Next meeting: Strategic planning

The next meeting is set up for Wednesday, February 4th at 6:30 pm. We will continue to use Sibley Park Neighborhood Center:


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If you have some spare time and would like to brainstorm on a few ideas to add to the plan that would be a plus. This is when we set the bar, so feel free to post ideas as comments to this blog. I will add them to our agenda.

If you could also RSVP with a comment to this post it would be greatly appreciated... especially in the event of someone bringing treats :)

Thank you everyone.

Brochures are in!! They look GREAT.

Thanks to Josh for the hard work on the design and to Jeri for the donation of printing, proofreading and door to door delivery! You are both FANTASTIC!

If there is interest in distribution please contact me: cedartaffic (at) gmail.com we can get you some.

I will also plan to put a PDF version up here ASAP so you can print out your own.

Thanks all again. We'll talk about more of this at the next meeting on Feb 4th, although it won't be the focus. I'll make sure to post times and directions for the meeting in the next couple days.

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Cycling events from the City of Minneapolis

As an announcement (until I sit down and type up the meeting notes) I offer the following message from the city e-mail. I subscribe to the announcements and this one felt particularly relevant. I will try to make the links work correctly. Otherwise I would suggest going to the city web page and signing up for a few lists.

The City of Minneapolis is hosting three upcoming events for bicyclists. The first is a slide presentation about bicycling in Northern Europe. Jane Shey, a PhD student in Leuven, Belgium, will share photos showing how bike accommodations have been made in cities such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam. She will also discuss information on policy changes, safety measures, and funding for bicyclists. The presentation will take place this Wednesday, January 14^th at 4:30 pm, at Minneapolis City Hall in Room 319. View the presentation flyer (pdf) for more details.

The second event is an open house for the River Lake Greenway, a new bicycle project in South Minneapolis which when complete, will run between Lake Harriet and the Mississippi River via 40^th and 42^nd Streets. The purpose of the meeting is to present design ideas for the greenway and gain feedback from neighborhood residents. This open house will take place on Wednesday, February 4^th at 6:30 pm in the Roosevelt High School Auditorium. View the open house flyer (pdf) or project website for further information.

The third event is a series of public meetings in February on a proposal to establish Public Bicycle Sharing in Minneapolis. The City of Minneapolis and City of Lakes Nordic Ski Foundation will present a draft plan that describes how bike sharing (similar to the Paris Vélib) could work in the heart of Minneapolis for short trips. The meetings will take place on Wednesday, February 4^th at 7:00 pm in the Calhoun Square Atrium; Tuesday, February 10^th at 7:00 pm at Coffman Memorial Union; and Thursday, February 12^th at 5:30 pm at the Minneapolis Central Library. For more information, visit the Twin Cities Bike Share website or view the public meetings flyer (pdf).

Additionally, the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board is hosting six meetings in February on the Bike, Walk, & Roll Plan. The plan will set programming and infrastructure guidelines for biking in Minneapolis parks.

Happy Riding,

Meeting 1-7-09

Meeting Announcement:
Wednesday, January 7th at 6:30
1900 40th Street East, in the Computer Lab


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We will discuss Brochure distribution, Roadway segment organization, upcoming meetings with Hennepin Co. officials and possibly touch on roadway design wish list! This is where it starts to get good!

Please RSVP by commenting on this posting. Hope to see you all there!

Thank you!

County Commissioners Office

Last Sunday I (Will Peterson) met with Katie Hatt from Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin's office. I am pleased to report that it went very well and we can expect county representation at some of the upcoming meetings. We discussed a number of things from the Complete Street program to short term traffic enforcement. From pedestrian activated crosswalks to protected parking. Ms. Hatt is very familiar with many aspects of traffic taming and is interested in New urbanism. The outlook is seems positive!

We're still trying to get to the bottom of EPA sound regulations and who is in charge of monitoring them. (MN state statute 116.07) I should say that we don't know if Cedar is in violation of MN EPA, but it would be good to check. We also discussed all the issues identified by Access Minneapolis, the city 10 year transportation plan, including severely over capacity traffic and high speeds and high accident intersections.

Ms. Hatt was going to try to put us in contact with some of the planners and engineers for the county, since Cedar is a county road, they would ultimatly be in charge of a redesign.

I'm very happy to have made contact, and thank Ryan Richardson for his help in setting up the meeting, And again, to Ms. Hatt for meeting on a weekend before a holiday!

Thank you! More to come...

Next Meeting: 'Moving Forward'

Hello,

This post is to confirm our next meeting date:

Wednesday, January 7th from 6:30 pm-7:30 pm
Meeting will take place at the Sibley Recreation Center


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Please comment on this post to RSVP. Agenda to follow soon.

Thanks!

Minutes from Dec 3rd, 2008 Meeting

In attendance:

Councilmember Scott Benson
Susan Hensel: Corcoran Resident & Business Owner
Kay Carr: Standish-Ericsson Resident
Ryan Richardson: Northrop Resident
Janice Macau: Northrop Resident
Joe Jones: Northrop Resident
Will Peterson: Northrop Resident
Jeri Elsner: Northrop Resident
Morgan Zehner: Powderhorn Park Resident

Topics:
-Official name change from Cedar Avenue Restoration Project to Cedar Avenue United.
-Noise regulation: Who is in charge of making sure that Mpls conforms to State Environmental Control Agency Standards. MN state statute 116.07: https://webrh12.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=116.07
-Jury is out on this one. Between now and then we are going to contact Peter McLaughlin at Hennepin County
-Group Organization and roadway segmenting
-We took a long look at the map and divided the roadway into sections taking into consideration land use, businesses, neighborhood feel/age, major streets, bus stops etc. We drew some lines with magic markers. This will be posted on this site soon.
-these segments will help group organizers distribute material and information more effectively as membership grows. It will also give residents an opportunity to reclaim their neighborhood identity as the project progresses.
-Promotional Material: this tied in with the official name change and group organization, as well as this blog.
-The official flier will be done/printed soon for distribution after Jan 1, so as not to get lost in the holiday bustle.
-We discussed briefly the contents taken from Access Minneapolis: 10 year transportation plan and how they [don’t] address problems with Cedar Ave.
-This flier will be available in both printed and digital format in the following weeks.
-Digital Media
-We discussed blog vs. website. This will likely be a topic that continues to be re-assessed.
-The Google group combined with the G-mail account is becoming cumbersome. A website or blog with a subscription option (or RSS feed) is likely a good solution for the time being.
-for now I’m trying blogger and will readdress this when needed.
-If I missed anything that anyone present would like to add, please comment. This is meant to be a community blog and I strongly encourage participation, as long as it relates to the project.

The look of this blog may/will change over the next few weeks as it is being tooled to fit the needs of the group.

Thank you everyone for your interest and participation!