DSNA Meeting Minutes: December 2024

Call to order (7PM)

Attendance/Introduction question:

Faffs Riederer, Violet Vreeland, Karen Greene, Brendan Shea, Noemie, Thomas stellini, Brad lancaster, Natasha Winnik, Paul Preston- Downtown Links, Meredith Caldon - downtown links

Changes/approval of previous month’s minutes

Treasurer’s report - Sky is absent ($469.28 balance), Brad got paid $100 last month

Announcements (external and internal)

• Annual street side planting is underway with neighborhood foresters
• Brendan got the petition for a traffic circle at 2nd St and 11th Ave. He will be knocking on doors in the area to get support.

Discussion

Downtown Links Update - Paul Preston, Meredith Caldon

New completion date: July, 2025

How do we cross the tracks to get to downtown on bike or walking: There will be a pedestrian RR track crossing south of the platform bridge

Request to share the engineering plans via email

Deck bridge is not in alignment with 9th Ave, as it was on plans. Why is that? Its hard to say. Construction plans often differ somewhat from planning plans

Timeline for quiet zone? All construction has to be finished before the next step in applying

The engineering plans don’t look like the renderings we saw. It doesn’t look like what we are seeing constructed. Why is that? The deck plaza and bridge are connected. It is hard to read the engineering plans

What’s the plan for cyclists after crossing the tracks toward downtown? How do we get connected to the bike network? Franklin and Church are not great streets for bikes. Are we just going to be dumped out into that intersection? Yes. Bike lane ends at 9th and Franklin

Can you share a rendering please? We would like to see the plans. Please post them on the website. (request, not question)

This project is 2 years late! What recourse do we have?! How do we know we are working as fast as they can? Are there damages because of the delays? These delays are a result of the railroad. (1.5 year delay)

What is the surface of the bridge? Concrete

January Neighborhood Clean-Up, Brush and Bulky, week of 1/20/24

Sun Jan 19th 9AM-11AM behind Originate. Bring everyone out that you can! The trashy divas will be joining us! Yay! Thanks!

January Meeting in person (4th Monday 1/27/24)

Reports from the field

• DNARC (Downtown Neighborhoods and Residents Committee)
• Downtown Links
• Dunbar Coalition
• HFAC (Historic Fourth Avenue Coalition)
• Stone/Speedway
• Splinter Collective
• WAMO (Warehouse Arts Management Organization)

For the good of the cause

Adjourn: 8:00 PM