Minnesota Avenue Corridor Vision Plan

At a glance

What: Resolution 61-26 recommends that the Administration conduct a vision plan for Minnesota Avenue from W. 7th St. to W. 39th St., with a focus on whether a center median should be built.
Where it stands: Adopted as amended June 3, 2026, 7-0. The completed plan is to be public by March 31, 2027, and design of improvements on the stretch may not proceed until it is done.
Sponsors: Council Members Soehl and Brown.

The resolution says it is in the City's interest to evaluate the benefits and impacts of a center median before construction.
The plan must analyze the median's effect on pedestrian safety, accessibility and connectivity; adjoining neighborhoods and businesses; and crash patterns, traffic flow, congestion and roadway efficiency.
It must include public involvement that gauges the importance and priority of those items to adjacent property and business owners and corridor users.
The Administration is encouraged to give the Council periodic progress updates.
Amendment: Brown moved and Soehl seconded replacing "I-229 Interchange" with "W. 39th St." in sections 1 and 6, so the study ends at W. 39th St.; 7-0.
Soehl moved and Brown seconded adoption; adopted as amended, 7-0 (Basye, Brown, Merkouris, Sigette, Soehl, Spellerberg, Thomason). Barranco had left the meeting.
The minutes record no discussion or public testimony.

Item 47, Resolution 61-26 amended and adopted 7-0. Deadline for the public vision plan: March 31, 2027.