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Mounds View City Council February 44, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 2 7. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 3 A. Metro Transit Presentation: Victoria Dan, Cyndi Harper 4 5 Peter Lindstrom, Met Council representative, introduced himself to the Council and provided 6 updates on the Met Council's zero -emission bus plan. He commented on the three BRT routes 7 that would be pursued in the east metro in the coming years. 8 9 Cyndi Harper, Metro Transit representative, thanked the Council for their time. She introduced 10 herself and stated she appreciated the invitation to attend this meeting. 11 12 Victoria Dan, Metro Transit representative, provided the Council with a presentation on the plans 13 Metro Transit has for the east metro. She discussed how operator shortages and COVID-19 has 14 impacted routes and then discussed considerations Metro Transit has for future services. A chart 15 for ridership from 2020 to 2021 was reviewed. The routes running through Mounds View were 16 further discussed and the number of users was described pre and post-COVID. The principles in 17 place for local route planning was reviewed noting routes must serve a variety of trip purposes 18 and destinations, match level of service to demand and be simple and direct. 19 20 Council Member Meehlhause thanked Ms. Dan for the thorough presentation. He asked if Route 21 250 served the Medtronic facility in Mounds View. Ms. Dan reported this was the case. 22 23 Council Member Bergeron requested further information on how Metro Transit defines 24 "intersection density". Ms. Dan explained this gets at the intensity of roadway connections 25 within a community. She stated within an urban street grid there would be a higher density of 26 roadway connections, which was conducive to transit. Ms. Harper explained as the Met Council 27 works to update the Transportation Policy Plan they will be taking another look at some of the 28 things that influences the likelihood to ride transit. 29 30 Council Member Bergeron questioned how auto availability was evaluated by Metro Transit. Ms. 31 Dan reported this was conducted through data research, studying the number of private vehicles 32 and the population over 16 years of age within a certain area. 33 34 Mayor Mueller asked if there was a route in Mounds View that would take residents to the 35 Northtown area. Ms. Dan explained Route 25 would take residents to the Northtown Transit 36 Center at the Northtown Mall. She reported Route 804 would take residents south through New 37 Brighton to St. Anthony and terminates at Silver Lake Village. 38 39 Mayor Mueller requested further information regarding the suburb to suburb commute and if 40 times had improved. Ms. Harper described the suburb to suburb routes that were available 41 currently to Mounds View residents, noting these were the most challenging routes for Metro 42 Transit. She commented further on how reroutes were considered four times a year. 43 44 Council Member Bergeron reported the suburb to suburb bus connections were important to 45 Mounds View residents. He encouraged Metro Transit to do whatever they can to improve the