMMUNITE OR FIND OUT
MORE INFORMATION. SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS OCOMMENTS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL AND GIVING US -- GIVING US PRESENTATION. AND LOOK TO SEE IF WE HAVE
ANYONE IN QUEUE. FOR QUESTION. COUNCIL MEMR MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK U FOR THE REPORTS OF THE THREE DOZEN OR SO INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS THAT I HAVE SEEN THE BICYCLE ADVISORY AND THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMENT ON, THE VAST MAJORITY AREUPPORTED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THERE WERE FOUR AT VARIOUS STAGES THAT WERE OPPOSED, AND I
AM JUST CURIOUS ABOUT TSE PROJECTS CAUSED SPECIFIC CONCERN. MAYBE YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO SOME O THEM AND SOME OF YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDES. T ARE THERE STANDARDS FOR WHAT WARRANTS AN OBJECTION TO A PROJECT? IS IT JUST A VOTE OF THE BODY? IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE
US SOME INSIGHT INTO THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL CAUSE US TO NOT SUPPORT A PROJECT WILL BE HAVING A MEETING TO DISCUSS THOSE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CENTRAL AVENUE BETWEEN THE RIVER AND 37th. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS
THAT WILL CAUSE THE COMMITTEE TO NOT SUPPORT A PROJECT IS IF THERE IS GREAT PRIORITIZATIONF PRIVATE VEHICLE STORAGE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ISORE ROOM GIVEN TO PEDESTRIANS AND TRANSIT USERS AND PRIVATE
VEHICLE STORAGE IS PRIORITIZED, THIS WILL DEPRIORITIZEHINGS LIKE DEDICATED BUS LANES. >> THAT'S HELPFU SO IT'S NOT ABOUT FIGHTING VEHICULAR STORAGE, BUT THE PROPER PRIORITIZATION OF DIFFERENT
THINGS IN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. GENERALLY SEE IF THE OPINIONS AND TACTICS THAT FAVOR CAR USERS AND NOT, SAY, BUSES THAT WILL BE LIKELY
TO CAUSE OBJECTIONS. AND ALSO SAY THAT THINGS, IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH ENGAGEMENT THERE WERE CERTAIN GROUPS THAT GOT MOREIME TO ENGAGE AND THERE WERE SOME GROUPS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT, AND I KNOW
THAT WITH EVEN PROJES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING AND THAT RENTERS WERE COMMUNICATED TO. AND NOW SOMETIMES WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY IS CLEAR ON FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT CAN GO
EITHER WAY. AND WIT THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA, SOMETIMES THE CITY CAN HELP BOLSTER ENGAGEMENT PRIORITIZATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH COUNTY AND STATE, PROBABLY MORE COUNTY AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE SEEN SOME WORK BEING DONE WITH MN-DOTND OTHER STATE BODIES, BUT I FEEL LIKE COUNTY, WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESISTANCE. BUT WE DO SEE THAT WHEN WE ARE WORKING OUTSIDE THE CITY AND HAVING TO WORK WH MULTIPLE AGENCIES. PRIORITIZATION OF ENGAGEMENT CAN
ALSO CAUSE OUR SUPPORT OF A PROJECT TO BE LIMITED OR NOT THERE AT ALL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS. I SEE NEXT UNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND
THANK YOU FOR THI GREAT PRESENTT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING THE STUDY AND WORKING TO REMEDY A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. IT MAKES ME SAD AND HEAVY IN MY HEART. I
SAT WITH THE DISABILITIES COMMITTEE, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE. I SEE PEOPLE IN THE STREET. OU KNOW INSTEAD OF RIDG ON THE
SIDEWALK, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CURVATURE OF THEM BEING ABLE TO GET ON AND OFF THE SIDEWALK. IT IS AN EVENNESS OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT NEED STRUCTURAL REPAIRND SUPPORT. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE TEMPORARY
FILLINGS THAT YOU MADE HERE. AND ON EMERSON AVENUE, AND'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT WORK ALSO BEING DONE IN DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WARD. SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, YOU KNOW,ND THE MORE OF IT THAT WE
CAN DO, THE BETTER. THE BETTER TO MAKE TRANSPORTATION EASIER FOR ALL OF US AS WE ARE MOVING AROUND THROUGH THE CITY. SO YEAH.THOSE ARE JUST MY COMME >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I DO AGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
MORE OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS BEING PAID ATTENTION TO NOD JUST DURING RECONSTRUCTIONS BUT THROUGH EVERY DAY FUNDING ALLOCATION AND JUST LOOKING MORE GENERALLY EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE FLOOD MITIGATION AND 35th AVENUE NORTH AND WE ARE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDOHE CURB
RAMPS. I KNOW THE SIDEWALK IS NOT PART OF IT, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF GOING FORWARD WE COULD POSSIBLY START LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS TO FUND THOSE SIDEWALKS BEING INCLUDED WHEN WE ARE DOING THOSE TYPES OF RECONSTRUCTIONS. >> YEAH, THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE MYSELF IN QUEUE ON TODAY'S AGENDA WE INCLUDED A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR JULY 9 REGARDING THE LYNDALE AVENUE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AND I KNOW THIS IS ONE WHERE THERE IS OPPOSITION NOTED. AND I NOTICE THIS REPORT WAS FOR
2025, BUT WANTED TO GET A SENSE AS WE'RE GOING INTO THAT MEETING, AND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IF THE POSITION STILL STANDS, AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THIS COMMITTEE AS WE WILL BE ASKED TO GIVE MUNICIPAL CONSENT.
>> WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING RECENT, BUT I WILL LET THE COMMITTEE KNOW BECAUSE AS I MENTION, WE WILL BE MEETING IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, SO I CAN LET THEM KNOW, JULY 9 I WHEN THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WELCOME TO EITHER COMMENT INDIVIDUALLY AND IF THEY WANT TO MOVE AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE
COMMITTEE FOR T NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS JULY 9. AND THE TIMING IS INTERESTING THERE. BUT I WL LET THEM KNOW AT TODAY'S MEETING. >> AWESOME. AND SEEING, OH, YES. >> SORRY, MAY I ASK -- >> THE REPORT COVERS 2025, BUT I BELIEVE BOTH COMMITTEES HAVE
PASSED RESOLUTIONS ON LYNDALE IN 2026 AS WELL. >> U AN I KNOW THE COMMITTEE LOVES TO TALK ABOUT LYNDALE, SO I WILL LET THEM KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. >> YES, THEREILL. PLEASE SHARE IT WIDELY. >> WE CAN DO THAT.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERMUCH. >> I WILL ASK THE CLERKS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESTATION. >> WE'LL MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEES 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.
AND I WILL INVITE UP OUR GUEST TO COME AND START US OFF. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR WONSLEY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALYSSA SHUFMAN AND I USE SHE AND THEY PRONOUNS, THE WARD 9 REPRESENTATIVE AND COMMITTEE CHAIR. NICE TO BE BACK THIS YEAR. AND I WILL TK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. AND USE ONE OF THE 35th AVENUE NORTH FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT A LOT TODAY AS AN EXAMPLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL AND WHAT, AND WHERE WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS ISHE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON OUR ANNUAL RIDE. AND I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT OUR STREETS ARE PUBLIC PLACES, WHEREUR VALUES ARE MADE MANIFEST AND PUT FORWARD AND TESTED AN CONTESTED. TO SOME DEGREE THE ENTIRE, NOT
JUST OUR STREETS BUT THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE OF PUBLIC WORKS IS DEMONSTRATION OF HOW WE WT TO BE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR EACH OTHER. AND THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE VALUES THAT AND WORK
TO EASILY AND JOYFULLY USE A BIKE TO GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC WORKS IS IN SERVICE OF ENSURING THAT THE CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC SPACES REALLY LIVE OUT THOSE VALUES THAT WE AR MAKING MANIFEST. BEFORE I MOVE ON, ALEX SHARED E LIST OF MEMBER, BUT I DIDN'T
WANT TO SPECIFICALLY HONOR AND SHOUT OUT JANICE WHO CONCLUDED THE LONG TERM OF SERVICE IN 2025. SHE STEPPED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IS WHEN THE TERMS END. AND SERVED A Z A PARK WORD REPRESENTATIVE AND THE SECRETARY FAR VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND CARED ABOUT BIKING AND
INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY AND HER INSIGHT AND CANDOR ON THE COMMITTEE IS MISSED. AND PROUD TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AT WE DID IN 2025. THE COMMITTEE HELD 22 MEETINGS LAST YEAR. WE REVIEW OVER 40 PROJECTS, POLICIES AND CONCEPTS, AND WE PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THEM, MULTIPLE THINGS MORE THAN ONE TIME. AND SO THERE'S LOTS TO CELEBRATE AND OFTEN HARD TO CELEBRATEHE END RESULT OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT UNTIL YEARS LATER WHEN THE PROJECT IS FINISHED. WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE A PROJECT
AFTER 30%, SO IT CAN BE SOMEWHE MANY YEARS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET TO GO LOOK AT THE PROCT AND SAY, WOW, WE DID A GREAT JOB. THIS IS COOL. I WANT TO USE, AS I SAID, ONE PROJECT AS A CASE STUDY AND TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE DOING
WELL AND FALL SHORT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE 35th AVENUE FLOOD MITIGATION PRECT. FIRST I WOULD SAY FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE -- WHEN THE PROJECT AND FOR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING WHEN WE TOUCH STREETS FOR REASONS THAT DON'T
HAVE TO DO WITH REDESIGNING A STREET, LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAVE TI, SAVE MONEY AS FOLKS HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. AND TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREET, TO NOT HAVE TO TOUCH IT TWICE. AND SO IT IS REALLY HUGE TO SEE FROM A PCESS PERSPECTIVE AND THIS REALLY HAPPENING FOR THE
FIRST TIME AT THE COMMITT LEVEL. IT CAN BE REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE IF WE CAN SCALE IT FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, FROM A PROCESS AND TIME PERSPECTIVE. HOPING TO SEE MUCH MORE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH UTILITY WORK. ANOTHER ONE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'RE DOING TRAFFIC CALMING ON
THIS STREET. I HEARD MORE THAN HALFF YOU MENTION TRAFFIC CALMING BEFORE I GOT UP HERE. PEOPLE LOVE TRAFFIC CALMING AND SOMETHING NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT BECAUSE IT HAS A REALLY STRONG IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S D-TO-DAY EXPERIENCE OF LIVING AND TRAVELLING ON A STREET. THIS PROJECT WAS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT, AND IT WILL HAVE, AGAIN T
REALLY POSITIVE, TANGIBLE IMPACTS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVI AND TRAVELING THERE U THE CORRIDOR. THE PROPOSED DESIGN THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT CAME TO THE B.A.C. DID HAVE SOME GAPS. AND BEUSE THERE WERE COMMENTS
IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT SAID PARKING WAS A PRIORITY. AND A MAXIMUM OF 35% AND 1/3 PARKING USAGE OF ANY TIME AND TONS AND TONS OF ROOM TO TAKE SPACE THAT WAS ALLOCATED CAR
PARKING AND E IT FOR OTHER THINGS ON THE PROJECT, RIGHT? FURTHER THE GOALS OF FLOOD MITIGATION AND BE ABLE TO HAVE WIDER SIDEWALKS AND IMPLEMENT BIKE FACILITIES. WE SAID, HOLD ON. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? THE NUMBERS DON'T JUSTIFY KEEPING PARKING. AND WE
NEED TO BE REMOVING PARK ON ONE SIDE, THE STREET DESIGN GUIDE CALLS FOR REMOVING PARKING ON ONE SIDE WHERE WE CAN ON LOW VOLUME STREETS. WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR THE FLOOD MITIGATION THAT THE WHOLE PROJECT IS ABOUT. SO LET'S GET RID OF PARKING AND GO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS.
AS A RESULT, WE SHARED OUR COMMENTS AND THE FINAL DESIGN THAT CAME TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL WITH THE B.A.C.'S RESOLUTION REMOVES PARKING ON ONEIDE FOR 35th AND 34th, WHICH IS A WIN AGAIN FOR THE PROJECT. FOR ALIGNMENT WITH OUR
POLICY GOALS AND DOCUMENTATION AND MORE GREEN SPACES, WHICH IS A HUGE WIN FOR FOLKS LIVING AND TRAVELING THROUGH THE CORRIDOR. >> AND THE CORRIDOR WON'T HAVE THE IMPVEMENTS TO BE PART OF THE EFFECTIVE BIKE NETWORK. AND TRAFFIC CALMING IS THE END AS A
RESULT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES AND IT IS NOT A BIKEWAY. THERE ISOT ACTUALLY ANYTHING IN THIS DESIGN THAT ANYONE WHO BIKES WOULD CALL A BIKEWAY PROJECT. AND THIS CORRIDOR AND IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE A BIKEWAY. SO THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT WE DIDN'T TAKE TO TAKE THAT TRAFFIC CALMING TO THE NEXT LEVEL, NARROWING THE CAR SPACE IN ORDER TO ADD A BIKE LAN AND WE DECIDED TO PUT IN TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND DO THE TRAFFIC CALMING AND CALL IT A DAY.
THERE IS MORE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT DAY. AND THE EXISTENCE OF THIS CHECKLIST, THE FACT THAT I CAN GOONLINE, AND SEE EXACTLY HOW THE CITY IS THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE COMPLETE STREETS POLICY AND ANY GEN
PROJECT IS A HUGE TRANSPARENCY WIN. AND THERE IS NO WAY WITHOUT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON AND CALLING THEM AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND HOPE TO GIVE THE ANSWER AND A GREAT WIN AND THE
JUSTIFICATIO FOR DECIDING WHAT WE'RE DECIDING. THING PROJECT IS A NET WIN AND DESIGN FOR PEOPLE, AND DEDICATED BIKEWAYS WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ILITIES ARE WELCOME TO BIKE
AND WE NEED TO ACT LIKE IT. IN SUMMARY, I WANT TO SAY THIS PROJECT DEGN WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY MEASURABLILESS ACTIVE AND WHICH GOES HAND IN HAND AND ARE
STILL IN A PLACE TO ADVANCE MORE PROJECTS AND TO MEET GOALS AROUND REDUCING DRIVING, CREATING COMMUNITIESHAT ARE WALKABLE AND UNDO CLASSES OF RACISM. THE BAC LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE A PARTNER IN
THAT EFFORT. I WANTED TO CLOSE TODAY WITH A REMINDER AND INVITATION. WE DO THIS WORK AT THE TOP TO GET WHERE THEY GO. PEOPLE BIKE AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LIVE OUT VALUES AROUND CLIMATE ACTION AND IS CHEAPER
THAN DRIVING NOW. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PARK. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET SOME EXERCISE. AND IT IS THE FASTEST WAY TO HELP A NEIGHBOR IN NEED. AND THEY WANT TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH KIDS OR GRAND KIDS. I LOVE BEING OUTSIDE, MOVER MY
BODY, AND NOTHING I LOVE MORE THAN RUNNING INTO MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS TO SAY HI. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET ON A BIKE. AND THERE IS N BETTER WAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO.
LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCHSOR IF PRESENTATION. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW IN QUEUE. >> AN I WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE 35th AVENUE PROJECT. AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT, BUT THERE IS A FUTURE IN FIGURING THINGS
OUT. THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK A REALLY GOOD CHANGE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MY OFFICE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE FUTURE OF NOT ONLY 35th
BUT MANY OTHER CORRIDORS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. I DO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE COMMISSION SPENT ON GIVING FEEDBACK AND LOOKING THROUGH THE PROJECT AND VISITING THE EXACT PROJECT. THAT MEANT A LOT TO
THE COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. >> SEEING IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. THESE ARE THE HAPPY ESENTATIONS AND THIS IS A WIN FOR THE BODY. >> ANY HAPPY COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOTH FOR COMING DOWN AND ALSO FOR STAFF. LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE REALLY W EXCITED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE VOICES OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND WE OFTEHEAR ACROSS THE ABC'S AND
THE ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR COUNCIL TO DO MORE PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THEM AS OUR POLICY ADVISORY CONSTITUENCIES HERE AT CITY
HALL. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF WHEN WE HAVE THE COMMITTEES STAFFED PROPERLY WITH THE TOP EXPERTS AND BRINGING IN THE CITY'S MOST BRILLIANT AND JUST TALENTS WITH HOW IT COMES TO MAKE THE ST AND MORE
EQUITABLE. AND THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOAL O MAKING 3-5 TRIPS IS BEING DONE THROUGH MULTIMODAL MEANS. YOU ALL ARE CLEARLY AMAZING.
AND TO GO RUN TRANSIT AND PROBABLY ARE ALREADY. AND THE TRANSIT DARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AND ENSURE THAT IS HOW WE'RE DOING AND WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNS AND
STREET DESIGNS. I WANT TO SAW THANK YOU, ALL, FOR COMING DOWNENED A TO STAFF FOR MAKING SURE WE HAD THE PRESENTATION REFLECTED IN OUR COMMITTEE AGENDA. WITH THAT, WILL ASK OUR CLERKS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS PEDESTRIAN. AND NOW COLLEAGUES, THE LAST
THING YOU WILL SEE ITEM 26, WHICH IS THE CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION PLAN. WE WERE SET TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION TIED TO THAT PLAN, BUT DUE TO TIMING, I'M GOING TO BE MOVING THIS ITEM TO OUR NEXT C&I MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE JOINED
BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT PATRICK HANLON AND MEGAN HOY WHO WILL GIVE THAT UPDA ON THAT PLAN AND REPORTS ON THE IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES OF
CLIMATE FUNDS AS YEAR TO DATE. SO SEEING IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT THAT GREAT. NO NEED TO TAKE A MOTION. THAT WILL BE POSTPONED TO THE NEXT MEETING. AND WITH THAT, WE'VE CONCLUDED EVERYTHING. I HOPE
EVERYONE ENJOYED JUNETEENTH. TRY TO NOT WORK FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE OF THISOLOR. AND YES, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD DAY. JUST US. JUST US. AND EVERYONE, YES. BUT
EVERYONE, HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALL RIGHT, BYE. [GAVEL]