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2019-11-06 TC Minutes Richfield Transportation Commission Attachment #1 November 6th, 2019 - Meeting Minutes 7:00 p.m. | Richfield Municipal Center – Bartholomew Room Commission members: Wes Dunser (chair), Ted Weidenbach, Gerry Charnitz, Jeffrey Walz, Paul Chillman, Ken Severson, Dan Edgerton, Husniyah Bradley, Commission members not in attendance: n/a Liaisons: Sarah Musgrave, Sean Hayford Oleary, Mary Supple, Art Felgate Liaisons not in attendance: n/a City Staff Liaison: Jack Broz Other City Staff: Logan Vlasaty I. Call meeting to Order Commissioner Dunser called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. II. Approval of Agenda Motion by Commissioner Severson to approve the agenda, s/Weidenbach. Motion carried. III. Review & Approve minutes for September 11th, 2019 meeting Motion made by Commissioner Charnitz to approve the September 11, 2019 meeting minutes, s/Walz. Motion carried. IV. I-494 Discussion Broz presented the history of the I-494 corridor and the long term vision of I-494 and the parallel arterial streets— Bloomington’s American Blvd and Richfield’s 77th/76th Streets. The commission and liaisons noted how much Richfield has invested in the 494 corridor vision such as with the Penn and Lyndale bridges as well as 77th St. Construction. MnDOT provided a summary of crash rates and congestion for segments and intersections along 494. Westbound between Highways 77 and 35W has many segments exceeding the critical crash rate as well as a high concentration of severe crashes. Eastbound crash rates increase as approaching interchanges and decrease downstream of the interchanges. MnDOT recommends a MnPASS lane as their analysis shows that a MnPASS option has the best decrease in travel time delay and increase in reliability, as well as a public transit advantage. The commission discussed the advantages and disadvantages of general purpose versus MnPASS lane options. MnDOT gave a summary of the access reconfiguration analysis process, similar to what has been shown before which includes the elimination of I-494 access at 12th and Nicollet, assuming the 77th St. Underpass moves forward. Motion by Commissioner Bradley to vote on a recommendation to council for support of I- 494 main line (MnPASS lane option), s/Chillman. Motion carried. Motion by Commissioner Weidenbach to vote on recommendation to council for support of I-494 access change at 12th, Nicollet, Portland and 77th St. Underpass, s/Edgerton. Motion carried. Motion by Commissioner Dunser that the Commission recommends to council that 77th St. Underpass be constructed before the I-494 project. V. Updates Vlasaty gave an update on the progress of the Lyndale Ave reconstruction, which is expected to be open to thru-traffic by mid-November. VI. Work Plan Review/Next Steps  Portland Bicycle gap project (60th-67th St)  Penn Corridor Study  Safe Routes to School Grant VII. Upcoming events/meeting(s)  Penn Corridor Study Open House; Thursday, November 14th, 2019 from 4-7 P.M. at Sheridan Hills Elementary School  Next scheduled Commission meeting: December 4th, 2019 VIII. Adjournment Motion made by Commissioner Walz to adjourn meeting, s/Weidenbach. Motion carried. Adjourned at 9:44 pm.