>> IT IS 1:34. WE HAVE QUORUM NOW. COMMUNICATIONS, ARE WE READY TO BEN? GOOD AFTERNOON. AND WELCOME. MY NAME IS SOREN STEVENSON. I AM THE VICE MAYOR OF THE CLIMATE
AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO BE CHAIRING TODAY'S MEETING. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2026. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBER, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE
BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 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 RATE OF THEIR SPEECH, SO THAT OUR CAPTIONER CANS FULLY
CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY A QUORUM FOR THIS MEETING. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >>>> PRESENT.
>> WARREN. >> PRESENT. . CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. . PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. CHAIR WONSLEY IS ABSENT. >> WE HAVE FIVE PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE
HAVE A QUORUM. I'LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES WE WILL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, SO PLEASE BE SURE WE ARE SIGNED UP. IF WE EXPERIENCE TECH ISSUES, WE WILL SHIFT TO THE RED TAG. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE FOR ONE OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIODS, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE, REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS TO MY RIGHT AND YOU CAN PROVIDE WRITTEN MATERIALS TO INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING TO CONNECT IF YOU WISH. WITH THAT,
THE AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US, AND WE BEGIN WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA IN 4-22 ON THE AGENDA. ITEM THREE, OF CONSENT -- I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG IN THE SCRIPT, BUT PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION FOR GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM EQUIVOL VE. NUMBER FOUR, GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM BROOKINGS TRANSPORTATION. NUMBER FIVE, PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FROM GIFT SEPTEMBER THE ANSWER FROM
MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION. NUMBER SIX, PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY 280 PROJECT. SEVEN, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST 20 FOR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CENTRAL AVENUE IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT. NUMBER EIGHT, PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION FOR THE LAND SALE OF TWO PARCELS AT WEDGE POINT PARK TO MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATIONBOARD. NUMBER 9, AUTHORIZING GRANT APPLICATIONS TO MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR 2026 FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM FUNDS. NUMBER 10, ACCEPTING LOW BID FOR THE WEST RIVER ROAD PHASE II PROJECT. NUMBER 11, APPROVE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER. COLLEAGUES F THERE IS ANY
DISCUSSION OR ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. AWE
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.ALL THOSE THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRY. NEXT, WE'LL TAKE UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS REFLECTED IN ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON THE AGENDA. ANYBODY WHO HAS
SIGNED UP WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES EACH TO TESTIFY. FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN OUR HEARINGS OR COMMENT PERIOD, LET ME OFFER THIS NOTICE. THESE MEETINGS ARE BEING RECORDED AND BROADCAST. BEFORE THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED -- SORRY, BOTH THE RECORDING AND
BROADCAST ARE CLASSIFIED AS PUBLIC DATA UNDER THE MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT PRACTICES ACT. BY ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, YOUR IMAGE AND ANY TESTIMONY OR INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE UNDER THAT LAW. THAT INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR ATTENDANCE, YOUR NAME,
AND OTHER PERSONAL DETAILS YOU PROVIDE, AS WELL AS ANY TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS YOU PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES ANY WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS YOU MAKE, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD OF THIS MEETING. OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS FOR THE 2026-2029 CLIMATE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WORK PLAN, WHICH I WILL NOT BE PRESENTING, BUT WE WILL BE RECEIVING. AND IN THE FUTURE, CHAIR WONSLEY AND I WILL BE PRESENTING IT.
SO WITHOUT A PRESENTATION, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. LESLIE?
>> VICE MAYOR, LESLIE MAY BE COMING FROM THE OVERFLOW SCE TO JOIN US IN CHAMBERS, SO JUST A QUICK SECOND. AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED YOU EARLIER. DID YOU FORMALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I DID NOT. [GAVEL] >> THANK YOU. >> HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS
LESLIE MINT. I AM A POLICY AND RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR THE MINNESOTA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TABLE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON. TC&I'S COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE ZERO WASTE BE A STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE FOR THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE AREA. THERE IS A LOT OF PASSION FOR THIS
ENDEAVOR. AND IN PARTICULAR T ZERO WASTE AMBASSADORS WHO WILL BE OVERSEEN BY THE NEWLY CREATED ZERO WASTE F.T.E. WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN INCREASING BUY-IN. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE SUPPORT FOR
THE AMBASSADORS AND PLANNING THAT KEEPS THEIR POTENTIAL IN MIND IS KEY. ONE FRAMI OF THE WORK PLAN THAT GAVE US PAUSE WAS IDENTIFYING MEASURABLE WTE REDUCTION STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. WE ARE WORRIED THAT THIS WORDING MIGHT CONVEY THE MESSAGE THAT GETTING TO ZERO
WASTE IS A PREREQUISITE FOR HER CLOSURE, AND THAT IS A AP. EVEN IF MINNEAPOLIS GENERATED ZERO WASTE, IF HERC REMAINED OPEN, IT WOULD BE BURNING 1,0 TONS OF TRASH A DAY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE RESTRICTION ON DISPOSAL STATUTE REQUIRES THAT
ANY MUNICIPALIT WITH A WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY MUST SEND ITS TRASH TO THAT PROCESSING FACILITY BEFORE IT IS DISPOSED OF IN A LANDFILL. SO EVEN AS MINNEAPOLIS IS GETTING TO ZERO WASTE, HERC WILL BE SIPHONING TRASH FROM SURROUNDING AREAS AND CONTINUING TO POISON THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE
DOING THE WORK O WASTE REDUCTION. SO INSTEAD, WE CAN NAME ZERO WASTE AS A PRIORITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT, AND REINFORCE THE IDEA THAT THE COUNTY MUST INITIATE THE CLOSURE PROCESS WITH A VOTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO THE WORK THAT IS COMING. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? I WILL ASK THREE TIMES. SO TWO MORE MES. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS? AND IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK
TO THIS? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. [GAVEL] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? SEEING NONE, CLERKS, ARE WE
MOVING THIS FOR APPROVAL? SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE CAME TO. >> I BELIEVE THIS IS BEING POSTPONED TO THE AUGUST 6 MEETING. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL POSTPONE THIS TO THE AUGUST 6 MEETING OF CLIMATE AND
INFRASTRUCTURE. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS. WITH THAT, OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS FOR THE LYNDALE AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND DESIGNATION RESOLUTION. STAFF HAVE PREPARED A PRESENTATION, AND WE'VELSO BEEN JOINED BY JOSH POTER FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY.
BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, I WILL NOW INVITE FONTAYNE BURRIS, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING TO GET US STARTED. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I AM A SENIOR TRANSRTATION PLANNER IN PUBLIC WORKS. I AM HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE JOSH POTTER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT THE LYNDALE AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO JOSH. >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND I WANT TO THANK FONTAYNE AS WELL. THIS HAS NOT BEEN MINUTES OF TIME ON LYNDALE. IT HAS BEEN
YEARS OF TIME WORKING ON LYNDALE, SO FONTAYNE, JENNY, TIM SEXTON, EVERYBODY ON CITY STAFF, FROM THE COUNTY'S SIDE, I WANT TO GIVE APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME COMMITTED TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. SO TALKING ABOUT LYNDALE AVENUE
HERE, JUST WANT TO NOTE A PROJECT SCOPE, JUST VARYING SCOPE DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS. JUST WANT TO NOTE THOSE LIMITS START ON THE NORTH END NEAR I-94. SOUTH END JUST SOUTH OF 31st STREET. THIS ROAD IS
ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD. FOR REFERENCE, IT WAS HIGHWAY 169 WHEN IT WAS REBUILT IN THE 1930s. IT'S NOT A HIGHW ANYMORE. IT SHOD BE CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY NOT DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY. GENERALLY ROAD RECONSTRUCTIONS
LAST ABOUT 50 TO 75 YEARS, AND SO THIS IS VERY MUCH OVERDUE FOR RECONSTRUCTION. WITH THIS REBUILD, WE REALLY ARE FOCUSSING ON SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. VERY MUCH THE UTILITIES UNDER THE STREET NEED WORK, DRAINAGE, THE SEWER, WATER, COMMUNICATIONS, GAS,
ELECTRIC, ETC. THERE'S FLOODING ON THIS CORRIDOROR THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR BY THE CO-OP AND THERE'S A SPEEDWAY GAS STATION, ETC., AT 22nd AND LYNDALE FLOODING. THERE'S PICTURES OF PEOPLE IN KAYAKS AT THAT
INTERSECTION WHEN WE GET HEAVY RAINS. AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS LIGHTING THIS CORRIDOR. THIS CORRIDOR IS VERY BUSY, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE LIGHTING ON IT, SO CERTAINLY A FOCUS FOR US. AND THEN JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT 100 YEARS OLD ALMOST. WE'RE PUTTING A LOT MORE TIME
INTO MAINTENANCE THAN WE ARE ON A NEWERROAD. WHERE WE STARTED -- I HAVE TO BE MULTITASKING, WHERE WE STARTED, SO IN 2022, WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE CITY ON A PILOT PROJECT, SO LYNDALE WAS FOUR
LANES, TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION. WE MADE THAT CONVERSION WITH A CENTER LEFT TURN LANE. WE SAW A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE SUCCESS OUT OF THAT, VERY STRONG SUPPORT. WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THIS WORK. JUST WANT TO CALL
OUT THE SUCCESSES HERE. AND WE REDUCED THE SPEEDS MORE IN LINE WITH THE SPEED LIMITS OUT THERE. IT'S 30 MILES PER HOUR. WE ARE SEEING SPEEDS BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT. THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE CERTAINLY FOR SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR USERS, PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, OF COURSE, IN VEHICLES
AS WELL, ETC. ROLLING. AND THEN JUST WANT TO NOTE AS WELL WE SAW CRASHES DROP BY OVER HALF, 57%. THAT'S PERFORMING EVEN BETTER THAN WHEN WE TYPICALLY DO THESE CONVERSIONS. TYPICALLY WE SEE
ABOUT A 35-50% REDUCTION. SO 57% IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CONTEXT THAT WE HAVE. CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY,
APARTMENTS, THERE'S MULTI-FAMILY. THERE IS AS WELL NY BUSINESSES. MANY SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE AN ANCHOR TO THE COMMUNITY IN THIS CORRIDOR. IT REALLY IS AMONG THE DENSEST NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN. CERTAINLY UP THERE
WITH A COUPLE OTHERS. IMPORTANT STREETS CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. AS NOTED, WE WANT TO BE A CONNECTION, NOT A BARRIER TO THE COMMUNITY. PROJECT GOALS HERE. REALLY
THESE WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. SAFETY, NUMBER, NUMBER ONE HERE IN THIS PROJECT. ACCESSIBILITY, COMFORT AND CONNECTIONS. GREENING. LYNDALE IS UNIQUE. IT HAH Z A LOT OF
MATURE TREES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DON'T SEE IN THESE TYPES OF CORRIDORS. AND FINALLY MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED IN
THIS PROJECT FOR THREE PHASES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE HAD FIVE PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY GIVING THEIR FEEDBACK. WANT TO CALL OUT, TOO, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK
WE RECEIVED, WE DID INTRODUCE A DESIGN LAST SUMMER TO THE COMMUNITY, AND BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WAS RECEIVED, WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENT TO THE BIKEWAY CHANGED FROM A SHARED USE BATH TO SEPARATE OUT THE BIKEWAY AND
SIDEWALK. AND AS WELL, SOME ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR FUTURE TRANSIT LANE ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROJECT, AND WE BROUGHT THAT BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THIS PAST SPRING AND GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE REVISIONS. SO JUST WANT TO NOTE THIS IS VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
PROCESS. WANT TO GO OVER THE THEMES THAT WE'VE HEARD FOR THIS PROJECT. GENERALLY WITH UNIVERSAL SUPPORT FOR SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY, GREENING, BUSINESS SUPPORT, GENERAY I'LL SAY KIND OF BREAKING DOWN WE SEE TWO THEMES.
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE MORE PARKING, MAYBE LESS SPACE ALLOCATED TOWARDS TRANSIT AND BIKEWAY ELEMENTS, AND THEN WE SEE ON ANOTHER, I WILL SAY KIND OF ANOTHER SIDE, PEOPLE WANT TO SEE LESS PARKING, MORE SPACE FOR TRANSIT. MORE SPACE FOR BIKEWAY. AND AS WE'VE GONE
THROUGH THESE FIVE PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT, THOSE THEMES HAVE NOT CHANGE. WE'VE HEARD THAT THROUGHOUT AND GENERALLY THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT. SO JUST TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE
SLIDES, OF COURSE, LIST JUST VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PLAN TO MAKE WITH THIS PROJECT. ONE THING I WANT TO CALL OUT IN THIS CORRIDOR IS THOSE WHO HAVE -- PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED OR UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON THIS CORRIDOR ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WALKING.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH ON OUR MINDS AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK THROUGH THIS DESIGN. SO THAT INCLUDES CERTAINLY TRYING TO CALM DOWN TRAFFIC, MODERATE THOSE SPEEDS, BRING THEM DOWN, LIMITING THE STREET
WAYS, THE NUMBER OF MOVING LANES. AND ANOTHER INTERSECTION THAT'S PROMINENT IN THIS PROJECT IS LYNDALE AND LAKE STREET. AND CERTAINLY WE'RE CALLING THIS OUT BECAUSE IN 2019 THE CITY HAD A REPORT THAT SHOWED THIS WAS THE TOP CRASH INTERSECTION FOR
PEOPLE WALKING IN THE CITY. AND SINCE THEN, CERTAINLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THOSE CRASHES. SO THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN 2022 WITH THAT PILOT ON LYNDALE AVENUE TO THE THREE LANES. 2024 IMPROVEMENTS MADE ON LAKE
STREET WITH B LINE, AND WITH THIS PROJECT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT. LOOKING AT REDUCING CROSSING DISTANCE FOR PEOPLE CROSSING, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED TO THE STOT LIGHTS, LOOKING AT THE LEFT TURN LIGHTS AND OTHER
SAFETY MEASURES A THIS IS INTERSECTION. JUST WANT TO FLAG, OF COURSE, BEING THE TOP INTERSECTION, WE DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE TOP FOR ANY INTERSECTION RELATED TO CRASHES. WE WANT TO BRING THAT DOWN. JUST WANT TO NOTE, YOU KNOW,
BUILDING OFF THOSE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WANT TO IDENTIFY THOSE CRASHES TYPICALLY WE HAVE SEEN MORE IN THE EVENINGS AND AT NIGHTTIME. SO REALLY LIGHTING WILL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS CORRIDOR. CERTAINLY AS WELL FOCUSSING ON
VEHICLE SPEEDS, SHORTENING THOSE CROSSING DISTANCES. WE'RE ADDING REFUGES, CURB EXTENSIONS. WANT TO NOTE HERE, TOO, AS WELL, WE'RE ADDING CENTER MEDIANS. GENERALLY THOSE MEDIANS ARE INCLUDED IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE
MORE RESIDENTIAL AND I'LL ADD AS WELL LOCATIONS WHERE GENERALLY PEOPLE AREN'T MAKING LEFT TURNS. THE CENTER LEFT TURN LANE IN THE DESIGN IS BEING RETAINED WHERE BUSINESS ACCESS AND ACCOMMODATING BUSINESS
DELIVERIES. WE DO CERTAINLY SEE DELIVERIES OUT OF THE LEFT TURN LANE IN THE CENTER, NOT THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ENDORSE, BUT SOMETHING THAT DOES HAPPEN IN THIS CORRIDOR. AND THE OTHER THING I'LL NOTE WITH THE MEDIANS, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE DESIGN THAT THERE ARE MEDIANS KIND OF PEPPERED IN
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THIS DESIGN. WE'VE NOTICED AFTER MAKING THAT CONVERSION TO THREE LANES, SOME PEOPLE ARE USING THE LEFT TURN LANE TO PASS LINE OF CARS. WE'RE PUTTING IN MEDIANS IN STRATEGIC PLACE WHERE IS THE LEFT TURN LANE IS NOT USED TO
REALLY PREVENT THAT BEHAVIOR FROM OCCURRING. BIKEWAY IMPROVEMENTS CERTAINLY WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL. SO WANT TO NOTE WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO-WAY BIKEWAY ON THE EAST SIDE. THAT
WOULD BE FROM I-94, I SHOULD SAY, WHERE HENNEPIN AND LYNDALE COME TOGETHER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 28th STREET. GENERALLY WE'VE GOTTEN THE QUESTION OF WHY 28th. 28th IS A LOGICAL TIE-IN TO THE BIKE NETWORK. 28th STREET
CONNECTS TO BRYANT. IT CONNECTS TO THE EAST AS WELL. BRYANT CONNECTS TO THE MIDTOWN GREENWAY. JUST OVERALL CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK. SOUTH OF THERE, GENERALLY WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN OUR PROJECT SCOPE. IT GENERALLY IS AN
OVERLAY, JUST A PAVEMENT RESURFACING WITH SOME MINOR CURB MOVES. AND THEN REALLY TO THE SOUTH WE ARE PRIORITIZING TRANSIT AND SO RETAINING SPACE FOR FUTURE TRANSIT LANE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT TRANSIT NOW.
SO TRANSIT VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS CORRIDOR. ROUTE 4, 113, THIS IS IDENTIFIED, ALTHOUGH NOT FUNDED AT THIS TIME FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT AS WELL. SO WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH METRO TRANSIT STAFF. VERY MUCH
FOCUSED ON TRYING TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP. WE ARE PROPOSING SOME TRANSIT ADVANTAGE LANES IN THIS CORRIDOR VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON WHERE ARE THE DELAYS BOTH TODAY AND WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN THE FUTURE AND BALANCE THAT OUT WITH SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY
ELEMENTS FOR WALKING, BIKING, GREENING, COMMUNITY NEEDS. I'LL NOTE ON THE NORTH END 24th STREET AND TO THE NORTH THAT IS THE SEGMENT WITH THE HIGHEST TRANSIT LAYS, SO WE ARE IMPLEMENTING WITH THAT PROJECT W THE PROJECT THAT TRANSIT
ADVANTAGE LANE THAT WILL CONNECT UP TO THE EXISTING TRANSIT LANE THAT ALREADY EXISTS. WHERE HENNEPIN-LYNDALE COMES TOGETHER TO THE NORTH ABOVE THE TUNNEL PAST THE WALKER, ETC., ABOVE 94.
THE SEGMENT 31st TO 28th NORTHBOUND WILL BE PARKING, BUT WE'RE LEAVING THE SPACE WHERE IT COULD BE CONVERTED TO A TRANSIT LANE IN THE FUTURE. AS THE NEEDS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, WE DON'T WANT TO PRECLUDE THAT DEDICATED TRANSIT SPACE WHERE IT
COULD BE BENEFICIAL. I'LL NOTE THAT WAS A CHANGE THAT WAS ADDED AS PART OF THE PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT THIS PAST SPRING HERE. SO THE LAST PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT. GREENING, TALKING ABOUT TREES. A LOT OF MATURE TREES IN THIS
CORRIDOR. LOVE THE TREE CANOPY. SO WANT TO NOTE WE STARTED OUT THIS PROCESS. WE WERE AT OVER 90 TREES AS WE LOOKED AT THE DESIGN WERE IMPACTED. WE HAVE BROUGHT THAT DOWN TO 50 TO 60 TREES. WE CONTINUE TO REFINE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE
THAT DESIGN AND FOCUS ON TRYING TO SAVE TREES. OF THOSE 50-60, ABOUT 15 ARE MORE MATURE OR HEALTHY TREES. ALSO WANT TO NOTE WE'RE ADDING MORE GREEN SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT UP TO 90 NEW TREES.
AND THEN AS WELL, SIDEWALK CAFES. JUST WANT TO NOTE SUPPORTING SPACE FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE SIDEWALK CAFES. ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THE POTENTIAL AND PARTICULARLY THE BUSINESSES, IS POTENTIAL FOR A
BUSINESS DISTRICT IN THIS AREA. CERTAINLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND WORK WITH THOSE WHO ARE ORGANIZING THAT DISTRICT IF IT IS ESTABLISHED IN TIME FOR THIS PROJECT TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS FOR THAT DISTRICT WITHIN THE PROJECT.
FOR BUSINESSES, CERTAINLY OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THIS CORRIDOR ARE CERTAINLY AN ANCHOR IN THE COMMUNITY. CERTAINLY WE HAVE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS CAN THEM ABOUT DELIVERIES, RIDE SHARE, FOOD DELIVERY, ETC., FOR CURBSIDE USES. HOW ALL THAT IS
OCCURRING ALONG THIS STREET. REALLY GETTING TO AND FROM BUSINESSES. REALLY JUST THE VITALITY FOR LYNDALE AVENUE THAT THE BUSINESSES BRING JUST CREATING THAT INVITING ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE ARE THAT DESIGN MAINTAINING THAT THREE-LANE CONFIGURATION AND ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION WITH THE CENTER LEFT TURN LANE. THERE ARE SOME DEDICATED LEFT TURN LANES AT SOME OF THE BUSY INTERSECTIONS. I'LL GIVE LAKE STREET, FRANKLIN AS AN EXAMPLE. GENERALLY THE
LANE WIDTHS ARE STANDARD, LIKE OTHER PROJECTS. WE ARE RETAINING AS WELL CURRENTLY ABOUT 76% OF THE PARKING THAT EXISTS TODAY. THOSE CHANGES REALLY DUE TO WE'RE ADDING CURB BUMP OUTS. WE'RE ADDING
MEDIANS. WE'RE ADDING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT DO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR PARKING. JUST WANT TO NOTE WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH FIRE STAFF AS WELL ON THESE MEDIANS, AND HAVE RECEIVED GENERALLY THEIR
APPROVAL FOR THE MEDIAN DESIGNS. AND REALLY A DESIGN ACCOUNTING RECOGNIZING THE FOUR SEASONS, SO CERTAINLY PROVIDING SPACE FOR THOSE FOUR SEASONS. I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE SNOW HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE. SO SPACE TO PUT THE SNOW AS WELLMENT
NEXT JUST TALKING ABOUT -- SO THE LORING GREENWAY CONNECTION IS THE SEGMENT NORTH OF FRANKLIN. SO JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY THIS IS A BIKEWAY GAP, AND ESPECIALLY WITH FRANKLIN AVENUE, THIS YEAR WITH THE BIKE COUNTY HAS A PROJECT ON FRANKLIN, AND WE ARE ADDING A
BIKEWAY ON FRANKLIN. THIS BECOMES A GAP BASICALLY IN BETWEEN HENNEPIN, LYNDALE, AND FRANKLIN. AND OF COURSE, WITH THIS PROJECT, LYNDALE TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. SO FILLING IN THAT BIKEWAY GAP, AND THEN AS WELL THIS IS THE AREA WITH
GENERALLY THE HIGHEST TRANSIT DELAYS, SO CONTINUING THAT NORTHBOUND TRANSIT LANE. THOSE TRANSIT LANE DELAYS ARE NORTHBOUND. AND THEN GENERALLY ONE THING I WILL IDENTIFY AS WELL AS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING, PARTICULARLY WE'VE BEEN FLAGGED
BY THE COMMUNITY AND WE KNEW THIS GOING IN. THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO I-94 IS A TOUGH CROSSING FOR PEOPLE. SO CERTAINLY WORKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE AS WELL.
SCHEDULE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR FIVE YEARS. WE ONLY SHOW BASICALLY THE SCHEDULE FROM WHEN WE KICKED OFF AFTER THE PILOT HERE, SO STARTING IN 2023. CONSTRUCTION WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON THIS PROJECT IN 2026.
WE ADJUST TO THE SCHEDULE BASED ON THE TWO ADDITIONAL PHASES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ADDED. JUST CONTINUED PROJECT COORDINATION. MAKING REFINEMENTS TO DESIGNS. THIS IS A CRITICAL POINT FOR THIS
PROJECT. WE CAN'T HAVE ANY FURTHER DELAYS. WE ARE AT RISK FOR LOSING OUR FEDERAL FUNDING. WE DO HAVE A FEDERAL AUTHORIZATION DATE ON THIS PROJECT OF JUNE 30, 2027. WE WILL GET INTO -- WE ARE PLANNING
TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2028. WE DO NOT HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE DEVELOPED YET. AND REALLY WE WANT TO GET TO A DESIGN TO WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE BUILDING AND THEN WE CAN START DEVELOPING A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AFTER WE -- AFTER WE
WORK THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS. CERTAINLY AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT HERE, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON MINIMIZING THAT CONSTRUCTION DEADLINE, I'M SORRY, TIMELINE, AND REDUCING BUSINESS IMPACTS.
SO CERTAINLY WE WANT TO AS WELL CONSTRUCT THIS IN AN EFFICIENT AND EXPEDIENT MANNER. SO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY. OF
COURSE, UP AND THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. OUR NEXT, PLAN TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN IN THE FALL OF 2026, MAYBE INTO THE WINTER HERE. ONE BIG THING IS WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON CONSTRUCTION STAGING,
MINIMIZING THOSE TIME FRAMES, REDUCING IMPACTS, HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. AND IT'S IMPORTANT -- THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK AS CONSTRUCTION IS IMPACTFUL, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK
THROUGH THAT. WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, TOO, THERE'S THE CHALLENGES AND THE TRAUMA JUST EVERYBODY'S EXPERIENCED SINCE 2020. MULTIPLE TRAGEDIES. KNOWING EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON HAS GONE ON, I SHOULD SAY. I
HAD TO PAUSE TO CATCH MY BREATH HERE AFTER STATING THAT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT. WE ARE PLANNING CONSTRUCTION IN 2028. THAT IS THE LATEST DATE AS WELL THAT WE CAN START CONSTRUCTION AND RETAIN THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS. AND ALSO AS WELL REALLY OUR GOAL
IS TO ALLOW BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY TO PREPARE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
THEY DO ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT AND THEY ARE USED BOTH TO REDUCE COSTS FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. WE DO SHARE COSTS GENERALLY ON COUNTY PROJECTS, AND THIS PROJECT
SIMILARLY, LIKE OTHER COUNTY PROJECTS FOLLOWING THE SAME KIND OF BREAKDOWNS. AS NOTED, WE'VE USED OUR TIME ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO THIS ESTABLISHED DESIGN THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD. THERE IS NO TIME LEFT IN THIS
PROJECT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WE NEED TO KEEP MOVING TO MEET THOSE FEDERAL, MEET THE FEDERAL FUNDING DEADLINE. JUST WANT TO -- GETTING TO THE END HERE.
JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PASSION FOR LYNDALE AVENUE. I MEAN, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAD OVER 50,000 POINT OF CONTACTS ON THIS PROJECT. MANY GREAT STORIES AND FEEDBACKS SHARED ABOUT LYNDALE AVENUE. JUST GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY OVER
THE PAST FIVE PLUS YEARS WHO HAVE GIVEN FEEDBACK. AND THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THEIR TIME TODAY TO ATTEND, I KNOW MANY FAMILIAR FACES IN THE ROOM. SO JUST INCLUDED HERE AND JUST
WANTED TO NOTE THAT BEFORE I CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION, AND THAT IS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, VICE >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE
FIRST PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS, AL -- APOLOGIES IF I DON'T PRONOUNCE THE NAME RIGHT OR MISREAD IT, JONAH FROM ZRS.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. JOHN McCARTEL AND LIVE HALF A BLOCK OFF LYNDALE AND I AM PART OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PLAN YOU'VE GOTTEN. THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAD PREVIOUSLY, RELUCTANTLY AGREED TO AOMPRISE TO SUPPORT AND GET THE PROJECT
MOVING. WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS NOTHE PLAN THAT THE SINESS COMMUNITY AGREED TO. WHAT I SPECIFILLY WANT TO ADDRESS SINCE MY BACKGROUND IS IN THE HARD SCIENCES. AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOOKING AT STATISTICS AND WHEN DATA IS BEING MANIPULATED TO PRODUCE AN OUTCOME THAT ISN'T JUSTIFIED. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE ASPECTS
O F THAT VERY QUICKLY. I KNOW I'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE MINUTES. WITH REGARD TO PARKING, ONLY 24% REDUCTION, AND I AM NOT SURE THAT FIGURE IS ACCURATE SINCE THE BASE CALCULATION INCLUDES OFF-STREET PARKING. IF A DEDICATED BIKE LANE IS PUT IN,
IT WILL ELIMINATE PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. AND THERE IS A STUDY OUT THERE ABOUT AVAILABLE PARKING AND USAGE THAT PEOPLE ARE USING. THAT STUDY INCLUDED VACANT LOTS LIKE THE ONE NEXT TO MY BUILDING AS IF IT WERE PARKING. IT INCLUDED PARKING LOT THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR DEVELOPMENT. IT INCLUDED
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING AS PART OF AVAILABLE LYNDALE PARKING. THE USE OF STATISTICS WERE TAKEN AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE VOLUME TIME OF THE YEAR. WITH REGARD TO COMPARATIVE STUDY, IT IS VERY COMMON WITHIN THE BIKING COMMUNITY AND THEIR LITERATURE TO HEAR THE STATEMENT THAT STUDY AFTER STUDY AFTER STUDY SUPPORTS
A BENEFIT TO BUSINESSES FROM DEDICATED BIKE LANES. THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. IT IS FALSE. I HAVE READ EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PAPERS. I HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DETAILS. IF YOU LO AT THE TITLE, YEAH, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT. PROVE LOOK AT THE METHODOLOGY, LOOK AT THE DATA, HOW IS THE DATA USED.
EVERY SINGLE CASE WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE PERS ARE EITHER SIMPLISTIC, BIAS, INCOMPLETE, MISINTERPRETED, OR OUTRIGHT FABRICATIONS. FAVORITE EXAMPLE HAVE EIGHT SECOND LEFT. JESUS,
I WILL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK. I VERY CONCERNED WITH A MINORITY OF PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE INFLUENCING YOUR DECISIONS. >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN READ THE WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH THE CLERK AND IT WILL BE INCLUDED -- >> SORRY? >> YOU CAN LEAVE THE WRITTEN COMMUNITIES AND THE ENTIRELY
WILL BE INCLUDED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE JULIE JOHNSON. AND THEN NUMBER THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE ARE ANDREA, WILL, AND JIM. JULIE, GO AHEAD. >> HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JULIE JOHNSON. I LIVE IN
WARD 12. I AM ALSO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZER FOR MOVE MINNESOTA, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT PUTS PEOPLE FIRST. I'M ALSO THE LEAD ORGANIZER FOR THE LIVABLE LYNDALE CAMPAIGN. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS,
LIVABLE LYNDALE HAS MOBILIZED A POWERFUL, POWERFUL SUPPORT FOR SAFE AND WELCOMING STREET DESIGN FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK, BIKE, ROLL, AND BUS ALONG LYNDALE AVENUE. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT JUST HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LIVABLE LYNDALE AND BETTER BIKING AND
BUSSING. THANKS TO A TEAM OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS,ANY WHOM LIVE DIRECTLY ALONG LYNN DAY AVENUE, WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 2400 SIGNATURES. WE'VE HOSTED FOUR RALLIES WITH OVER 350 COMBINED ATTENDEES. WE'VE SENT
2700 POSTCARDS TO VARIOUS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WE'VE COLLECTED OVER 250 PERSONAL STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT A LIVABLE LYNDALE. OUR MOVEMENT IS SUPPORTED BY RESIDENT, BY LOCAL BUSINESSES, BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR A LOT OF
CHANGES PROPOSED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY IN THE FINAL DESIGN, INCLUDING THE TWO-WAY BAKE BIKE LANE, THE DEDICATED BUS LANE, AND THE WIDER SIDEWALKS WITH GREEN SPACES AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PATIO SEASON.
BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BIKE, WALK, ROLL, AND SPEND MORE TIME ON LYNDALE IS BETTER FOR EVERYONE. IT LEADS TO CLEANER AIR, MORE AFFORDABLE CITIES, AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND TIME IN THEIR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THIS PROPOSED DESIGN CONTAINS
DANGEROUS AND STRESSFUL INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK, BIKE, ROLL, AND IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING THAT WE HAVE HAD TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE ALREADY. WE KNOW THE COUNTY AND CITY HAVE PRIORITIES FOR PEOPLE WHO BIKE, WALK, AND ROLL. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT IN
DESIGN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS ANDREA. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WANTS SAFER STREETS. EVERY LIFE MATTERS. THAT'S NOT
THE QUESTION BEFORE US TODAY. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS PROJECT AND VISION ZERO MORE BROADRY IS DELIVERING THE RESULTS IT PROMISED. VISION ZERO WAS ADOPTED IN MNEAPOLIS IN 2017 WITH THE GOAL OF ELIMINATING TRAFFIC DEATHS AND
SERIOUS INJURY, YET TODAY WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING TRAFFIC FATALITIES AT THE SAME LEVELS OF THOSE BEFORE VISION ZERO BEGAN. IF WE WERE ASKING O COMMUNITIES TO AEPT PERMANENT CHANGES TO HOW THEY LIVE, TRAVEE
SHOULD EXPECT MEASURABLE EVIDENCE THAT THOSE CHANGES ARE MAKING US SAFER. WHERE IS THAT EVIDENCE FOR THE MAJOR CHANGES COMING ON LYNDALE AVENUE? PUBLIC POLICY SHOULD NEVER BE JUDGED BY ITS INTENTIONS. IT SHOULD BE JUDGED
BY ITS OUTCOMES. I'VE SPOKEN DIRECTLY WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF BOTH LOWRY AND RED COW AFTER RECENTLY CLOSING ON HENNEPIN. THEY TOLD ME THAT REDUCED CUSTOMER ACCESS CAUSED BY THE MEDIAN WAS A MAJOR FACTOR HURTING THEIR BUSINESS. THEY'RE
BOTH GONE. THE POINT IS THAT THESE TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS HAVEEAL CONSEQUENCES FOR BUSINESSES, EMPLOYEES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS THEY AFFECT. SAFETY AND ECONOMI VITALITY ARE NOT COMPETING GOALS. THEY ARE
FUNDAMENTALLY CONNECTED. A THRIVING COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR IS ONE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE TO WALK, BIKE, DRIVE, SHOP, DINE, AND INVEST. STRONG BUSINESSES CREATE ACTIVE STREETS AND ACTIVE STREETS CONTRIBUTE TO SAFER COMMUNITIES.
ROADWAY DESIGNS THAT DON'T MAKE US SAFER ACCORDING TO REAL DATA ARE DECIMATING OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AT THE SAME TIME AND ARE HAVING THE OPPOSITE AFFECT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO I A TAN. -- TRYING TO ATTAIN. MOST OF THE BUSINESSES D NOT MAKE IT
THROUGH THE HNEPIN CONSTRTION, AND NEITHER WILL THE BUSINEES ON LYNDALE. WE'RE GOING TO PUT ANOTHER MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR -- >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OTHER FOLKS NEED A CHANCE TO SPEAK AS WELL. [GAVEL] >> PLEASE STOP. >> -- WITHIN A MILE OF EACH IS
LUNACY. THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE WILL. I WILL BE LIMITING EVERYONE TO TWO MINUTES. THERE IS A TIMER HERE. IF YOU CAN MEET YOUR TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO STOP OR ASKED TO LEAVE IF YOU DON'T. >> MY NAME IS WILL WOODWORTH. I
LIVE AT 28th AND LYNDALE AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF MINNEAPOLIS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE WELCOME AND OVERDUE IMPROVEMENTS TO LYNDALE. I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT BE HERE TODAY BUT WANT TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY ALONG THIS CORROR. TODAY LYNDALE IS TOO DANGEROUS TO
RIDE. WE ALL DESERVE A SAFE WAY TO WALK, RIDE, AND ROLL TO DESTINATIONS AND SUPPORT BUSINESSES RIGHT WHERE WE LIVE. JUST AS THESE BUSINESSES DESERVE SUPPORT, RESIDENTS DESERVE A FUTURE THAT SUPPORTS THEIR NEEDS. WHILE HUNDREDS HAVE DIED
IN THE HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE LAST MONTH, MINNESOTA WILL AGAIN BAKE UNDER EXTREME TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK. THIS HEAT IS UNSAFE FOR LIFE AND HUMAN CAUSED, AND OUR COMMIT TONIGHT THE NEXT GENERATION MUST INCLUDE CONSIDERATION AND A LITTLE SPACE FOR EVERYBODY.
THIS DESIGN WITH DEDICATED BIKE LANES MEETS OUR MINNEAPOLIS CITY GOALS, WHICH INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY, VIRONMENT, AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. REMEMBER THE ZERO ACTION PLANND THE PRIORITY FOR
SAFE ACCESS FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. THESE SAVE LIVES. THE FUTURE OF LYNDALE AND 2050 IS IN YOUR HANDS RIGHT NOW. AND IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE, RESIDENTS IN 2100 WILL HAVE YOU AND ADVOCATES TO ANK.
PLEASE FEEL OUR JOY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS JIM. THEN TAMARA. THEN JASON. THEN BEN. JIM? >> HI. >> MY NAME IS JIM SHERMAN. I OWN A BUSINESS ON LYNDALE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DEBATE
ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE. I THINK THE DEBATE, WELL, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW S THE CONSTRUCTION IN UPTOWN. UPTOWN AND PPLE AREN'T COMING. PEOPLE A CONCERNEDBOUT TRAFFIC. AND I THINK THIS PROJECT NEED TO BE PUSHED OFF, PUT ON HOLD. AND WE ND TO EVALUATE WHAT
HAPPENED ON HENNEPIN. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE BUSINESSES DON'T WANT TO COME. THE BUSINESSES THAT SURVIVED, LIKE THE LOWRY, AND RED COW, THEY SURVIVED THE CONSTRUCTION, AND AFTERWARDS THEY CLOSED BECAUSE PEOPLE WEREN'T COMING. THERE IS A LOTF OLD STREETS IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT NEED TO BE
REPAIRED. THERE IS A LOT OF STREETS THAT GO SOUTH OUT O MINNEAPOLIS LIKE CHICAGO AND PORTLAND AND PARK. LET'S DO THOSE FIRST. LET'S STAY OUT IS OF UPTOWN. LET'S GET UPTOWN BACK TO WHERE IT WAS, GET I REPAIRED, GET PEOPLE COMING, GET IT SAFER SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE.
AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH LYNDALE. THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR LYNDALE: THE MONEY THEY ARE GIVING TO LYNDALE FROM THE GOVERNMENT IS MINUSCULE TO WHAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO COST. THERE IS PLENTY OF OTHER ROADS TO PUT MONEY INTO
BEFORE WE DEFR STATE UPTOWN MORE THANT ALREADY IS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE TAMARA. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS TAMARA KAISER AND I LIVE IN THE UPTOWN
AREA. AND HAVE BEEN A PAINED, HEART BROKEN RESIDENT AS I WATCH WHAT HAPPENED IN UPTOWN ON NNEPIN AVENUE AND AROUND THERE. TO THE BUSINESS AND THEY HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS THE
LAST TWO MEETINGS. ANDWE'RE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. YOU MAY HAVE HRD ABOUT THE LAST OF THE TWO MEETINGS WHERE THERE WAS ENORMOUS HOSTILITY TOWARDS THE BUSINESSES. AND WHEN I LOOK THE D.S.A.
PLATFORM AND SEE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, IF NOT MEMBERS, AT LEAST ALIGNED WITH THAT PLATFORM, I SEE A PLATFORM THAT HAS MANY BEAUTIFUL IDEAS AND WISHES. AND I ALSO SEE A PLATFORM THAT IS VERY HOSTILE TO THE IDEA OF
PEOPLE OWNING BUSINESSES AND HAVING THEM THERE IN THAT MEETING. PEOPLE CHEERED. THEY THEIRED WHEN ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS GOT UP -- THEY CHEERED WHEN ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS TOLD A HEART BREAKING STORY ABOUT HOW HE WAS GOING TO LOSE HIS BUSINESS, WHICH WE NEEDS TO
SUPPORT HIS BROTHER'S FAMILY. HIS BROTHER DIED. HIS OWN FAMILY, HIS PARENTS, ETC. AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNTY OR THE CITY ABOUT HOW TO HELP THE
BUSINESSES IS WE'LL PUT UP BETTER SIGNS. SORRY, WE HAVE NO MONEY TO HELP YOU. SORRY, THIS THING HAS TO TAKE THREE YEARS. SO GIVEN THAT THE TRAIN SEEMS TO HAVE LEFT THE STATION, I WOULD BEG YOU TO DO AND CONSIDER AT
LEAST ONE THING, AND THAT IS, PUT THE MONEY INTO DOING 24/7 CONSTRUCTION, SO THIS THING DOES NOT TAKE THREE YEARS. CONSIDER THAT.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JASON. >> GREETINGS,NVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE. I AM J. FELDS, NONBINARY, AND I LIVE ON LAKE AND BRYANT.
I AM A RESIDENT NEARBY THE AREA IN QUESTION. WE RECENTLY CELEBRATED OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY, SO I FEEL IT IS APPROPRIATE TO QUOTE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF
CURE. WE RIGHT NOW HAVE THE MONEY TO DO INVESTMENT, AND I'M NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT JUST THE SURFACE LEVEL OF LYNDALE AVENUE. I'M TALKING ABOUT UNDERNEATH. WE HAVE SEWER LINES. WE VE GAS PIPES. WE HAVE WHO KNOWS WHAT'S UNDER THERE. LYNDALE WAS
BUILT OVER A LAKE THAT WAS DRAINED. FORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAVE OVER 10,000 LAKES SO WE HAVEN'T LOST THE NICKNAME, BUT WE HAVE TO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT. AS JOSH POTTER SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS AN ANCIENT ROAD HERE. AN ANCIENT STREET. AND IF WE
DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE NOW WHILEE HAVE THE MONEY, IT'S JUST GOING TO COST MORE TIME, MORE MONEY, MORE EFFORT WHEN AN ACCIDENT DOES HAPPEN. IT'S BETTER TO PREVENT THAT NOW.
IF WE LET THIS DECISION, IF WE LET THIS PAUSE, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUT ON MONEY. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE OUT ON MORE FUNDING, MORE THINGS THAT WILL HELP ALL
OF US. AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, I WILL QUOTE THE TRAFFIADVISOR. YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON FUNDING. YOU WILL REGRET THIS. WE DO NOT NEED ROADS TO HAVE POTHOLES. WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE ROAD. AND IF WE CAN ADD A BUS LANE OR
BIKE LANE ON TOP, SO MUCH THE BETTER. PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BEN. THEN WE HAVE JUDY, PAM, AND
CHRIS. BEN? >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BEN JOHNSON. I AM HERE AS A RESIDENT OF THE WHITTIER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALSO AS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL CIVIL ENGINEER. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL, BUT I
JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHILE I DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT PROCEENG, IT IS WITH A LOT OF RELUCTANCE, WHICH I WILL BROADLY TLINE. STREET RECONSTRUCTION IS A NECESSARY REALITY OF LIVING IN A CIVILIZED SOCIETY. THIS MATER IS IN REFENCE TO THE UTILITIES THAT NECESSITATE
BRINGING CLEAN WATER TO OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. AND THAT NECESSITATES SANITATION WORKS WHICH CARRY OUR WASTE AWAY. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS US THE PRILEGE TO LIVE COMFORTABLY IN CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. OUR SOCIETY TRANSFORMED IN LARGE
PART BECAUSE OF CARS LEADING TO A RESTRUCTURING OF HOW HUMANS LIVED WITH AND AMONG EACH OTHER. SIMPLY SPEAKING, WITH THE WORLD AS IT IS TODAY, WE HAVE NEVER LIVED SO FAR APART FROM EACH OTHER AND HAVE NEVER GENERATED
AS MUCH ENERGY AND POLLUTION AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST 100 YEARS. CARS ARE NOT AT SOLE FAULT FOR THIS, BUT THEY PLAY A SIGNIFICANROLE. STREET RECONSTRUCON IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALTER THE COLLECTIVE TRAJECTORY THROUGH THE INCORPORATION OF PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DESIGN AND BY
MINIMIZING SPACE ALLOCATED FOR AUTOMOBILES, WHICH THIS DESIGN ONLY PARTIALLY ACHIEVES. HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, THE COUNTY HAS AT TIMES MINIMIZED THE COMMUNITY'S VOICE WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH INSTANCE HERE IN ENGAGEMENT OR THE UNFORTUNATE ATTEMPT AT
IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARED USE BA PATH. I AM ASKING POLICY LEADER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTTORS AND PROJECT MANAGERS TO FIRST REFLECT, AND SECOND, TO WORK WITH THE STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS PROCESS REMAINS SO LIMITING. LEADING TO AGENCIES BARELY BEING ABLE OR CAPABLE OF
FOLLOWING THEIR OWN GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS. AND OFTEN TIMES MINIMIZING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE WORK IN. THE THE STANDARD -- THANK YOU. >> YOU CAN LEVER THE REST OF YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH THE CLERK. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE JUDY. THEN PAM.
THEN CHRIS. >> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JUDY LONGBOTTOM. I HAVE OWNED A U.P.S. STORE A FRANCHISE BUSINESS, ON HENNEPIN AVENUE FOR 20-PLUS YEARS. WE PROVIDE U.P.S. SERVICES, SHIPPING
PRINTING AND MAILBOX SERVICES TO LOCA BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS. I AM HERE BECAUSE MY BUSINESS WAS HIT HARD BY THE TWO-YEAR CONSTRUCTION ON HENNEPIN AVENUE. DURING THAT PERIOD, OUR REVENUE DROPPED BY OVER 30%. CONSTRUCTION ENDED LAST NOVEMBER, AND EVEN NOW
DESPITE THEORK BEING COMPLETED, WE'RE STILL RECOVERING. FORERVICE BUSINESS LIKE OURS, CUSTOMER ACCESS ISN'T A NICE TO HAVE. IT IS ESSENTIAL. PEOPLE DEPEND ON US FOR QUICK, RELIABLE ERRANDS, PRINTING, NOTARY, MAILBOX
PACKAGE, PICKUP AND SHIPPING. WHEN ACCESS THE DISRUPTED FOR TWO-PLUS YEARS, THEY DON'T ADAPT AND DON'T ALWAYS COME BACK. WHAT MADE THE HENNEPIN AVENUE DESIGN WORSE IS THE PLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAN DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. TWO LANES REDUCED TO ONE LANE. REDUCED ON STREET
PARKING AND WHERE THERE IS ON STREET PARKING, CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD TO PAY TO PAR VIA METER APPS. THAT MEANS THEY LOOK FOR EASIER OPTIONS BECAUSE TIME AND CONVENIENCE MATTER. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT SAFE STREETS AND IMPROVEMENTS, BUT SPEAKING
FROM EXPERIENCE, LYNDALE AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION DESIGN SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND DESIGN BASED ON THE PAINFUL AND REALTIME EXAMPLES PROVIDED BY THE HENNEPIN AVENUE DESIGN THAT IS IN PLACE. AND IT IS OBVIOUS TO ANYONE THAT IS
WILLING TO LOOK THAT IT HAS HAD A SIGNIFICT NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL CORRID AND THE RESIDENTS. PLEASE DON'T REPEAT THE SE DESIGN MISTAKES ON LYNDALE. I AM ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL AND HENNEPIN COUNTY AT MINIMUM IF YOU MOVE FORWARD, BUILD A DESIGN THAT TRULY PROTECTS DIRECT
CUSTOMER ACCESS, TURNING MOVEMENTS, PARKING, LOADING AND DELIVERY ACCESS AND WINTER ACCESSIBILITY. SO SMALL BUSINESSES CAN KEEP SERVING OUR RESIDENTS AND PROVIDING IMPORTANT TAX DOLLARS AND JOBS LOCALLY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN LEAVE THE REST OF THE WRITTEN COMMENTS
WITH THE CLERKS. NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER 10, PAM. NUMBER 11, CHRIS. AND THEN NUMBER 12, NOAH. >> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS PAM. I LIVE IN BRYANT LAKE
AREA. I AM JUST HERE JUST TO EXPRESS CONCERNOR THE LOSS OF SO MANY MATURE TREES. I DON'T CONSIDER A TREE SOMETHING THAT CAN JUST BE REMOVED AND REPLACED. I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON REALLY PRESERVING THE
TREE COVER WE HAVE AS A PERSON WHO SPENDS A LOT OF TIME WALKING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE STREETS WITHOUT TREES ARE ALMOST UNBEARABLE IN THE SUMMER, AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANY AREA CAN BECOME LIVABLE WITHOUT THE
NATURAL TREE COVER THAT WE HAVE. WE'VE LOST SO MUCH RECENTLY TO CONSTRUCTION, TO STORMS, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEEHAT PRIORITIZED MUCH HIGHER ON THE LIST THAN MORE CEMENT. AND MY OTHER JUST COMMENT IS YOU EVERY HEARD FROM BUSINESS
OWNERS. I AM JUST GOING TO GIVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PERSON WHO USES BUSINESSES ON LYNDALE AND HENNEPIN THAT WANT TO SEE MUCH MORE SUPPORT FOR WHAT THE BUSINESSES HAVTO SAY. I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE DON'T HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES WE CAN WALK OUR
BIKE TO. AND TOO MANY OF THESE DESIGNS DO NOT CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF BUSINESSES. THERE IS MANY OPTIONS, POSSIBLY SMALL LOTS, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH CONSIDERATION TO THAT NEED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEX WE HAVE NUMBER 11, CHRIS. AND THEN
NUMBER 12, NOAH, NUMBER 13, STEPHANIE. >> HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHRIS NORTON. I LIVE IN WHATrd 10 ON 27th STREET. I TRAVEL ALONG THIS LYNDALE AVENUE CORRIDOR VERY FREQUENTLY TO G GROCERIES AND VISIT SHOPS AN
BUSINESSES. I WALK, BIKE, USE BUS FOUR, AND EVEN DRIVE. AND WHEN BIKING DOWN LYNLE CURRENTLY, IT IS VER DANGEROUS. AND THERE IS LESS THAN 1 FOOT OF PAINT BETWEEN ME AND THE MULTI-TON VEHICLEN BOTH SIDES. I HAVE TO DODGE DOORS THAT OPENED ON THE SIDE WITHOUT
WARNING. AND A PERSON JUST THIS LAST WEEK I ST. PAUL WAS KILLED BY ACTUALLY HAVING A DOOR OPENED IN FRONT OF THEM. I LOVE BIKING IN MINNEAPOLIS TO VISIT BUSINESSES AND SHOPS, AND SIMPLY JUST NOT SAFE. EVENTUALLY I
WILL GET HIT OR KILLED. I JUST WANT TO BE SAFE. AND NOT HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WORRY THEYM GOING TO MAKE IT HOME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NUMBER 12, NOAH. NUMBER 13, STEPHANIE. NUMBER 14, JOSH. NOAH?
>> HELLO, COUNCIL. I LIVE IN THE EAST ISLES NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PRESENTED CONCEPT FOR LYNDALE AVENUE. THE TRANSIT AND LAND USE ORGANIZATION ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, SMART GROWTH AMERICA, DROPPED A REPORT LAST MONTH CALLED DANGEROUS BY
DESIGN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY OUTLINING ALL OF THE ISSUES WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN AMERICA AND THOUGH THE TWIN CITIES RANKS FAIRLY HIGH, IT WAS NOT ONE OF THE 18 METRO AREAS THAT HAD DECREASED PEDESTRIAN DEATHS. IT WAS ONE THAT INCREASED BETWEEN
THE YEARS OF 2015 AND 2019 TO 2020-2024. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. THE U.S. DID NOT BECOME A DANGEROUS OUTLIER BY ACCIDENT DUE TO THE UNAVOIDABLE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. IT HAPPENED
BECAUSE THE U.S. FAILED TO PUT REL REAL RESOURCES BEHIND WHAT IS KNOWN TO SAVE LIVES. WE NEED ACTION. THAT MEANS DESIGN STANDARDS THAT REFLECT BEST PRACTICES, FUNDING, RESOURCES TO GET PROJECTS USING THOSE STANDARDS INTO THE GUND.
AND THE MEASURES THAT HOLD THOSE WHO D'T COMPLY ACCOUNTABLE. REAL PROGRESS WILL COME WHEN PROVEN COUNTERMEASURE ARE IMPLEMENTED ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND JURISDICTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NUMBER 13,
STEPHANIE. THEN NUMBER 14, JOSH. THEN NUMBER 15, ANNA. STEPHANIE? >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UPTOWN ASSOCIATION. WHILE I AM NEW TO THIS ROLE, ONE
THING HAS BECOME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE BEEN HERE, OUR BUSINESSES ARE RESILIENT BUT THEY ARE EXHAUSTED. I HAVE SPENT MY FIT WEEKS LISTENING. I HAVE MET WITH BUSINESS OWNERS UP AND DOWN HENNEPIN AVENUE AND THROUGHOUT UPTOWN. AND THEY
HAVE WELCOMED ME INTO THEIR STORES AND RESTAURANTS AND THEY HAVE SHARED THE SAME MESSAGE OVER AND OVER. THEY WERE TOLD THAT AFTER YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION ON HENNEPI AVENUE, REOPENING THE CORRIDOR WOULD BRING CUSTOMERS BACK. INSTEAD, MANY
TELL ME THEY ARE STILL WAITING. SAS HAVE NOT REBOUNDEDHE WAY THEY EXPECTED. FOOT TRAFFIC HAS NOT RETURNED TO THE LEVELS THEY HOPED FOR. MANY ARE OPERATING ON INCREDIBLY THIN MARGINS.
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOWS AT NEIGHBORING VACANT STORE FRONTS AND WONDERING WHETHER THEY WILL BE NEXT. NOW THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO ACCEPT ANOTHER MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT BEFORE THEY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER. THESE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO CHOOSE BETWEEN SAFETY AND SMALL BUSINESS. THEY WANT BOTH. THEY
WANT STREETS THAT ARE SAFE FOR EVERYONE, AND THEY WANT CUSTOMERS TO BE ABLE TO REACH THEIR BUSINESS. THESE GOALS SHOULD NEVER BE IN CONFLICT. AS THE EXEC TIUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UPTOWN ASSOCIATION, I BELIEVE IT IS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO INSURE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN EVERY WAY BY IMPROVING SAFETY, SUPPORTING ACCESSIBILITY, AND PROTECTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE CREATING JOBS. GENERATE TAX REVENUE AND MAKING UPTOWN A DESTINATION.
TODAY I ASK YOU TO PAUSE, PAUSE AND TRULY LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIVES, THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN THIS CORRIDOR. THEY ARE NOT OPPOSED TO PROGRESS. THEY ARE ASKING TO BE PARTNERS AND CREATING A SOLUTION THAT IS
SAFE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JOSH, NUMBER 14, JOSH. THEN NUMBER 15, ANNA. NUMBER 16, PHILLIP. JOSH? >> HI. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS JOSH. AMENT
A LORING PARK RESIDENT. BUT I WORK IN UPTOWN AND FREQUENTLY USE BOTH HENNEPIN AND LYNDALE AS COMMUTING ROUTES. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT SAFER STREETS. I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND LONGER TERM PLANNING. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
THAT THIS PROJECT BECOMES PAUSED, NOT ABANDONED, PAUSED TO ALLOW FOR MORE ANASIS AND IMPACT RESEAH INTO WHAT HAS HAPPENEDN HENNEPIN. OUR BUSINESSES IN UPTOWN HAVE ENDURED YEARS OF DISRUPTION INCLUDING THE PANDEMIC, PUBLIC
SAFETYCHALLENGES, AND THE LENGTHY REINSTRUCTION OF HENNEPIN AVENUE. WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE VERY ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF RECOVERY. BUSINESSES ARE OPENING. CUSTOMERS ARE RETURNING. AND INVESTMENT IS COMING. BUT IT IS HESITANT. AND STARTING ANOTHER MULTI-YEAR
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THIS VERY MOMENT PUTS THAT FRAGILE RECOVERY AT RISK. WE ASK FOR THEE THINGS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD ALLOWING BUSINESSES ADDITIONAL TIME TO RECOVER FROM WHAT HAS OCCURRED ON HENNEPIN, ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE WITH
BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY ON A DESIGN THAT BETTER BALANCES SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY WITH ECONOMIC VITALITY. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR A COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE, ECONOMIC AND SAFETY IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE HENNEPIN AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT OPPOSING CHANGE BUT PRESERVING ACCESS TO BUSINESSES, TO THIRD SPACES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR MAINTAINING TURNING MOMENTS, ADDRESSING SAFETY IN WINTER OPERATIONS, PROTTING THE CHARACTER OF THE LYNDALE CORRIDOR AND INSURING
THAT T PROJECT SUPPORTS, NOT HARMS THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. NEXT IS NUMBER 15 ANNA. THEN NUMBER 16 PHILLIP. D NUMBER 17 SUE NEIL. >> I AM ANN. I LIVE IN
WHITTIER. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MY GOOD FRIENDS WHO OWN A CAFE ON HENNEPIN AVENUE. BASICALLY THE MAIN THING WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, WE KNOW LYNDALE WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AND
NEEDS INFRTRUCTURE WORK. THERE IS SO MUCH PAIN ON HENNEPIN AVENUE AND TO PROLONG THE PAY FOR TWO OR THREE MORE YEARS DEFR STATES NOT ONLY THE BUSINESSES -- DEVASTATES NOT ONLY THE BUSINESSES ON LYNDALE
BUT ALSO ON HENNEPIN AVENUE. THANKVASTATES NOT ONLY THE BUSINESSES ON LYNDALE BUT ALSO ON HENNEPIN AVENUE. THANK YOU. >> HI. I'M PHILLIP SCHWARTZ. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE LYNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SPENT THE LAST 10 YEARSDVOCATING IFFER A
LYNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILDING ON THE RECENT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, THE DESIGN WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BIKEWAY THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE WONDERFUL DESTINATIONS ON LYNDALE. HUGE UPGRADE. ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIFFICULTY BUSINESSES WILL FACE DURING
CONSTRUCTION, I URGE EVERYONE TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE COMING TO THE CORRIDOR. I KNOW MY KIDS WOULD LOVE CONSTRUCTION VIEWING PATRNS
AND PRESERVING BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS THE DESIGN'S MOST FATAL FLAW. ONE BLOCK SHY OF THE PROJECT'S BIGGEST DESTINATION, LYNN LAKE. THIS WILL NOT ONLY FRUSTRATE GENERATIONS OF RIDERS BY FORCING MULTIPLE BLOCK
DEURS AND DANGEROUS STREET CROSSINGS. IT ALSO ROBS LYNN LAKE OF THE VIBRANCY THAT COMES WITH THE BUSTLING BIKEWAY. WHILE CROWDING BIKES AN SCOOTERS TO BUSY SIDEWALKS AND SQUEEZING US INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC, IN MINNEAPOS, BIKING IS ENGRAINED IN OUR CULTURE. GO TO THE
BEACH, A FARMER'S MARKET, DOWNTOWN CONCERTS, T-BALL PRACTICE OR LITERALLY THE GROCERY STORE AND WITH FULL BIKE RACKS AND PEOPLE SWIRLING AROUND. I LOVE WE ARE A BIKE CITY, BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP WHEN
FACED WITH SOLVABLE ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB BUILDING A CITY WHERE I CAN CONFIDENTLY RIDE ACROSS TOWN WITH MY KIDS, BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO AVOID THESE SMALL BUT CRITICAL GAPS. A BRYANT JUST MISSING THE GREENWAY. AND I AM
GRATEFUL THE CITY IS SEEKING FUNDING TO CORRECT THE FLAWS, BUT THESE WERE BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO. LET'S NOT MAKE THE SAME COSTLY MISTAKE ON LYNDALE. LET'S GET IT RIGHT NOW. I URGE YOU TO VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT WITH THEONDITION THAT THE BIKEWAY BE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO 31st. THA YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT IS NUMBER 17, SUE NEIL, NUMBER 19 CONNOR. ERIC. >> THANK YOU, COUNSELORS, IFFER THIS TIME. MY NAME IS SUNHI WILL, AND I AM THE CRAZY PERSON
THAT BIKES A HALF HOUR TO THE WEDGE FOR GROCERIES AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. I WOULD LIKE TO ARGUE AGAINST THE IDEA THAT UPTOWN IS DEAD AND PRESENT THE HEN PEN AVENUE TEACUP THAT OPED TWO YEARS AGO DURING THE CONSTRTION PROJECT, A PLACE I FREQUENTLY VISIT FOR THE SHADE.
FURTHER RE, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THOSE WHO SUPPORT BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE BEYOND LYNDALE AND THANK THE COUNTY FOR TAKING FEEDBACK FROM THE DESIGN WHICH WAS INADEQUATE FOR THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY AND USES ON AND AROUN
LYNDALE AVENUE. THIS SHOWS A DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I BROADLY SUPPORT IT. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BRYANT BIKEWAY AND THIS NEW LYNDALE BIKEWAY. AND BRYANT BIKEWAY
ENDS AT LYNDALE WITH THE SHORT PIECE OF CONCRETE FOR BIKES GOING SOUTH. THAT LEAVES TWO BLACK BOX OF UNPROTECTED ROAD ON BRYANT AND TWO BLOCKS OF BIKEWAY D ONE DIRECTION ON 28th, AND STICKING PEOE ON THE SIDEWALK GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE 28th STREET BIKEWAY IS
SUPPOSED TO BE MADE BIDIRECTIONAL WEST OF LAKE. I BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN TALK TO EXTEND BRYANT BIKE LANE UP TO 28th STREET, TO I MIGHT BE HALLUCINATING TO BE HONEST. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONCRETE PLANS
FOR THIS ADMITTEDLY SECOND RATE CONSTRUCTION AND TO BE CONSTRUCTED EITHER WITH THE REST OF LYNDALE OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AND GUARANTEEING THAT IT'S AT LEAST USABLE FOR PEOPLEIVING SOUTH OF LAKE TO ACCESS BUSINESSES ALONG LYNDALE AND NOT JUST PEOPLE LIKE ME COMING FROM THE NORTH. THANKS AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER 18,CONNOR. NUMBER 19, ERIC. UMBER 20, STORY. FORGIVE ME IF I GOT THAT WRONG. >> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS CONNOR CAROL.
I AM A RESIDENT OF KINGFIELD IN WARD EIGHT. AND NEXT WEEK I'M CELEBRATING MY ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH MY GIRLFRIEND. I LOVE KINGFIELD,UT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS I PLAN TO MOVE IN WITH HER IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTH UPTOWN AND SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE LATEST PROJECT
PLAN AND HOPE THAT STAFF CAN EXTEND THE PROTECTED BIKEWAYS OUT FURTHER THAN THE CURRENT PLAN AS WELL. AND I DRIVE AS MUCH AS I BIKE OR WALK AND IT IS OFTEN SCARY TO DRIVE ONYNDALE DUE TO UNSAFE AND FAST DRIVING. WE SLOW DOWN CAR TRAFFIC FROM
THE CORRIDOR IN MY OPINION. THY STAFF A 57% DECREASE IN CRASHES AND THE FOUR TO THREE LANE CONVERSION CORRIDOR ALONE IS JUST AMAZING TO ME I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT HIGH. AND A NUMBER THAT LARGE, THAT MEANS THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE
BEEN INJURED OR KILLED WHO ARE ALIVE TODAY WHO WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT THAT ENHANCEMENT. WE HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS PROJECT PLAN TO SAVE EVEN MORE LIVES. WHATEVER WE BUILD NEXT WILL BE THERE IF, WHAT WAS IT? 50, 60,
70 PLUS YEARS AND SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LOCK IN SAVING PEOPLE'S LIVES OVER THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. IN MANY MEDIA REPORTS, THIS HAS BEEN FRAMED A
Z A BUSINESSES VERSUS CYCLISTS ARGUMENT IS REDUCTIVE. A LOT OF US BIKE FOR TRANSPORTATION. AND FOR FUN. AND TO PIGEON HOLE US AS CYCLISTS, WE LIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY. WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN. WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND WE WANT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS VERSUS CYCLIST THING, BUT MORE NUANCED THAN THAT. I HOPE EVERYONE
KEEPS THAT IN MIND. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE 19, ERIC. 20, STORY. >> MY NAME IS ERIC AND I AM A
35-YEAR RESIDENT OF UPTOWN AND A BUSINESS OWNER OF UPTOWN. I AN I DEGREE IT SHOULDN'T BE PUT TO A BIKE AND BUSINESS FIGHT. BUT I ALSO GOT TO SAY TO SOME OF THE
BIKERS, HENNEPIN IS NOT FLOWN WITH BIKEERS ON THAT BIK LANE. IT'S NOT. HAVE A BUSINESS ON HENNEPIN AND WE COUNT BIKEERS. THEY ARE NOT USING IT VERY MUCH. AND I JUST GOT TO SAY IT 3% OF
THE POPULATION BIKES FOR THEIR TRAFFIC. I AM PRO BIKE. I AM BUT I'M A BUSINESSMAN, TOO. AND
I THINK WE NEED TO PAUSE THIS LYNDALE THING AND STUDY HENNEPIN. WE ALSO NEED TO PAUSE IT BECAUSE UPTOWN NEEDS A COMEBACK. IT'S NOT THERE YET. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE YEARS BEFORE IT MES BACK ON LYNDALE IF IT DOES AT ALL. WE NEED UPTOWN TO BE A THRIVING
BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR BIKERS, FOR BUS PEOPLE, FOR WALKERS, FOR COMMUNITY, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DRIVE. AND WE ARE NOT THERE YET, SO WE REALLY NEED TO PAUSE THIS A COUPLE YEARS AND LET UPTOWN HEAL A BIT. COME BACK AND THEN DO THIS CONSTRUCTION
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AGAIN, AM PRO BIKE. I AM PRO BUS. I AM PRO FAMILY. WE ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THERE IS A FIGHT BETWEEN THE BUSINESSES AND THE BIKE PEOPLE. AND IT SHOULD BE BOTH. WE BOTH
THE BUSINESS OWNERS WANT BIKERS TO BE SAFE, HAVE THEIR COMMUNITY, COME TO BUSINESSES ON THEIR BIKE AS MUCH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH MORE SIGN UPS JUST NOW, SO WE
HAVE NUMBER 20, STORY. AND THEN 21, JEROME. 22, REGINA. AGAIN, APOLOGIES IF I GET NAMES WRONG. >> HI. I AM STORY. I LIVE IN WARD 10 IN UPTOWN AND I LIVE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY FM LYNDALE ANDI
HANG OUT AND GROCERY SHOP THERE REGULARLY. AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY FRIENDS LIVE IN UPTOWN AND IN THE AREA AND FREQUENT LYNDALE AND BUSINESSES THERE. I AM A MULTIMODAL TRANSIT USER. THE PARTNER AND I SHARE A CAR AND I WALK AND BUS AND BIKE FREQUENTLY TO GET
AROUND AS WELL, GIVEN THAT HE HAS THE CAR SOME OF THE TIME AND SOMETIMES WE'RE TOGETHER IN THE CAR. AND I WANT TO FIRST SAY WHILE I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON LYNDALE, I DO NOT FIND IT TO BE AN APPEALING BASE. IT IS NOT SAFE. IT IS NOT A PLACE TO BOP AROUND FROM STORE TO STORE OR
SPEND AN AFTERNOON SHOPPING. IT IS AN IN AND OUT KIND OF VIBE FOR ME. I NEVER REALLY WANT TO BE ON A PATIO ALONG IT AS THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC MAKES IT FEEL SCARY AND GROSS. I WORK AS AN AIR QUALITY SCIENTIST AND KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT VEHICLE POLLUTION. AND ALL THAT COULD
BE CHANGED. THE HENNEPIN REDESIGN WITH THE E-LINE AND THE BIKE LANE CHANGED MY LIFE. I AM NOT JOKING ABOUT THAT OR BEING DRAMATIC. IT IS EASY AND FEELS SAFE IN THE WINTER. AND WHEN I CAN'T WALK OR BIKE, IT HAS MADE ME MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING MY WAY UP AND DOWN THE STREET TO HAVE THAT
DESIGNATED TRANSPORTATION LANE. SO I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, BUS LANE, YAY, DAY ONE. BUS LANE. JUST LAST WEEK I ACTUALLY BIKED UP HENNEPIN TO GET MY GLASSES ADJUSTED WCH IS WHERE I USUALLY GET MY GLASSES. IT WAS O EASY AND I WANT THAT ON LYNDALE. I WANT TO USE MY
NEIGHBORHOOD AND GRAB LUNCH WITH MY FRIENDS BY THE LAKE INTERSECTION AND BIKE OR BUS UP TO ALDI TO PICK UP MY GROCERIES AND HEAD TO MY HOUSE ON 32nd. I DON'T WANT TO GET HIT BY ANYBODY OR HIT ANYBODY MYSELF OR HAVE A CA DOOR OPEN ON ME OR RING AT A PEDESTRIAN WHO IS IN THE WAY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SHARING A
LANE TOGETHER, WHICH I WOULD NEVER BIKE ON A SIDEWALK, BUT ONLY BIKE ON WHAT I AM DESIGNATED TO BIKE ON. AND I HAVE FOUND PARKING TO HISTORICALLY SUCK ON LYNDA AND BASICALLYLWAYS HAS EVER SINCE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. AND -- >> THANK YOU.
>> YOU CAN LEAVE THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITING WITH THE CLERKS. NEXT WE HAVE JEROME, NUMBER 21. NUMBER 22, REGINA. AND NUMBER 23. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM JEROME CHATEAU, RESIDENT OF SOUTH
UPTOWN, ORIGINALLY OF PARIS. I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 40 YEAR AND SHARE THE LAND USE COMMITTEE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE SENT A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT. BUT WITH CAVEATS AND I HAVE A PERSONAL COMMENT ON ONE CAVEAT THAT REFERS TO SMALL BUSINESSES ON LYNDALE AVENUE. WE URGE YOU TO AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE TO HELP THEM DO RECONSTRUCTION. FOR THIS MATTER, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO AMSTERDAM, AND THINK BIKE LANES? NO, 17th CENTURY AMSTERDAM WH THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES OVERLOOKING CANALS AND NARROW FACADES TO PAY LESS
TAXES. FAST FORWARD 2026 MINNEAPOLIS, YOU HAVE AN ASSESSMENT POLICY FOR ANY STREET RECONSTRUCTIONS THAT I THINK IS PROFOUNDLY UNFAIR. VERY UNEQUITABLE AND WILL SLAM SMALL BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES AND MORE IN PROPORTIONALLY THAN RESIDENTS.
$1 PER SQUARE FOOT FOR RESIDENTS. $2 OR $3, SORRY, FOR BUSINESSES. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE TO MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IS VERY FEW CITIES IN THE U.S. AND WORLD THAT HAVE SUCH POLICIES. AND I THINK IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO REVISIT THIS. IT IS SO UNFAIR BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION WILL HARM
THE BUSINESSES. AND IN THE MEANTIME AMAZON CAN DRIVE ON OUR STREETS WITHOUT PAYING ANY TAX. PLEASE, LOOK AT THIS. YOU HAVE JUST DONE IT FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. DO IT FOR THE
HOLE CITY. IT IS UNFAIR, UNEQUITABLE AND THAIS NOT -- THAT IS NOT -- THAT DOES NOT HONOR OUR CITY. WE CAN DO BETTER EEDINA, DULUTH, NORTHFIELD HAVE ABOLISHED THIS POLICY. THEY WOULD BE VERY
LOW-HANGING FRUIT FOR YOU, A WAY TO KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE WHERE YOU HELP THE DISENFRANCHISED PROPERTY OWNERS AND PEOPLE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS PAY THE SAME AS PEOPLE IN KENTWOOD FOR STRT ASSESSMENT AND HELP THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO SUFFER GREATLY. THIS
IS A UNIQUEPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, NUMBER 22, REGUY THAT, NUMBER 23, AND NUMBER 24 JEREMY. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS REGINA,
AND I LIVE ONE BLO BLOCK WEST O THE CORRIDOR. A NAME FOR THE GROUP AND I HAVE CHOSE ON THE LIVE CLOSE TO THIS PART OF LYNDALE BECAUSE IT MY FAVORITE PART OF THE CITY. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING I NEED IS WITHIN A SHORT WALK OR BIKE RIDE INCLUDING DOZENS OF FRIENDS WHO ALSO LIVE THERE AND A BUNCH OF
PUBLIC TRANSIT APGSS NEARBY. I INTERACT -- AND OTHER TRANSIT OPTIONS NEARBY. AND WHETHER THAT MEANS WALKING LYNDALE, CROSSING BY ON FOOT, BIKE, OR CAR. AND IT IS NOT A WELL DESIGNED STREET. IT IS NOT WORKING WELL FOR ANYONE NO, MATTER WHAT MODE OF TRAVEL THEY USE. IN FACT, WHEN I WALK TO
ALDI OR BOB'S OR WHEN I AM WALKING MY DOG, I SPECIFICALLY AVOID WALKING ALONG LYNDALE BECAUSE IT IS SO UNPLEASANT. IT IS LOUD, SMELLS BAD, DANGEROUS, AND NOTICEABLY HOTTER IN THE SUMMER AND AN UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MA GREAT BUSINESSES ON LYNDALE. I AM SO EXCITED FOR
THE CHANGES IN THE PROPOSED DESIGN. IT SEPARATED TO A BIKEWAY, WIDER SIDEWALKS, MEDIAN, AND MORE PARTIAL LENGTH AND DEDICATED BUS LANE. THESE ARE IMPROVE MY EXPERIENCES WALKING, BIKING AND TAKING THE BUS AND IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE
ON LYNDALE SINCE I WON'T HAVE TO BE EXTRA VIGILANT FOR DANGEROUS DRIVERS TRYING TO ILLEGALLY GO AROUND ME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE BOTHEREDO DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT. THE DESIGN COULD HAVE GONE FURTHER TO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DESIGN TEAM DID NOT PROPOSE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LYNDA AND LAKE INTERSECTION WHI HAS THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF CAR CRASHES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. THERE IS NO BIKE LANE WHICH WILL FORCE PEOPLE WHO BIKE TO MIX INTO A SPACE DESIGNATED FOR PEDESTRIANS OR CARS, POTENTIALLY WITH ONCOMING VEHICLE TRAFFIC. AND THE BIKEWAY IS NOTEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALK, WHICH WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO
BIKE, WALK, AND ROLL. WE MUST SENTER THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING,ND TAKING TRANSIT. IT SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY WHEN COMPLETE. WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR THE CHANGE IN CLIMATE AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN LEAVE ANY
REMAINING FINAL WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH THE CLERKS. NEXT IS 23, ARCELLI. 24, JEREMY. 25, TIM. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF US THIS AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ARCELLI
AND I LIVE IN WARD 10. A TEACHER, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND VOLUNTEERE VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE FOR LIVABLE LYNDALE. THERE IS AN HISTORIC UPDATE TO THE 90-YEAR-OLD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CANNOT BE DELAYED. IF WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REBUILD MINNEAPOLIS ALONG ONE OF
THE DENSEST, VIBRANT CORRIDOR, WE MUST DO IT TO REFLECT THE TRANSPORTATION AND EQUITY AND TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE GOALS. I DO NOT OWN A CAR. I KNOW SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS USE PUBLIC TRANSIT EVERY DAY. WE OFTEN HAVE TO NEGOTIATE BUSES STUCK IN TRAFFIC, AS WE DID
TODAY ON OUR WAY HERE, LONG DISTANCES BETWEEN CROSSINGS, HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC AND SIMPLY NO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BIKING ON LYNDALE EXCEPT FOR PAINT. I DO NOT REPRESENT THE DISTANT MINORITY FOR SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. JUST FROM WHITTIER TO 2024 FOUND THAT 47% OF PEOPLE USE PUBLIC
TRANSIT BIKE, ROLL, OR WALK TO WORK. AND THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASES WHEN YOU INCLUDE NONWORK TRIPS. 22% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DON'OWN A CAR. WE SHLD ASK THE QUESTION, WHO ARE WE BUILDING FOR? DESIGNING SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE WHO WALK, ROLL, KE,
AND BUS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL DESERVE TO LI IN. AND ALTHOUGH THERE ARE PEDESTRIAN AND SAFETY AND CONNTIVITY ISSUES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED, I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT STEP THIS IS DESIGN TAKES TO MAKE LYNDALE BETTER FOR EVERYONE. THE DEDICATED BIKE
LANE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND 24th WILL SPEED UP COMMUTES FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT USER. THE PLAN INCLUDES A FUTURE TRANSIT READY LANE THAT COULD EASILY BE CONVERTED TO A DEDICATED ALL DAY BUS LANE FROM DAY ONE. AND THE SMALL CHANGE WOULD MAKE MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS TO SPEED AND RELIABILITY OF METRO TRANSIT
SERVICE THAT MANY PEOPLE RELY ON. YET, OUR DESIGNS AND TIMELINES MAKE CPRISES FOR THOSE WHO DRIVE IN DENSE, URBAN CORRIDORS, AND IT COMPRISES THE AFFORDABILITY, HEALTH, SAFETY O THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. STREET DESIGN CHANGES THAT HAVE
EN REPEATEDLY PROVEN -- >> THANK YOU. >> -- ARE NONNEGOTIABLE. >> [CALLING NEXT SPEAKERS] >> HELLO. MY NAME IS JEREMY
WINTER. I LIVE IN UPTOWN. I FREQUENTLY WALK, BUS, AND BIKE OVER TO LYNDALE AVENUE TO SHOP AND DINE AT LOCAL BUSINESSES. THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO LIVE IN THE AREA AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES. NOT EVERYONE WHO SHOPS ON LYNDALE LIVES IN THE SUBURBS AND DRIVES INTO TOWN. THERE HAVE BEEN
CLAIMS MADE TODAY THAT TRAFFIC MEDIAN WILLS HARM LOCAL BUSINESSES. THERE HAVE BEEN RESEARCH DONE ON THE TOPIC. A 2013 STUDY TITLED "RAISED MEDIANS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ON ADJACENT BUSINESSES" FOUND THAT IT DOES NOT EQUATE TO ECONOMIC
LOSSES BY ADJACENT BUSINESSES. IN FACT, ONLY TWO TYPE OF BUSINESSES, AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND GAS STATIONS WERE FOUND TO EXPERIENCE LOSSES IN GROSS REVENUE. IN ALMOST ALL CASES BUNESS INCREASED. THERE HAVE
BEEN CLAIMS IN LOSSES OF PARKING AND LOWRY AND RED COW GOING OUT OF BUSINESS AFTER THE STREET RECONSTRUCTION. BOTH OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAD MASSIVE PARKING LOTS. THERE IS A TALK ABOUT THE MEDIAN KILLING THE BUSINESSES, BUT IT'S 2026 AND VERY EASY TO USE GOOGLE MAPS TO NAVIGATE TO A BUSINESS BY CAR AND WORK AROUND
THE MEDIANS. IT IS EASY TO DO THIS FOR EITHER OF THOSE TWO. IF MEDIANS DON'T KILL BUSINESSES, AND THE ONLY PORTIONS OF LYNDALE THAT ARE LOSING THE PARKING ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET BETWEEN 24th AND FRANKLIN WHERE THERE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST SURFACE
PARKING LOTS IN THE CITY. THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA PARKING LOT AND THEY HAVE THEIR PARKING THAT ISN'T REMOVED FOR THE BIKE LANE, THE BUS LANE. THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE STREET
RECONSTRUCTION FOR REVENUE? I WISH WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM, BUT THIS STREET IS NOT RECONSTRUCTED SINCE 1934. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, A SINGLE COULD COME UP AND THAT WILL CAUSE MORE -- A SINK HOLE COULD COME UP AND THAT CAN L CAUSE
MORE PROBLEMS WITH NO FEDERAL FUNDING. >> THANK YOU. NEXT, NUMBER 25, TIM. NUMBER 26, MADELEINE. AND NUMBER 27, LAUREN. >> CHAIRS, MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, MY NAME IS TIM KEEN.
I GREW UP IN WARD 10 AND LIVE IN WARD 11. I AM HEAR TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE VOICELESS AND THOSE ARE OUR TREES AND URBAN CANOPY. I AM CO-CHAIR OF THE MINNEAPOLIS TREE ADVISORY
COMMISSION AND WE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE LOSS OF THE CURRENT PLAN UNDER THE ESTIMED CURRENT PLAN. THIS IS A REMOVAL OF DECADES OF MATURE TREE GROWTH WHEN STARTER TREE WILLS SET BACK
OUR URBAN ANPY ON LYNDALE AVENUE BY GENERATIONS. THE BENEFITS ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO CHRONICLE,
AND THEY DO INCLUDE URBAN COOLING. AND THEY PROVIDE CRITICAL COOLING AND SHADING WHICH AFFECTS URBAN HEAT ISLAND. AIR QUALITY AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND EXCHANGING WITH OXYGEN. AND STORM WATER
MANAGEMENT. AND A MATURE TREE CAN ABSORB HUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF WATER IN A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT. HEALTH BENEFITS ACCESS TO THE TREE CANOPY SPACES AND PROVEN TO LOWER STRESS AND IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH, LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, AND IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE. ENERGY CONSERVATION, REDUCING ENERGY FOR COOLING. AND BIODIVERSITY. HAPPEN AT THE FOR BIRDS, INSECTS AND WILDLIFE. TREES ARE NOT MERELY A BACKDROP IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY ARE INDISPENSABLE ALLIES TO OUR
HEALTH, CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE. TOO OFTEN OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS CONSIDER TREE LOSS AND PRESERVATION OF THE URBAN CAN SPI AN AFTERTHOUGHT IF IT'S GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION AT ALL. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT WE HAVE MADELEINE, NBER 27 LAUREN. AND NUMBER 28, JESSE. SO 26, MADELEINE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. MY NAME IS MADELEINE. I LIVE NEARBY LYNDALE. I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS
AND PRIMARILY WALK, BIKE, AND TAKE TRANSIT FOR ALMOST ALL OF MY TRIP. I LOVE THE SIDEWALK CROSSING IMPROVEMTS. BIKE AND TRANSIT FEATURES OF THE NEW PLAN AT 29th AND FRANKLIN. I LOVE THE HENNEPIN AVENUE BIKE LANE
AND E-LINE THAT IS RECENTLY OPEN. AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD. AND THESE ARE CRICAL SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. D WE NEED TO DO THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN. I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR A SFT AND URGENT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, AND FOR
THE CITY AND COUNTY TO PROVIDE FUNDING AND AID TO KEEP THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AFLOAT DURING CONSTRUCTION. THESE ARE CRITICAL REPAIRS AND UPGRADES TO DO IN A TIMELY FASHION. AND I REALLY ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY AND CITY STAFF FOR LISTENING TO THE SAFETY ADVOCATES AND F ALL THE HARD
WORK THAT THE STAFF HAVE PUT INTO THE PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE 27, LAUREN. 28, JESSE. AND 29, NADINE. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS LAUREN. I AM A PROFESSIONAL CIVIL
ENGINEER, AND I DO WASTE WATER WORK, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT IS DUE, IT IS DUE. I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANY QUESTION TO BE HAD ABOUT PAUSING THIS PROJECT. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY SUORT FOR THIS DESIGN COMES WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I DO BELIEVE THE BIKE LANE SHOULD BE
EXTENDED PAST 28th. I THINK THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SAFETY'S INTERCONNECTIVITY BWEEN THE CORRIDOR. I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE LYNN LAKE CROSSING DISTANCE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE LAST PLOT I SAW AND INCRSED COSTING DISTANCE AND EXTENDING THE BIKE LANE TO LYNN LAKE WOULD
HELP WITH THAT. AND I ALSO ECHO THE CONCERNS ABOUT SUPPORTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION WHETHER THAT MECHANISM IS THROUGH THE COUNTY OR THE CITY OR BOTH OR SOMETHING ELSE. I DO THINK THAT THAT REGNIZING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN THEY BEAR AND ALSO LOOKING AT
ASSESSMENTS, I THINK, IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO CONSIDER HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THROUGH VERY NECESSARY NONNEGOTIABLE CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER 28, JESSE. NUMBER 29, NADINE. AND NUMBER 30, MEL.
>> HI. I AM JESSE. WARD 13. I LISTEN TO EVERYONE SPEAK HERE TODAY AND I AM REMINDED O HOW IMPORTANT LYNDALE IS FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND VER MUCH SUPPORT THIS DESIGN WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS AS PEOPLE HAVE NOTED HERE. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, WE HAVE TALKED IN THE
PAST ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CONNECT THE BICYCLE NETWORK AND HOW WILL THAT UNLOCK A LOT OF VALUE AND IT ISMPORTANT TO YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BIKE LANES EXTENDED TO 31st AS WELL. AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PERHAPS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUPPORT THESE
BUSINESSES. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. ONE IS 14. SHE CANNOT CURRENTLYAFELY BIKE ON LYNDALE TO MILKAM WITH HER FRIENDS. SHE WANTS TO DO THAT. I HAVE TWO MORE CHILDREN THAT ALSO WANT TO DO THAT. I WANT TO SEE THE BUSINESSES AROUND. THEY ARAN IMPORTANT PART OF WHY I WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT THAT. AND
BECAUSE OF THE BIKE LANES AND BUSINESSES AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE HAVE HERE. I WANT TO SEE SUPPORT. AND I WANT THEM TO SUPPORT ALL OF US BICYCLISTS WH HANDS WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
THE PARK LANES AND MANY OTHER PLACES WHERE BICYCLISTS ARE
DISRESPECTED. I HEARD AS MUCH SUPPORT FOR CYCLISTS WHO LOST THEIR LIFE. THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL. PEOPLE HAVE DIE AND LYNDALE. AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO PROTECT BICYCLISTS. WE DO COME TO YOUR BUSINESSES. WE
MAY NOT RECOGNIZE IT AND TAKING OUR HELMETS OFF. I BE WITH MY CHILDREN TO THE PINBALL BAR ON SUNDAY. I WOULD NOT HAVE DRIVEN TO THAT. PART OF THE ATTRACTION WAS THE BIKE RIDE. AND I THINK WE ARE BEING SHORTSIGHTED AND MEANS YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE AROUND.
>> THANK YOU. NUMBER 29, NADINE. AND NUMBER 30, MEL. >> DEAR CITY COUNCIL, I AM NADINE SCHAFER, AN UPTOWN RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER AND RESTAURANT OWNER IN HENNEPIN
AVUE. WE LOVE BIKES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND WE BIKE AROUND THE UPTOWN OF THE CITY. WE HAVE RESERVATIONS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE DURING HENNEPIN AVENUE. OUR RESTAANT IS OPEN
FOR 20 YEARS, BUT THAT WAS THE WORST WE HAVE EVER SEEN. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT ALL UPTOWN BUSINESSES HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK SINCE 2020. THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE MEANS THAT THE REVENUE FOR RETAIL AND
RESTAURANTS WILL BE DONE BY 40-50%. AND IF IT TAKES TWO YEARS OR EVEN LONGER, MANY OF THE EXISTING ONES WON'T SURVIVE. WE ASK YOU TO PAUSE THE PROJECT SO BUSINESSES CAN REVIVE. IF IT STTS IN 2028, UPTOWN WOULD BE
LOOKING AT 10 YEARS OF DISRUPTION STARTING WITH THE PANDEMIC ANDNDING WITH LYNDALE CONSTRUCTION. THAT WOULD BE VE HARD FOR EVERYONE. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE NUMBER 30, MEL. AND SOME NEW SIGN-UPS.
WE HAVE NUMBER 31, ALEX. AND 32ANN. >>HI. I AM MEL AND I LIVE IN THE SOUTH UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAD THE BENEFIT OF SHOWING UP LATE TODAY BECAUSE I WAS BIKING AND GOT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE
ELSE. I BED ALONG HEN PEN AVE. IT IS THE HIGHEST SRAM TWO-WAY ROAD IN THE CITY WITH THE TWO-WAY BIKE WAY. LYNDALE AVE WILL PROBABLY BEHE SECOND. AND I TOOK COMING TO THIS MEETING AND I AM SLL SWEATY AND I WANT THE WORST PART OF THE
BIKE COMMUTE TO BE SUITING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. WHEN I BIKE HENNEPIN AVE AND THROUGH 4th, I WAS STRESSED. I HAVE TO LOOK FOR CARS AND MANY CROSSINGS AND CARS TURNING LEFT. AND THE WORST PART IS THE CARS
TURN RIGHT ON RED AND IN THE CENTER TURN LANE AND IS MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE INTERSECTION AND MAKING TURNS POSSIBLE OVER THE BLOCK AND THE LEFT TURN LANE AND YOU HAVE INTERSECTIONS AND WITH THE TWO-WAY BIKEWAY, AND YOU HAVE
CARS LOOKING BOTH WAYS. DON'T GO WELL. AND WE MAKE IT SAFER, MORE CONVENIENT, AND SAFER AND MORE PLEASANT TO BIKE. AND I HEARD MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAY I AM PRO BIKE. I AM PRO SAFETY.
AND HOW DO YOU THINK WE GET THERE? DESIGN INFLUENCES BEHAVIOR. SIGNS DON'T GO AS MUCH AZNAR -- AS NARROWING STREETS. AND IN MY
OPINION THE ONLY ON STREET PARKING IN LYNDALE SHOULD BE FOR HANDICAP AND SHORT-TERM PARKING, TAXI AND DELIVERY DRIVERS. THE LEADER OF THE UPTOWN ASSOCIATION SAID EVERYONE WANTS SAFER STREETS AND I AGREE. HOW DO WE
GET TO ZERO DEATHS? HOW DO WE THINK WE GET THERE? THE NEXT ASE OF DESIGN SHOULD FOCUS ON CLOSING DRIVEWAYS, CONTINUING THE MEDIAN AND IMPLEMENTS NO RIGHT TURN ON REDS ON THIS BIKE LANE AND EVERY BIKE LANE. >> I MIXED UP THE NUMBER OF THE
NEXT TWO. IT IS 31, ANN, AND 32 ALEX. IS ANN HERE? ANN? >> OKAY. IS ALEX HERE?
>> HELLO. I JUST MOVED TO THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. I HAVE BEEN REALLY ENJOYING FINDING OUT ALL THE PLACES ON LYNDALE, AND I AM EXCITED TO CONTINUE GOING THERE DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION. BIG FAN OF ALL OF THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS THAT ARE BEING ADDED. I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE AND
MENTION THAT THE LIGHTNING BEING ADDED, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE TALK ABOUT IT. I WAS LOOKING IN THE PLANS AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE I CAN FIND IT ANYMORE. I WOULD LIKE T ENCOURAGE THAT LITING IS AS FOCUSED DOWN TOWARDS THE STREET AND DOESN'T INCLUDE ADDING MORE LIGHT
POLLUTION TO THE ALREADY PREY LIGHT POLLUTED CITY. ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT IS ADDING LIGHTS THAT POINT DOWN. L.E.D. LIGHTS THAT POINT DOWN AND USING WARMER LIGHTS IN GENERAL. JUST WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU INFORM NUMBER 31,
ANN? >> THANK YOU. I AM A BUSINESS OWNER OF THE LYNN HALL AND ALSO BUILDING OWNER. I ALS LIVE IN WARD 10 A I LIVE IN WARD 13.
I SHARE TIM'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE TREES. WE HAVE ALREADYOST SEVERAL OF THE TREES IN FRONT OF LYNN HALL DUE TO SALT AND DIFFERENT ISSUES OVER THE YEARS. I FEEL LIKE THE MORE TREES THAT WE TAKE OUT OF THAT VERY BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF OUR CITY, THE LONGER IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO
BRING THEM BACK. AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF CITY LIVING IS MATURE TREES. THE SECOND WE START REPLACING THOSE WITH THESE SMALL ONES THAT ARE OFTEN BROKE OFF OR KILLED BY THE WINTER, I T FRONTAGE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE FOR OUR GUESTS. THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATION TOD ABOUT PARKING. AND WHETHER THIS IS A PROJECT AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT PARKING. RIGHT NOW WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE MOST IS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR THREE YEARS, JUST LIKE
OUR FRIDS ON HENNEPIN AVENUE EXPERIENCED. THAT WOULD DEVASTATE THE BUSINESS CORRIDOR OF LYNDALE AVENUE JUST LIKE IT'S DEVASTATED THE COMMUNITY ON HENNEPIN. THIS MORNING ON MY DRIVE INTO WORK TO LYNDALE AVENUE, THERE WAS OPEN DRUG USE AT THE CORNER OF LYNDALE AND LAKE AT RECTANGLE PIZZA.
I HAVE DRUG DEALING GOING ON IN MY BUSINESS PARKING LOT AT NIGHT. WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHG THAT WE CAN TORING BUSINESS BACK TO OURCOMMUNITY. IF YOU SH US DOWN, YOU ARE INVITING IN MORE CRIME. WE ARE ONLY INVITING IN MORE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IF WEMPLORE
YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THE PROJECT NOW. WE ARE ALL FIGHTING TO SURVIVE. WE ARE FIGHTING THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT SAFETY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I APPRECIATE THE LONGEVITY OF WHAT THIS PROJECT
MEANS TO THE BIKERS THAT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE BARELY HANGING ON IN OUR COIDOR. FACING A LONG-TERM ASSESSMENT ON TOP OF THREE YEARS OF BUSINESS LOSS WILL DEVASTATE EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? >> ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. COLLEAGUES, I WILL MOVE IT TO
DISCUSSION. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE FIRST BECAUSE I AM BRINGING AN AMENDMENT. YOU SHOULD HAVE IT WITH YOU. IF YOU DON'T, BASICALLY MY AMENDMENT
AND TI STAFF HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT INCLUDED A COUPLE OF POINTS TO BRING THEM UP AGAIN. LET ME PULL THEM UP AGAIN. CITY STAFF BROUGHT A LAST-MINUTE THING AND MOSTLY TO THE AFFECT PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING,
HEALTHY MATURE TREE ON LYNDALE AVE AND EXPLORE DEFINED MODIFICATIONS TO INSURE DRIVEWAY ACCESS AND BUSINESS OPERATIONAL NES AND THREE, COLLABORATE WITH CITY STAFF AND CORRIDOR STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP A CONSTRUCTION PHASING PLAN THAT MINIMIZES DISRUPTIONS TO BUSINESSES AND MAINTAINS ACCESS
THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION. I AM BRINGING AN AMENDMENT THAT INCLUDES ONE MORE, WHICH I APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. BUT ESSENTIALLY IT SAYS THAT THE CITY THINKS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP WITH THE PROPOSED TIMELINE
AND KEEP THE FEDERAL FUNDS. YOU HAVE IT THEN, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. I WILL LET OTHERS SPEAK IF YOU LIKE, BUT I WANTED TO START OUT BY SAYING THIS VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. IT IS SPLITTING FOLKS AND NOT
EXACTLY CLEAR WAYS, BUT SOME FOLKS ARE WANTING EVEN MORE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, EVEN MORE CHANGES TO THE PEDESTRIAN, BIKE, AND TRANSIT REALM. THERE IS THOSE WHO WANT THE PROJECT TO NOT GO THROUGH IT ALL OR TO SEE
DIFFERENT CHANGES, TAKING AWAY CERTAIN THINGS. ANYWAY, ALL THAT IS TO SAY THE PROJECT WE SEE IN FRONT OF US, THE CONCEPT PLAN IS CLEARLY A COMPRISE. NO ONE HERE IS GETTING EVERYTHING
THEY WANT. I WANT THE BUS LANES TO BE FROM DAY ONE. I WANT THE BIKE LANE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 31st. I WANT THE BUS LANE TO GO THE ENTIRE LENGTH. I WANT ALL THESE THINGS. I AM NOT GETTING WHAT I WANT. THERE ARE FOLK WHO IS DON'T WANT THE
BUS LANE AT ALL. THERE ARE FOLK WHO IS DON'T WANT THE BIKE LANE AT ALL. THEY ARE NOT GETTING EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT. MY WARD, WARD EIGHT, TOUCHES THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THIS. AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI IS UNABLE TO SPEAK FOR HERSELF HERE BECAUSE I
KNOW SHE HAS MANY THOUGHTS ON THIS. MY WARD IS NOT GETTING THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE BIKE LANE COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN OR A LYNN LAKE THAT HAS ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN REALM AND
SAFER PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. 31st IS A VERY DANGEROUS CROSSING AND MANY, MANY FAMILIES USE IT TO CROSS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO I AM SUPPORTING THIS COMPRISED PROJECT NOT
BECAUSE I AM GETTING THE COMPRISE I WANT, BUT THIS IS BALANCING THE NEEDS OF MANY IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND BALANCING THE NEEDS OF MANY OTHERS WHO LIVER IN THE COMMUNITY WHO USE THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I AM ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS,
SUPPORT THIS CONCEPT LAYOUT, NOT BECAUSE IT IS GIVING US EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT. IN FACT, IT IS GIVING NONE OF US EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT. I AM ENCOURAGING YOU TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE THIS IS THE COMPRISE THAT WE CAN DO. THIS IS THE ONE THAT GIVES AS MANY PEOPLE AS
MUCH AS WE CAN HAVE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT I SPOKE EXTENSIVELY WITH DIRECTOR SEXTON BEFORE THIS. SOME OF THOSE GRAYS IN HIS BEARD ARE FROM ME EARLIER TODAY. I APOLOGIZE. AND I KNOW -- I KNOW FROM THAT
CONVERSATION AND I KNOW FROM WHAT I KNOW OF CITY STAFF THAT THEY ARE VERY MUCH TAKING EVERYONE'S CONCERNS VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. THEY'VE DISCUSSED AREAS WHERE THEY SEE THAT THEY CAN SAVE ADDITIONAL TREES,
ADDITIONAL MATURE TREES AS WELL AS DISCUSSED WAYS TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR TRANSIT RIDERS, WALKERS, BIKERS. SO I AM MOVING THIS CONCEPT AND MOVING THIS FORWARD IN FAITH THAT CITY STAFF AND COUNTY STAFF
HAVE ALL OF OUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE LISTENED TO US OVER THE MANY YEARS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THEM. WE HAVE SAID A GREAT MANY THING. AND THEY HAVE STRUCK A BALANCE THAT IS NOT PERFECT. BUT IT IS
THE BALANCE THAT WE CAN DO. I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS THE COMPRISE. THIS IS THE BALANCE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. IT HAS MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT. IT HAS SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT GREAT ABOUT IT. SO I ENCOURAGE M COLLEAGUES TO
APPROVE THIS AND SO I'LL MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> SORRY. I MEANT TO MOVER -- TO MOVE IT WITH RECOMMENDATION. IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT WITH
OTHERS. YEAH, I'M MOVING IT WITH. >> WAIT, ARE WE MOVING I OR WITHOUT? >> YOU SAID WITH. OKAY. >> ARE YOU STILL SECONDING? >> NO. >> I SECOND IT. >> SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER
WARREN, YOU ARE NEXT. >> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ELECT TO MOVE IT FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL
MEETING. IT'S A COMPLICATED -- >> CLERK, CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS? >> MR. VICE CHAIR, WE HAVE A PROPER MOTION THAT'S BEEN SECONDED ALREADY. O WE WOULD NEED TO -- >> THAT WAS THE REASON WHY I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE.
>> OKAY. BUT IT'S ALREADY VOTED TO MOVE FORWARD. >> STEVENSON'S MOTION IS THE ONE CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE. >> WE JUST HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT BEFORE WE CAN GO TO THE OTHER ONE. >> IF THERE IS NO MORE DISCUSSIONN IT, WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDRY? >> I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MY COLLEAGUES' DISCUSSION ON THIS. IF WE WANT TO REVISIT WHICH MOTION WE ARE TAKING UP, I AM OPEN TO THAT. I WILL JUST START OFF WITH THAT. I JUST HAD SOME
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF TO START OUT WITH. SO I WILL WAIT FOR CITY STAFF TO COME UP. FIRST OF ALL, JUST THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE COME TO OUR CHAMBERS. AND THEN ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE ENGAGED IN ALL OF THE EFFORTS REGARDING LYNDALE OVER THE YEARS. MY FIRST QUESTION IS HOW MUCH PERCENTAGE OF THIS PROJECT
IS FEDERAL FUNDING? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT PERCENTAGE, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 40-45% IS, SO HENCE,
ALMOST HALF. >> YEP. >> PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. >> WILL THIS PROJECT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. I GUESS WILL CALL THAT A LITTLE BIT OF HYPERBOLE, BUT RIGHT NOW IN THE BUDGET, NO, THERE IS NOT $9 MILLI MORE SITTING THERE FOR US JUST TO REPLACE THAT FUNDING. THAT, OF COURSE, EACHGENCY HAS BUDGETS
AND OBVIOUSLY IN LOSING $9 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT TO PROCEED WITHOUT THAT $9 MILLION, THAT $9 MILLION WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM OTHER AREAS THAT MOST LIKELY, I ASSUME, WOULD BE OTHER DELAYED PROJECTS OR DEFERRED PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU. >> AND I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IT JUST SHOWS JUST HOW STARK IT IS FOR US TO MOVE A PROJECT ON THIS CURRENT TIMELINE, 40-45% OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT IS
CRITICAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. I THINK ANY LEVEL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE VERY HARD PRESSED TO FIND A $9 MILLION FUNDING AMOUNT TO FILL THAT GAP.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS, COULD YOU KIND OF SHARE WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE BETWEEN THE CITY? AND IN TERMS OF TREE
REMOVAL PLACEMENT AND WHERE DO THINGS BREAK DOWN FOR US? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER OWDHURY, I'LL STICK WITH MORE OF A HIGHER LEVEL AND IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND DETAIL, LET ME DOING.
>> AND ALL THE WAY UP TO CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN AND IN CONSTRUCTION AND WE WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, JT LIKE WITH MANY OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HIRE A PRIVATE CONTRACT AND IS DIRECTED BY
STAFF AND TREES, TREE PROTECTION, AND IT IS A REBUILD. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAVE EVERY TREE, AND AS NOTED I THIS PRESENTATION AND CONTINUE TO SHARPEN THE PENCILS AND WILL BE
LOOKING TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS TO GENERALLY SAVE TREES. GENERALLY, I WILL NOTE AS WELL PARTICIPATION NOTED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY, AND APPRECIATE JUST
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. >> THANK YOU. THAT IS HELPFUL AT A HIGH LEVEL. I THINK I WILL FOLLOW-UP FORE THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. ANOTHER QUESTION THAI HAVE IS THAT YOU
HAD MENTIONED THERE IS AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY THREE YEARS. WHAT ARE THINGS THAT STAFF ARE DISCUSSG AT A HIGH LEVEL TO REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL
MEMBER CHOWDHURY, GREAT QUESTION. JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TALKED VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO GET INTO THE DISCUSSIONS. HOW CAN WE SET UP THE CONTRACTING TO KEEP THE CONTRACTOR MOVING? AND WE TALK
ABOUT INCENTIVES AND HOW DO THEY DO IT. AND I WILL SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, PORTIONS AT A TIME OR DO THEY TACKLE IT MORE ATONCE? AND THERE IS ALL THESE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH AS WELL AS COORDINATING WITH METRO TRANSIT, AND
COORDINATING WITH OTHER UTILITIES LIKE CENTER POINT AND EXCEL, ETC. AND WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH ALL DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO REALLY COME UP WITH A PLAN. AND THE PLAN IS TO COME UP WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND
TALK FURTHER ABOUT THOSE. AND TO HAVE FEEDBACK AND THE GOAL IS TO RECOGNIZE THE IMCT OF CONSTRUCTI AND THREE YEARS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. CERTAINLY WE WANT TO BRING THAT
CONSTRUCTION TIME FRAME TO BE AS QUICK AND EFFICIENT AS WE CAN. >> IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THAT IS YOUR CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY A PRIORITY FOR ME AND SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THIS BO. AND ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN INVESTING IN THIS
PROJECT, HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU. YOU MENTION IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT TRANSIT DELAYS WILL BE IMPROVED. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE CURRENT TRANSIT DELAYS THAT EXIST? HOW ARE THE
TRANSIT DELAYS GOING TO BE IMPROVED FOR THE FUTURE? >> VICE CIR STEVENSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, GREAT QUESTIONS. SO IN PARTICULAR
TODAY, THE ROUTE 4 AND ROUTE 113 AND ROUTE 4 IS THE WORKHORSE IN THIS CORRIDOR. AND WITH THE ROUTE 4 AND THAT IS 24th STREET
AND NORTH. ESPECIALLY TO T BLOCK SOUTH OF FRANKLIN AND IS WHERE THE DELAYS ARE AT AND WE KNOW AS WELL THATYOU KNOW,
THERE'S DIFFERENT, I WILL SAY, EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT ON OUR STREETS.KNOW EVEN, ETC., CAN CREATE CHALLENGES FOR EVERYONE. BUT JUST IN GENERAL, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE SEE THE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AND THAT IS
NORTHBOUND IN THIS CORRIDOR. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THERE ARE NO BIKE FACILITIES.
AND WOULD CONSTRUCTION STILL HAVE THE SAME TIMELINE AND IMPACT? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIKEWAY WITHIN THE PROJECT REALLY DOES NOT CHANGE THE SCHEDULE DRASTICALLY
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. THERE IS THIS PROJECT AND THERE ARE SO MANY PROJECTS WITHIN THIS PROJECT THAT A BIKE LANE WILL NOT DRASTICALLY CHANGE THAT TIME LINE. >> GREAT. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC. THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE THE
SAME AMOUNT OF PROJECT IMPACT ON THE AREA WHETHER WE HAVE BIKE FACILITIES OR OTHER AMENITIES. I KNOW WE'RE ALSO DOING SOME STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DIG UP 100-YEAR-OLD STREET THAT REALLY
NEEDS RECONSTRUCTION, WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF WHAT WE CAN GET DONE TO IMPROVE THE STREET, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY GLAD WE ARE SEEING WITHIN THIS PROJECT. AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. I HAVE SOME REMARK AND I WL GET BACK IN
QUEUE FOR THAT. THIS QUESTION IS FOR -- I'M GOING TO PICK ON COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. HEY, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO? WHY DID THE COUNCIL MEMBER BRING A SHOVEL TO THE STREET
RECONSTRUCTION MEETING? >> I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT HOPEFULLY WASN'T TO BOO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. OH! IT WAS -- WRONG. IT WAS TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS. >> OH!
>> I THINK EVERYONE NEEDED TO BREATHE FOR A SECOND. IT IS OKAY. THERE WE GO. >> NEXT, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO IS NOT ABLE TO GET INTO SPEAKER MANAGEMENT, SO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> THANK YOU. I HEARD A LOT OF STORIES BEYOND THIS ROOM TODAY ABOUT PEOPLE CHEERING AT THESE TODAY CALLED OUT THERE BEING REE RALLIES. LET ME JUST SUGGEST THAT IS NOT WELCOMING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THAT'S NOT DIALOGUE. WHILE I
APPRECIATE THE QUANTITY OF ENGAGEMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THIS PROJECT, THIS HAS GOTTEN, FRANKLY, DIFFICULT TO STOMACH SOMETIMES. DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BEING BOOED AND ANYONE BEING BOOED, COME ON. IT'S SHAMEFUL, AND I'M
SORRY THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED DURING THIS ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD EVER BE CONSIDERED A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING. I'D SUGGEST THE STRONG GAVEL OF COUNCIL MEMBER SORENSON
-- >> STEVENSON. SORRY, I AM DECIDING FROM NOW ON WE CAN CARE. >> AND HR ONE ANOTHER FROM THE HOPES AND CONCERNS IN THIS SPACE. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, FOR YOUR EQTABLE MANAGEMENT OF THIS MEETING TODAY. >> AND I HEAR THE CONCERN ABOUT
THE LOS OF PARKING AND THE LOS OF INCOME TO SMALL BUSINESSES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FEAR. WE HAVE SEEN IT IN THE PAST. THE CONCERNS IN PEOPLE WANTING TO ASK FOR A DELAY, I'VE HEARD, A LOT OF CALLS TO DELAY THIS
PROJECT A LITTLE LONGER. I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY DIFFICULT IDEA TO ENTERTA AT THIS POINT GIVEN THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT. AS EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH HERE. A QUESTION AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO CONFUSING THROUGH THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY MR. POTTER, THAT YOU NEED MUNICIPAL CONSENT, AND FRANKLY, THAT IS DIFFERENT FROMHAT I HEARD FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES. IS THAT TRUE? BECAUSE I WONDER WHY THERE AREN'T JUST AS MANY PEOPLE
AND FORUMS WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MAYBE THERE ARE AND I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF THEM. IS IT TRUE YOU NEED MUNICIPAL CONSENT FROM THE CITY FOR THIS PROJECT? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, YEAH, PER STATE STATUTE,HICH I WOULD
HAVE TO DEFER BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND VIA STATUTE, THE COUNTY NEEDS SUPPORT OR LAY OUT APPROVAL FROM CITIES AS WE DO PROJECTS WITHIN
SAID CITY. >> THANK YOU. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS TO ASK WT SUPPORTS THEY HAVE TO OFFER BUSINESSES DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY
ARE AWARE OF THESE SERIOUS CONCERNS. SO THAT END, I ECHO THE CONCERNS OF COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY TO ASK THE CURRENT COMMITMENTS TO THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE OF TWO TO THREE YEARS IS WAY TOO LARGE A CONSTRUCTION MARGIN IN MY OPINION. IT'S HARD
TO PLAN FOR. IS THAT CONSTRUCTION TIMENE MEAN THAT THINGS WOULD BE OPEN AND IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE FOR THAT
ENTIRE TIMELINE? SOMEWHERE I GOT THE IMPR EXTHAT THAT IS A MOVING PROJECT AND THAT IS NOT THE ENTIRETY OF THE SPACE FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, JUST REPEATING YOUR QUESTION TO MAKE SURE I GET IT CORRECTLY. ESSENTIALLY, WILL CONSTRUCTION BE OUTSIDE THAT ENTIRE TIMELINE, TWO TO THREE YEARS? >> YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION. I IS A THIS IN REGARDS OF WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CONSTRUCTION WILL LOOK LIKE HERE. BUT JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SCENARIOS WHERE MAYBE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS, I'LL SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF THIS CORRIDOR IN ONE YEAR, AND THEN THE SOUTH SIDE THE NEXT YEAR. OR THE EAST SIDE FOR A PORTION OF THE YEAR, OR THE WEST SIDE FOR THE PORTION OF THE YEAR. AND SO I RECOGNIZE I AM GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAY ANSWER ON THAT, BUTT ALSO
COMES DOWN TO ULTIMATELY HOW THE PROJECT ULTIMATELY GETS CONSTRUCTED. AND IT IS REALLY WHERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION AT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> AN I APPRECIATE YOUR VERY DETAILED SLIDE TALKING ABOUWHERE WE'VE COME TO DATE, BUT THEN WHEN IT SAYS
CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN 2028, THATUST BECOMES AN UNKNOWN. A DIVE INTO THE UNKNOWN. AND THAT'S HOPEFULLY AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THAT POINT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MORE SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE THAT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO OPERATE OR MOVE AROUND
THAT STREET. >> THAT IS -- I WILL NOTE, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WILL DO IS AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS CONSTRUCTION, STAGING, ETC., THOSE PIECES WITH CITY STAFF AND THE PUBLIC, WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THOSEDETAILS FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAV BUSINESSES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, WHO MOVE UP AND DOWN THIS CORRIDOR ACROSS THIS CORRIDOR, ETC. >> MM-HMM. I APPRECIATE THAT THE COUNTY TOOK THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE RETAINED 76% OF THE PARKING IN
THE AREA THAT IS LOSING PARKING SEEMS TO HAVE A COUPLE OF SURFACE PARKING LOTS, THOUGH AS WE ALSO HEARD MENTIONED, AT LEAST ONE, AND I THINK MORE, ARE ACTUALLY EMPTY LOTS. TESTIMONY TODAY MENTIONED MEDIANS AS A
PRIMARY ISSUE. AND THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD FROM SOME OF THE SAME BUSINESSES ON HENNEPIN WHERE THE PRIMARY ISSUE WAS ABOUT OTHER CITY REGULATIONS AND DOWN TIME FROM CONSTRUCTION THAT HURT THEM THE MOST. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE MEDIANS AT LAKE STREET ARE MEANT TO PREVENT TURNS THAT ARE ALREADY ILLEGAL TO DO PER STREET MARKINGS. HOW MANY LEGAL TURNS ARE NEW MEDIANS GOING TO PREVENT IN THIS DESIGN?
>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP. BUT I WILL CERTAINLY NOTE THAT -- AS I GO THROUGH THE DESIGN IN
MY HEAD, I WILL JUST MORE AT A HIGH LEVEL THAT GENERALLY THE MOST OF THE TNS THAT ARE LEGAL TODAY REMAIN OPEN FOR USE IN THE PROPOSED DESIGN. I AM GOING TO
POINT OUT THERE AND I WILL GIVE THE EXAMP OF MEDIANS WHERE WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT 25th, 27th, AND 29th STREET. AT THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN FLASHING BEACONS AND
THOSE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE MEDIANS JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO INSURE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CROSSINGS. >> THAT BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER COERN I HEARD FROM A FREQUENTER OF LYNDALE THAT USES
-- THAT HAS DIFFICULTY WITH HER MOBILITY TRAVERSIN MEDIANS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED IN THE RAMPS, RIGHT? THIS PERSON, SHE STRUGGLES MOVERING OVER MEDIANS , SAY, MY MOTHER WOULD IN MOVING OVER,
LIKE, CONCRETE CBS AND THAT. ARE PEOPLE GETTING IN AND OUT OF VEHICLES, EXPECTED TO GO OVER MEDIANS OR CURBS AS THEY CROSS THE STREET? I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU.
>>ICE CHAIR STEVE -- SVENSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, SO YORE ASKING CURBS? CAN I CLARIFY ANDYOU'RE ASKING CURBS OR MEDIANS? >> MEDIANS, BECAUSE TO ME THAT HAS A CURB TO IT. >> YEAH, THAT'S FAIR. >> AND THAT IS PART OF MY
CONFUSION. >> THIS IS ALL RIGHT. VICE CHAIR STEVENSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT SINCE THE MEDIANS ARE IN THE CENTER WHERE THERE ARE CROSSINGS IN THOSE MEDIANS, THERE ARE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS,ND RAMPS TO GET THROUGH THOSE CROSSINGS, OF COURSE, THAT WILL
ALL BE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT ACCESSIBLE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, PARKING BEING NEXT TO THE CURB OF THE STREET, GENERALLY AND SIMILAR TO -- WILL BE SIMILARLY DESIGNED LIKE PARKING IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE CITY. >> I WOULD LE FOLLOW-UP ABOUT HOW MANY NEW MEDIANS ARE WE DOING THAT PREVENTS THINGS THAT ARE LONGER TODAY AND THIS DESIGN
IS A REASONABLE COMPRISE. I DO THINK IT IS A COMPRISE. SO THIS IS NOT THE EXACT BUSINESS FRIENDLY DESIGN THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING AFTER, BUT I DO THINK IT SHOWS THOSE DESIGNING HAVE BEEN LISTENING. THE MOST IMPORTANT
PIECE TO ME THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IS THAT WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS IN THE STATE AND
THIS IS CAR VERSUS CYCLIST OR PEDESTRIAN KINDS OF CRASH. >> I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR Y TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. I HAVE ALWAYS CONSISTENTLY APPROACHED STREET DESIGN DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS
IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR ADOPTED CITY POLICIES. THIS LYNDALE LAYOUT MEETS THE INTENT O THINGSIKE OUR TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN, OUR VISION ZERO PLAN, OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, OURTRATEGIC AND RACIAL EQUITY
PLAN. AND IT ADDS TO THE EXISTING ALL AGES AND ABILITIES BICYCLE NETWORK. I HAVE SUPPORTED SEVERAL LAYOUTS NOW BASED ON THOSE POLICIES, AND I WILL APPLY THAT AGAIN HERE. TREES. SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT
TREES SINCE A TESTIFIER SAID THEY WERE VOICELESS? I AM ALSO A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TREES. I HAVE SEEN THIS PROCESS IMPROVE OVER THE YEARS. DID I HEAR CORRECTLY AND NOT TODAY IN THIS
FORUM, THA TREES WOULD BE ARTED EARLIER IN THE PAST SO THE TIME LYNDALE IS OPEN TO USE AGAIN? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT.
>> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER. GERALLY BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY NATURE OF CONSTRUCTIO AND THE TREES THAT ARE, OF COURSE, PLANTED AFTER CONSTRUCTION, WE ALSO ARE
BALANCING AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM IMPACT BID ANY REMAINING CONSTRUCTION AND I WILL SAY CLEANUP WORK AND COME BACK TO PLANT GRASS AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. WHEN WE PLANT THEM, WE WANT THEM TO BE IN THE TIME
THEY NEED TO BE PLANTED. SOME IN THE SPRING AND SOME IN THE FALL. AND OF COURSE, GIVE THEM THE BEST CHANCE TO SURVIVE AND OW AND THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE IS WE AS THE COUNTY AS WELL, WE CERTAINLY FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
TWO YEARS FOR A TREE IN TERMS OO TAKE ON WATERING. WE DO TAKE ON THE TREES. AT THE END OF THE TWO YEARS, IF THE TREE HAS NOT SURVIVED BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WE DO PLANT NEW TREES AND THEY DON'T SURVIVE. WE DO COME IN AND WE
REPLANT THAT TREE. >> IN A PROJECT THAT IS ABOUT TO START DOWN MY WARD, TREE LOSS HAS GONE FROM NEARLY A WHOLE SIDE OF STREET TO TWO TREES IN
DEEP SEWER PROJEC I AM HOPEFUL AND THAT MBE WE CAN HAVE LESS TREES REMOVED. AND WITH THE GREAT DEAL OF ARBORIST KINDS OF SKILLS AND TO THE
BALANCING TYPE OF ROOT SYSTEM IT THAT NEEDS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR STEVENSON. I DO LIKE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CORRECT PEOPLE FOR THE NAME COMBO. IT IS A COMBINATION OF YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME. IT IS KIND OF COOL, THAT'S IN, COMBO NAMES, BUT I LIKE THAT. YOU'RE GOING THE FIX IT. I REALLY DO
HOPE YOU CONSIDER MOVING THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AIM NOT FULLY OPPOSED OR FOR THIS. BUT I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE THE MEETING, AND THAT IS THE PROCESS TO NOT FORCE PEOPLE TO TAKE A VOTE THEY ARE NOT SURE ON. I HOPE YOU CONSIDER MOVING THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS NOW
THAT WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC TESTIMONY BECAUSE I HAD ONLY HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THE SINESS COMMUNITY ON THE LOSSES THEY HAVE TAKEN AND HOW HARD THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN ON THEIR BUSINESSES. AND I HAD FOLKS FROM MY WARD WHO
WERE IMPACTED BY WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN UPTOWN OVER THE YEARS ALSO. IT IS NOT A WARD I REPRESENT, BUT T NORTH SIDE CERTAINLY FREQUENTS UPTOWN FOR BUSINESSES THAT EXIST NOW AND THAT ARE GONE, AND SO I HAVE HAD
PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME, MOSTLY OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT. AND NOW I AM HEARING FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. WE HAVE A WEEK TO WORK THROUGH THIS, AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ASK O COLLEAGUES QUTIONS. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT WHERE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAPPEN EITHER. I HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH DRONES IN MY WARD, SO I'M HOPING TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TO. AND I HOPE YOU
CONSIDER MOVING THIS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY WHAT I SAID TO YOU EARLIER, CHAIR, AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE COUNTY'S ROLE IN THIS FINANCIALLY. AND I'VE HEARD A LOT FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED OVER THE LAST,
I THINK, SOMEONE SAID 10 YEARS BY LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING. I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL COMMITMENT COULD BE TO OUR BUSINESSES BASED ON THE IMPACT SOME OF THEM HAVE
SHARED WITH ME. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, BUT THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTION TO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND OTHERS -- I'M SOY, NOT TO YOU, BUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET AT THE COUNTY. RIGHT? AND JUST TO KNOW WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS ARE.
BECAUSE MY FEAR IS WE DO THINGS TO SUPPORT THEIRROJECTS HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE ALSO HAVE TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT AFTER THE FACT.
AND I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY WE USED TO HAVE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WHEN THE HENNEPIN PROJECT WAS
GOING ON. I WANT THERE TO BE SUPPORT FOR THE BUSINESSES FOR THAT TO HAVE IMPACT AND THE TIME TO TALK TO FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION, MR. CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANKS, CHAIR STEVENSON. I
WILL JUST SAY AS SOMEONE THAT SECONDED THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDATION, I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR US TO MOVE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IT WILL END UP IN THE SAME PLACE. I WILL JUST SAY LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY SUPPORT THIS IS WITH RECOMMENDATION VERY MUCH SO, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC,
IT'S GOING TO END UP AT THE SAME PLACE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON IT THERE AT FULL COUNCIL ON THURSDAY. JU A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I DID HAVE ANOTHER STREET CONSTRUCTION JOKE, BUT IT'S NOT DONE YET, SO
-- I WILL JUST SHARE THAT I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK DURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, AND I THINK THAT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE COUNTY NEEDS TO STEP UP.
THERE WA COUNTY LED BEELINE CONSTRUCTION ON LAKE STREET, THE FAR EAST PART OF MY WARD. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA. ND TO MAKE IT THROUGH THAT MOMENT, AND THEY STRUGGLE
TO EVEN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL TO ENGAGE WIT AND JUST HAVING AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN. THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS POINT THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS PUTTING IN THIS RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT WHERE IT SAYS WORK WITH CITY
STAFF AND CORRIDO STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASING PLAN THAT MINIMIZES DISRUPTIONS TO BUSINESSES AND INSURES ACCESS DURING CONSTRUCTION TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. AND I WILL ALSO JUST SAY MINIMIZING DISRUPTIONS TO BUSINESSES, IF U THINK ABOUT ITROM A PEOPLE CENTERED PLACE,
IT IS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE TRYING TO ACCESS THESE DIFFERENT SPACES OR HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PLACES WHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND GATHER ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND THAT IS JUST A POINT OF FEEDBACK THAT I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE. IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY
DISCUSSIONS AT PRESENT ABOUT ANTIDISPLACEMENT WORK? AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ACTIVATION ON THE CORRIDOR DURING THE THREE-YEAR TIMELINE? >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY -- I AM GOING
TO LET LISA STEP IN HERE. >> WONDERFUL. VICE CHAIR STEVENSO COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY, I AM THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE OF BUSINESS. HENNEPIN COUNTY TAKES A STRONG APPROACH TO DISPARITY ELIMINATION. A WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING THROUGH FOR THE BLUE LI EXTENSION PROJECT. A CONVERSATION AND YOU USED THE TERM THAT WE'VE BEEN USING IS ANTIDISPLACEMENT WORK. AND SO THROUGH ALL OF OUR ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WE ARE ALSO KIND OF ENGAGING WITH A
SIMILAR SORT OF GROUP ACROSS THE COUNTY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO FOR HOUSING, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES WITH VARIOUS DIFFERENT NEED. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE TO DO THE BEST JOB IN EACH
UNIQUE LOCATION TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONNECTED TO WHER RESOURCES WE THE COUNTY MAY HAVE? OR THE CITY MAY HAVE? AND AGAIN, SOHAT WE CAN COLLABORATE AND WORK AND DO THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE RESIDENTS, OUR SHARED RESIDENTS. >> THANK YOU. THAT NEEDS TO BE
ACTIONABLE STEPS FOR THAT TO BE REALIZED. THERE IS A LOT AFTER AGREEMENT AND POTENTIAL FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY. AND THERE IS A TESTIFIER THAT BROUGHT UP THE I CONSTRUCTION WATCH PATIO. THEY
HAVE SHARED SEVERAL IDEAS TO ACTIVATE SPACES DURING STREET CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? IFHE STREET IS GOING TO CLOSE, BEFORE THE DIGGING UP OF THE GROUND BEGINS, THERE COULD BE PLAY
STATIONS, BLOCK PARTY, STREET FAIRS. THERE COULD BE INTERIM PUBLIC PLAZAS. JUST LIKE WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT CAN CREATE AN ACTIVE THIRDSPACE? FOR US INHE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, WE
DID FAIR -- FEE FREE EVENTS WHERE BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COULD PUT UP AN EVENT IN AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF ECONOMIC WEIGHT IN OUR CITY FOR FREE WHEN IT CAME TO ALL THE
PERMITS AND FEES THEY HAD TO PAY TO THE CI. THAT WAS IN RESPONSE LARGELY TO OPERATION METRO SURGE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO REACTIVATE THE ACTIVATION IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AND I THINK THAT IS AN INTERESTING PLACE FOR US TO LOOK. ESPECIALLY CONDERING WE
WOULD PLAN FOR THREE YEARS WITHOUT EVENTS. IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HOST EVENTS, THAT IS A WAY WE CAN SUPPORT. WE NEED TO BRING MORE WHIMSY. BEERS AND BULLDOZER. BULLDOZER NANG COMPETITION.
THIS PART OF TOWN IS A PLACE THAT LIKES TO DO WEIRD, FUN, CREATIVE THINGS. SO I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I'LL JUST SAY MY REMARKS. I WANT TO TAKE TIME TO REITERATE
HOW EXCITED I AM TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS PLAN. IF YOU LIKE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN WALK, ROLL, BIKE, TAKE KRAN SIT AND DRIVE SAFELY IN OUR CITY. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE CITY STAFF, HENNEPIN COUNTY STAFF,
AND I WANT TO TNK COUNCIL MAJORITY LEADER CHUGHTAI WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH ME AND MY OFFICE TALKI THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND THE CONSTITUENT ENGAGEMENT. AND THAT SHE'S DONE. AND THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS PROJECT. AND THIS DESIGN WILL ULTIMATELY
IMPROVE SAFETY AND LIVABILITY FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AND VISIT THIS AREA BY IMPROVING THE HAS DOES INTERSECTIONS. WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CAR CRASHES. PROTECT PEDESTRIANS AND MAKE TRANSIT MORE ACCSIBLE FOR ALL WHILE
PRESERVES 76% OF THE PARKING. THE PROPOSED DESIGN ALSO ADDS GREEN SPACE. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME EFFORTS TO MITIGATE MATURE TREE LOSS. ONE THING I THINK WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO LARGE
TREE REPLACEMENT VERSUS HAVING THESE SMALLER BABY TREES? AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE COUNTY INVEST IN THAT. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA THAT CURRENTLY FEELS REALLY HOSTILE. THIS
DESIGN PROJECT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY IS FUTURE FORWARD. THIS IS THE DESIGN WE WILL HAVE FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS AND LONG AFTER EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS LONG AND GONE, UNLESS YOU FOUND A WAY TO ACCESS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. I THINK IT SETS OUR COMMUNITIES UP FOR SUCCESS. AND
I ALSO THINK THERE IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO INNOVATE ON AND IN TERMS OF STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, BRINGING SOME WHIMSY BACK INTO THE PROJECT, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE
CONSTRUCTION TIME LINES AND HAVE BETTER ENGAGEMENT AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GREAT TIME
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO ENGAGE AND IT IS A LOW COST WAY TO BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBER. AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. I SAW AFT THE HORRENDOUS
OPERATION METRO SURGE WHEN I ATTENDED LYNDALE OPEN STREETS FIRST HAND, AND SPORT FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES AND VENDORS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. I TRUST THAT OUR CITY CAN SUPPORT ONE ANOTR THROUGH THE PROCESS AND
I LOO TO THE COUNTY TO TAKE THE LEADN THIS MOMENT. AND I ALSO LOOK TO OUR CITY STAFF HERE A PUBLIC WOR TO REALLY DELVE INTO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT ARE REQUIRED TO INSURE THAT THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST ALWAYS FEENG LIKE WE ARE
GETTING THROUGH SOMETHING, BUT GETTING TO SOMETHING. AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S -- I REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEAR THAT COMES WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF STREET RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE LAST
SIX YEARS IN OUR CITY. AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THIS CAN BE A MOMENT OF GROWTH AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SD IT. AND WHILE WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE STATUS QUO IS UNTENABLE AND WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD FOR THE COMMUNITY. I WILL
CLOSE OFF BY SAYING THIS. THERE ARE PARTS THAT I LOVE AND FILLING THE BIKEWAY TRANSIT AND IMPROVING TRANSIT, BUT THE BIKEWAY ENDING AT 28th, THAT SUCKS. LIKE, THAT IS HOW I FELT
WHEN I LOOKED AT IT. THERE IS SOME INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE LEF INFRASTRUCTURE LEFT TO PREVENT COLLISIONS. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT AT. THERE IS A FUTUR READY TRANSIT LANE THAT IN AND
OF ITSELF IS A MAJOR COMPRISE. AND SO THAT IS WHAT I SEE HERE WHEN I AM VOTING ON THIS PROJECT. LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND POSSIBILITY FOR GROWTH. AND COMPRISE. NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT HERE. BUT WE'RE TAKING ONE BIG STEP TOGETHER AS A CITY. SO
THANYOU. >> WITH THAT, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE CAN MOVE THIS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. >> SOMEONE, VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. YOU ARE CHANGING YOUR MOTION? >> YES.
>> AND I'LL SECOND IT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> AND THEN YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> AYE.. CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHOWDHURY.
>> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE FOUR AYES. >> JUST AS A NOTE, THE CAPTIONERS ARE HERE UNTIL -- JUST AS A NOTE, THE CAPTIONERS ARE HERE UNTIL 4:00, SO WE'LL
HAVE TO END AT 4:00, WHICH IS -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CLOSURE OF THE HENNEPIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER, HERC. THIS DIRECTIVE WAS PASSED
DECEMBER OF 2025 AND RE-INTRODUCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TERM. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CLERK, DO YOU THINK WE HAVE TIME IN 10 MINUTES TO DO THIS? OR SHOULD WE PUSH THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING? >> IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
STAFFNTICIPATED THIS BEING 15 MINUTES, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO. AND I WILL DEFER TO STAFF IN THE ROOM FOR THAT. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY DO THIS IN 10 MINUTES. THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. I THINK --
I THINK THE INFORMATION, AND WE WOULD HAVE A PREFERENCE TO CONVEY THAT TODAY. AND IF POSSIBLE. AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE COULD COME BACK. >> YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GO FOR IT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR STEVENSON AND COUNCIL. I AM NICK GERALD, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING DIVISION. I AM HERE TODAY TO RESPOND TO A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTL MEMBER RAINVILLE. SO SLIDE DECK HERE AND BASICALLY
EVERYTHING IN THE SLIDE DECK WILL BE ANSWERING THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE'S L.D. SO I WILL START BY -- THANK YOU. >> THE QUESTIONS ON THE L.D.
WERE AS FOLLOWS. WHAT STEPS ARE THERE FOR PREPARING FOR FORE LOW SURE, PROJECTED COST AND TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH PREPARING FOR THE PROPOSED CLOSURE. AND HOW TO HANDLE CITY TRASH THAT IS DELIVERED HERC. AND WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
OF THE ULTIMATE DISPOSAL LOCATION WILL BE AND THE LOSS FOR IMPACTED ELECTRICITY RATES FOR RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO CLOSURE STEP PREPARATION IS WHERE IS THE TRASH GOING TO GO? O TWO IS WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE IT. THREE IS, HOW MUCH IT IS GOING TO COST? AND WHAT ARE THE
STEPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPTIONS WE WOULD HAVE, IF WE WERE NOT GOING TO GO TO HERC, WE HIRED A CONSULTING COMPANY TO COME IN AND DO THIS INVESTIGATION FOR US, SO THIS RESEARCH FOR US. SO THERE IS REALLY A SLIDE LATER IN THE DECK THAT I WILL SHOW YOU
THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE WOULD HAVE, AND WHEN YOU BOIL IT DOWN TO A NUTSHELL, THERE IS THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM OFF LAKE STREET WHERE RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF TODAY. AND THE NORTH TRANSFER STATION IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE POTENTIAL E.P.A. GRANT FINISHING AND CREATING A RESIDENTIAL DROP ZONE THERE AS WELL. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE THE TRANSFER STATIONS WE WOULD HAVE TO USE BECAUSE THE ROUTE TRUCKS ARE NOT EGIPED TO GO TO THE LAND FILL. WE WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE THE FLEET AND THE STAFF
BECAUSE THEY HAULED TWO TO THREE LOADS A DAY. AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO RUN TO THE LANDFILL IN THE SUBURBS WOULD TAKE WAY TOO LONG. WE WOULD USE ONE OF THE TRANSFER STATIONS AND HAVE TO LONG HALL FROM THAT TRANSFER STATION TO A NEARBY LANDFILL. AND WE COULD DO IT IN MULTIPLE WAY. WE COULD
RUN AND OPERATE THE TRANSFER STATION AS A CITY ENTITY. WE COULD LONG HAUL AS A CITY ENTITY, OR CONTRACT SOME OF THE PROMPTS OUT AS WELL. WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRACTS BECAUSE WITHOUT RELEASING THE R.F.P., WE
DON'T HAVE THOSE COSTS. THIS IS WHAT IT WILL COST FOR THE CITY TO DO I ITSELF. THE OTHER OPTION ON THERE, TOO S TO COMPL COMPLETELY RELEASE ALL THE WORK TO SKB, WHICH IS A TRANSPORTATION IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND THAT WOULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PATH, BUT IT IS A PATH
TO TAKE TO DROP THIS AND THEY WOULD LONG HAUL IT OUT TO LANDFILLS. THEY DO THAT FOR OTHER PRIVATE HAULERS AS IT STAND RIGHT NOW. SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE ULTIMATE COSTS AND THE COST OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MINNEAPOLIS WASTE TO THREE DIFFERENT TRANSFER STATIONS OR THREE DIFFERENT REGIONAL LANDFILLS. THE LANDFILLS WOULD BE ELK RIVER, BURNSVILLE AND PINED BEND OVER IN ROSEMONT. IT ALSO TALKED ABOUT AND INCLUDED INCREASE STAFF AND VEHICLE TIME ON A NUMBER OF TYPE OF VEHICLES,
TRANSPORTING THE WASTE. AND EMISSIONS DUE TO INCREASED TRANSPORTATION. IT DIDN'T COVER COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-WASTE WHICH WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER AT THIS POINT YET. THE COST TO UPGRADE AND MAINTAIN THE
FACILITIES ITSELF BECAUSE EITHER FACILITY, NORTH OR SOUTH TRANSFER, WILL NEED EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO MAKE THIS WORK. >> IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE COST OF UPGRADING THE TYPE OF FLEET OR C.N.G. SYSTEMS.
>> ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE IS A COUPLE OF PICTURES AND THE LEFT IS THE NORTH TRANSFER STATION. RIGHT NOW THAT HAS THE E.P.A. GRANT AND TRYING TO COMPLETE A PUBLIC DROP ZONE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.
THAT PROPERTY WOULD NEED SIGNIFICANT WORK TO THE FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING WHERE THE TRAILER BACKS DOWN I.D. SIDE OF. AND ALSO TO THE ROOF ITSELF THERE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE SOUTH TRANSFER STATION THAT HOLDS THE VOUCHER AND DROPPING MATERIALS OFF AT. THE WORK WE NEED THERE IS THE STACK
REMOVED BECAUSE IN THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE 14 DIFFERENT TRAILERS AND WE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE STACK AND MAINTAIN OR REPAIR THE ROOF WHICH IS IN SIGNIFICANT DISREPAIR OVER THE OLD BURNER SECTION. THE ROOF IS RECENTLY
DONE OVER THE TIPPING FLOOR BUT NOT THE REST OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. THOSE ARE THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT WE WOULD BRING TRASH TO AND LONG HAUL IT TO THE LANDFILLS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS COST OPTIONS AND COST COMPARISONS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THAT
IS THE CURRENT DISPOSAL COSTS ARE TO HERC. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPTIONS WITH $7.91 MILLION IS THE CHEAPEST OPTION FOR A 7% INCREASE ON THE DAILY RATES. IF WE WENT TO THE MOST
EXPENSIVE ONE, THAT COULD BE $9.39 MILLION AND THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE 6.65, BUT THE DIFFERENCE OFFSET. AND THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL COST THERE. THE $9.5 ON THE RIGHT IS S.K.B. AND DID AN ALL-IN PACKAGE WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR US TO STAFF AND OPERATE A TRANSFER STATION. EIGHT ABOUT F.T.E.s COSTING $17,800. AND THE INITIAL
INVESTMENT OF $1.14 MILLION AND THAT EQUIPMENT IS JUST TO OPERATE A TRANSFER STATION. THERE IS NEW LONG HAULING TO THE TRANSFER STATION. AND THEN $75,000 ANNUALLY TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THAT EQUIPMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY GOING FORWARD. AND RIGHT NOW WE
CURRENTLY RUN ABOUT 53 REAR LOAD TRUCKS A DAY TO INCINERATOR. THOSE TRUCKS WOULD BE COMING TO A TRANSFER STATION. THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER WITH THE TRANSFER STATIONS, ONE, IS HEAVILY POPULATED AREA, WHICH IS A SOUTH TRANSFER. THE NORTH TRANSFER, WHICH IS MORE OF AN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA. THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONVERSATION AS WELL. AND THEN 14 LOADS -- AND 14 TRAILER LOADS OF TRASH WOULD BE LEFRT EVERY DAY AT ONE OF THE TRANSFER STATIONS AND HEAD TO A LANDFILL, WHETHER IT BE PINE
BEND, ELK RIVER, OR BURNSVILLE. THIS NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT CITY STAFF AND LONG HAUL OPERATIONS AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THE LONG HAULING OURSELVES FROM FOUR TO SIX F.T.E.s AND THAT WOULD BE DEPENDING ON WHICH FAME FAIL REUSED AND WHERE WE ARE GOING
BECAUSE OF TIMING OF LOADS AND HOW IT WORKS. THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT AN EXACT, SPECIFIC NUMBER. 6-8 UNITS OF EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE TRACTORS, TRAILER, AND SUCH. AND THE TOTAL COST THERE WOULD BE $1.71 TO $2.28 MILLION OF
INVESTMENT INTO CAPITAL EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE A LONG HAUL PROGRAM. SO NEXT SLIDE KIND OF PUTS THOSE TWO TOGETHER. IT PUTS THE FIRST SLIDE OF WHAT IT TAKES TO OPERATION TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS EIGHT F.T.E.s, 10 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT,
AND APPROXIMATELY $1.14 MILLION. AND THE SECOND LINE IS IN-HOUSE LOG HAULING. TRACTORS AND TRAILER AND THE $1.7 TO $2.28. ALL IN, IF WE DID BOTH OPERATIONS ON OUR OWN, $2.84 TO $3.24 MILLION BASED AND WHICH OF
THE SEVEN LOCATIONS WE WOULD CHOOSE FROM WHETHER IT'S NORTH, SOUTH, AND WHICH LANDFILL WE'RE GOING TO GO TO. THIS HERE SHOWS YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF WHICH THE CHEAPEST TO MOST EXPENSIVE OR AT LEAST EXPENSIVE, MOST EXPENSIVE OF THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE LOOKED AT. NORTH TO BURNSVILLE AND SOUTH TO BURNSVILLE AND SOUTH TO PINE BEND AND SO ON. THE SECOND COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT IS THE INCREASED PERCENTAGE WISE THAT WOULD BE ONGOING TO THE RESIDENTS AS DISPOSAL COSTS. WHEREAS THE COLUMN ON THE FAR
RIGHT IS THE ONE-TIME PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND THE NEEDS OF THE FACILITIES TO GET THEM UPGRADED AND READY TO GO. THERE WILL BE A LONG-TERM COST TO THE RESIDENTS, AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE PLAN. 7% UP TO 26%. AND IT REALLY VARIES BASED ON THE
PLAN YOU WOULD CHOOSE. IMPLEMENTATION, SO FIRST OFF, ONE THING I WANT TO PUT OUT HERE IS IF WE PULL OUR WASTE FROM THE INCINERATOR AND LONG HAUL IT TO LANDFILLS, UNTIL THE INCINERATOR IS CLOSED, THEY WILL BACKFILL
OUR TONNAGE WITH SOMEBODY EL S ELSE'S TONNAGE. THE STATE HIERARCHY SAYS WE BURN BEFORE WE BURY. THEY WILL FIND OTHER SOURCES OF VOLUME TO BACKFILL WHAT WE TAKE OUT.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ANY CO2 NUMBERS DOWN THE ROAD IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF IT ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNTIL THEY ARE CLOSEED. ONCE THEY ARE CLOSED, THE EMISSIONS AND CO2 LEVELS WILL CHANGE, BUT UNTIL
THEN THEY OPERATE AT THE HIGHEST CAPACITY BECAUSE THAT IS THE STATE HIERARCHY. EVALUATING THE TRANSPORTATION WE WANT TO USE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS SELF-TRANSFER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THERE. AND DETERMINE THE SELECTED ULTIMATE
LOCATION AND DEVISE AND PLAN R.F.P.s IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT ALL IN HOUSE. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO DO INTERIM R.F.P. OR S.K.B. USES UNTIL WE WERE STAFFED AND EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASE AND THE UPGRADES TO THE BUILDINGS WERE DONE. AND WITH THE EQUIPMENT,
HIGHER SNAF AND ROUTE THE TRUCKS TO DIFFERENT LOCATION. SO THIS TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP RIGHT IT TALKS ABOUT THE HIERARCHY OF DISPOSAL. ONE IS REDUCTION,
REUSE, RECYCLING, AND WASTE, ENERGY, LANDFILL. WHAT THIS SLIDE REALLY TALKS ABOUT IS THE CHANGE IN TWO THINGS. LIABILITY OF THE TRASH. AND THEN ALSO THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CO2. WHEN CRASH IS BURNED AT THE INCINERATOR, CO2 IS GENERATED
AND DONE. ONCE THE ASH IS ASH, THERES NO MORE CO2 BEING GENERATE. WHEN IT GO EZ TO LANDFILL, IT IS CO2 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND CHANGES TO METHANE AND IT IS METHANE RELEASED FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 62 YEARS. IT IS A LONG-TERM EFFECT WHEN IT IS IN
THE LANDFILL. I THINK THAT IS IT FOR THIS SLIDE. TO TALK ABOUT THE CRASH THAT WE WOULD BE DIVERTING FROM INCINERATOR TO GO TO LANDFILL WOULD BE 70,430 TONS A YEAR, 90% OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAUL
BECAUSE 10% WE HAUL IS ALREADY IN ASH. THAT IS WHY IT'S 90% INCREASE. THAT ASH IS HAULED FROM THE INCINERATOR TO THE LANDFALL. THE INCREASE IS 90%. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VOLUME, WE ADDED THIS TO SHOW YOU THE VOLUME OF IT. AND EQUIVALENT TO
20 OR -- YEAH, 26 OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOLS, A TRAIN OF CARS FROM ROCHESTER TO MINNEAPOLIS. THE VOLUME IS SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS AIR EMISSIONS. ON THIS SLIDE, THE BLUE BOX ON THE TOP
EXPLAINS AND TALKS ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL MILEAGE THAT OUR CITY TRUCKS AND VEHICLES WE PUT ON YEARLY. THIS IS NOT WEEKLY OR DAILY. THIS IS YEARLY. AND BELOW TALKS ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL EMISSIONS DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL
MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLES OPERATING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT 54 TO 90% OF OUR ADDED EMISSIONS FROM THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IS HAPPENING TO COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS. IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN DIRECTLY HERE BECAUSE THEY HAUL THROUGH THESE COMMUNITIES TO GET TO THE
LANDFILLS. SOME THINGS THE STUDY COULD NOT EVALUATE. TOTAL EMISSIONS IMPACT OF THE ULTIMATE DISPOSAL LOCATION AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE HERC WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET NUMBERS OF THAT. NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL OF
AIR POLLUTION AND NOT ABLE TO ENCAPSULATE THAT AND THE LANDFILL IMPACTS BECAUSE LANDFILLS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT THE LEACH RATE TCO2, ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF -- ANY OF THAT INFORMATION. SO KIND OF THE SUMMARY OF THE
L.D., THEN, IS TIMELINES IS UNCERTAIN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HERC WOULD CLOSE. OH YEAH, I'M SORRY. I SKIPPED A PAGE. ELECTRICITY RATE. WE DID REACH OUT TO EXCEL. THEIR CONTRACT WITH HERC CLOSED IN 2024, SO THEY ARE NO LONGER PURCHASING ELECTRICITY FROM
HERC, BUT MID CONTINENT ELECTRICITY IS. AND HERC OR I'M SORRY, EXCEL IS PART OF THE PLANS AND KNOWING THAT HERC IS GOING TO CLOSE AT SOME POINT IN FINAL. XCEL IS WORKING AROUND THAT ALREADY. AND SO THEY DEVELOP PLANS AND WERE NOT ABLE TO RELEASE ANY PLANS TO US ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY
HAVE ADOPTED RESOURCE PLANNING AROUND THE CLOSURE OF HERC AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THEIR RESIDENTS, BUT THEY COULDN'T GIVE US INFORMATION ABOUT RATE INCREASES, RATE CHANGES, OR RATE ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN THE SUMMARY I WANT TO GET TO THEN, HERE, AND KEEP ON TRACK IS THAT, AGAIN, TIMETABLE,
DEPENDS ON WHEN IT CLOSES. OR IF WE WERE TO TAKE ACTION PRIOR TO CLOSURE OF HERC. IF NO CLOSURE, THE TIMELINE TO DEVELOP, WE NEED TO FILE AND CREATE A PLAN WITH THE MCPA THAT SAYS WE ARE GOING TO DEVIATE FROM THE STATE'S WASTE HIERARCHY
AND FOLLOW THIS PLAN FOR US INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING HIERARCHY. INCREASED COST, SO ON THIS SECOND BOX, YOU CAN SEE THIS DISPOSAL INCREASES FROM 280 TO 1944 PEREZ DENT PER CART. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE
CART THEY HAVE AND WHICH PLAN TO GO. THE IF A RESIDENT HAS MULTIPLE CARTS, THEN THE RATE GOES UP DOUBLE THAT. IF THEY'VE GOT THE CHEAPEST RATE, THE DISPOSAL COSTS IS $480 AND TWO CARTS, IT'S $10. IT WILL CONTINUE TO ESCALATE BASED ON HOW MANY CARTS AT THE RESIDENT.
AND THE ONE-TIME CAPITAL WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $50 TO EVERY RESIDENT WITHIN THE CITY. AND IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT OVER AN ANNUAL RATE IF WE DID IT FOR ONE YEAR, IT IS APPROXIMATELY $31 OR $26 TO $31 IF YOU DID A ONE-YEAR
RECAPTURE OR TO STREFRP -- IF WE STRETCHED IT OUT, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT. SO THE OF ALL COST TO RESIDENTS AND THAT IS FOR THE CAPITAL. AND ADDITIONAL COSTS WOULD BE THE ANNUAL INCREASE TO THE DISPOSAL FEES.
WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE UNTIL 4:15 ACTUALLY. APOLOGIES. MY SPEAKER MANAGEMENT JUST WENT DOWN.
I WILL BE HERE IN A SECOND. -- O FOR IT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING YOU GAVE ME EARLIER. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT IS GREAT INFORMATION. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL, THE
IDEA OF CLOSING IT DOWN AHEAD OF TIME WITHOUT A LOT OF THE OTHER STEPS BEING TAKEN BY OTHER FORMS OF GOVERNMENT. WHAT REALLY IMPRESSES ME IS WE NEED THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO BE INVOLVED IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT CLOSING DOWN THAT HERC. IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY OR COUNTY. IT
IS THE STATE AS WELL. AND THAT THE BIGGEST PIECE OF INFORMATION I TOOK DOWN FROM THE PRESENTAON. THANK YOU TO YOU ANTHAT STAFF WHO DID THIS HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> IT HELPS US MAKE A BETTER DECISION.
>> ALL RIGHT. SORRY. GO FOR IT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STEVENSON. JUST A COUPLE INTERESTING THINGS THAT I LEARNED THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. IS THAT LESS THAN 25% OF HERC'S BUSINESS IS THE CITY.
THAT'S NEWS TO ME. THAT REALLY IS INFORMATIVE, I THINK, AS TO HOW WE MOVE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IF WE MAKE A CHANGE AND ALSO THAT EVEN IF WE PULL OUR TRASH OUT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE HERC IS GOING TO CLOSE.
SO THANK YOU. THESE ARE THINGS THAT REALLY CAME TO LIGHT FOR ME DURING YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. SEEINGO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL ASK
THE CLERK TO FILE THAT REPORT. OUR LAST ITEM IS THE POSTPONEME OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS BEING POSTPONED TO THE 23rd. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL OUR BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. [GAVEL]