Announcement 6-23-09

Cedar Ave United Update

June 22, 2009

In our June 3rd meeting we hosted representatives from the Minneapolis city council, Hennepin County Public Works, Minneapolis Public Works, and the Hennepin County Commissioner’s office.

The discussion was very productive. The chaos that is Cedar Avenue in its most southern stretches was apparent to Jim Grube of Hennepin County Public Works. He offered to restripe Cedar Ave from 46th Street to 38th Street to allow for full-time parking lanes. The preliminary planning and data collection began this Monday morning. The restriping was promised to be completed this year.

The issue of roadway noise was also raised. After the meeting, it was indicated in e-mail discussion that Hennepin County is responsible for maintaining legal noise limits on Cedar Ave as outlined in MN statute 116.07 Subd. 2a. Presently, stretches of Cedar Ave exceed legal noise limits.

For full meeting minutes please visit our website: www.cedaraveunited.org

Our next monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 1st at 6:30pm at the Sibley Park Rec Center. We will not host a guest panel like the June meeting. Rather, CAU volunteers and organizers will focus the agenda on:

- Discussing organizing CAU along lines of the Main Street Four-Point Approach and Eight Guiding Principles put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

- Developing a plan for greater representation from all neighborhoods bordering Cedar Avenue South. Presently, stretches from 38th Ave to Minnehaha Parkway are most heavily represented. We are looking for greater participation from residents of neighborhoods north of 38th St and South of Minnehaha Parkway.

Cedar Ave United is a group growing in participation and influence. If you live in one of the 11 neighborhoods bordering Cedar Avenue South, we hope you will consider volunteering with ideas or effort in transforming this vital South Minneapolis corridor.

You can find specifics of the meeting location and past meetings minutes at this link:

http://cedaraveunited.org/meetings.html

hope to see you all next week!

Will Peterson
4500 Cedar