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Minutes

Franklin Vision Implementation Committee

Overview of Current Site Conditions

Tuesday, January 19th , 2010

Agenda Item Lead/Facilitat

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Time

1. Background/Context Noel 1:00 1:05

2. Introductions - name, where you

work or live

All 1:05 1:10

3. Overview of the Committee Process

& ScheduleNoel 1:10 1:15

4. Review of Franklin Vision Processand Feedback

Katya 1:15 1:25

5. Overview and Discussion of Current

Conditions at Focus CrossingsNoel/Heather 1:25 1:40

6. Overview of Policies and Menu of

Potential Improvements

Noel 1:40 1:55

7. Evaluation and Next Steps Noel 1:55 2:00

MEETING MINUTES:

In attendance:

Noel Nix, Seward RedesignTilahun Hailu, City of Minneapolis Public WorksShane Morton, City of Minneapolis Public Works

Heather Kienitz, Traffic Engineering Consultant, SEHRobin Garwood, Ward 2 City Council Office

Katya Pilling, Seward RedesignSteve Clark, Transit for Livable Communities

Joe Buck, Seward Civic and Commerce Association

Lars Christensen, Augsburg CollegeSally Holzapfel, Seward RedesignBob Byers, Hennepin County Transportation

Absent:

Bruce Johnson, Seward RedesignGretchen Nicholls and Charlie Hoffman, Seward Neighborhood Group

Jim Welna, Seward Civic and Commerce Association


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Background and Context

Franklin Vision Project Purpose: Identify opportunities to enhance ease of movementfor pedestrians traversing and crossing East Franklin Avenue as well as the Franklin

Avenue Light Rail Transit Station Area and propose feasible solutions. Redesign received a grant from the University of North Carolina Highway Safety

Research to fund this project.

Overview of the Committee Process& Schedule

Three intersections identified as problem areas- 24th Avenue S and Franklin

- 26th

Avenue between Triangle Park and Seward Towers West- 26

thAvenue and Franklin

How do we react to the opinions voiced from the community?

Discuss changes? Should they happen, and if yes, could they happen?Overview of the project calendar.

Review of Franklin Vision Process and Feedback

Background information on Franklin Vision Project is on-line in PDFs format atRedesign website.

Read through core values defined by the community, strong statement on biking andwalking in the neighborhood. The key to connecting the neighborhood is crossing

between the South and North sides of Franklin, due to the fact that the housing is onone side and the commercial services are on the other.

Overview and Discussion of Current Conditions at Focus Crossings

Examining these three intersections because the community said they are problemareas.

Franklin Ave between 22nd and 26th Avenue is a high density living and commercialarea with no traffic signal.

Data collected at 24th Ave and Franklin, was before or after the collapse of 35W? Average daily vehicle traffic 24th and Franklin is somewhere between 13,000-15,000,

with a 0.5% increase each year. The intersection of 23rd and Franklin was brought up as a problem area in meeting,

may look at intersection at end of project. Examined crash data at intersections, need to break up that data into crash types, such

as side swipes, pedestrians and bicycle accidents. There are usually 3-4 factors involved in a crash, best to examine the crashes, find the

commonality and fix the problem. Pedestrian and bicycle data is raw data, count is along Franklin Ave, not crossing it. Examined bus passenger data, need 40 people daily at a bus stop to receive a shelter. Triangle Park is a private and belongs to the Seward Towers, residents should be able

to access park safely. Discussed whether a road should be a two lane or a four lane. Franklin should stay a


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two lane, with turning lanes. Intersection of Franklin with greenway, should it change from a four lane to a two

lane. Discussion on who should collect the data of pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Discussion of Complete Streets, MN Dot and Access Minneapolis.

Access Minneapolis and the State divide streets into categories with different designstandards.

Overview of Policies and Menu of Potential Improvements Information packet titled Crossing EnhancementsEvaluation and Next Steps

Collect bus rider ship data at 23rd and Franklin Collect pedestrian count at the intersections of 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Avenue and

Franklin Avenue, during peak time of 4-6pm. Person counting at 26th Ave intersection, keep an eye at mid-block crossing point.

Find out standards of street types from Access Minneapolis, and what categoryFranklin falls into.

Base camp of reports and information will be set up on-line. Next meeting is on February 2nd at 1pm at Redesign, Inc. (See email from 1/27

changed to 2/16)

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