Highway 252/I-94 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
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Highway 252/I-94 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) SP 2748-65 MnDOT Metro District PAC Meeting #3 June 7th, 2021
Transcript of Highway 252/I-94 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Highway 252/I-94Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
SP 2748-65 MnDOT Metro District
PAC Meeting #3June 7th, 2021
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Agenda
» Enhanced Engagement Equity and Health Assessment Advancing Transportation Equity Initiative
» Racial Equity in Transportation» Transit Feasibility Study» Project Updates
Workforce Subcommittee Public Engagement Environmental Update Stairstep
» Open Comment Period» Next PAC Meetings
Special July PAC ‐ July 23rd 1:00‐2:00 PM Quarterly PAC ‐ August 20th 1:00‐2:30 PM
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Equity and Health AssessmentHighway 252/I‐94 Project
Nissa Tupper| Transportation and Public Health Planner, MnDOT
June 7, 2021
mndot.gov
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Transportation and Public Health Context
TRANSPORTATION
Mobility
Mode choice
Freight/goodsmovement
Economic opportunity
Environmentalstewardship
HEALTH
Population health
Food access/security
Reduce chronic disease, infectious disease spread
Protect vulnerablepopulations
Well‐being
Safety andInjury Prevention
Physical Activity/ Active Transportation
Environmental Health (e.g., Air and water quality)
Connectivity and Access
Evacuation and Emergency Response
Quality of Life
Equity and Health Assessment (EHA)
Goals• Understand and acknowledge the equity and health benefits and burdens of transportation systems and decisions
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to create a more just transportation system from the perspective of historically underserved and overburdened populations
• Build trust and relationships necessary to affect positive and lasting change
Principles• Community‐driven
• Data‐driven
• Works within the MnDOT Equity Lens and Livability Frameworks
• Enhances (does not supplant) community engagement and transportation decision‐making processes
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EHA Approach – Targeted Equity and Health Engagement
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Equity and Health Neighborhood Advisors (EHNA)
12‐15 residents of neighborhoods along the Highway 252/I‐94 corridor
Application‐based selection process
Community organizations asked to identify and encourage applicants
Considers applicant community connections, interest in equity and health
Intent for balanced representation of Highway 252/I‐94 corridor communities
Equity and Health Neighborhood Advisors (EHNA)
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EHNA Application
Why are you interested in being an Equity & Health Neighborhood Advisor?
I live/work/own a business in a community on or near the corridor. Please specify.
I walk, bike or take transit in a community on or near the corridor. Please specify.
I belong to an organization/group with strong ties to a community in the project area. Please specify.
www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/hwy252study/
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EHNA Recruitment & Selection Process
June 10 –June 28
Week of July 26
July 7 –July 26
June 28 –July 7
Application period; Outreach to targeted
communities
Assess whether process achieved diversity goals
Evaluate applicant responses & make
member recommendations
Confirm participation of
selected members
Hold 1stEHNA meeting
Hwy 252/I‐94 Project Team
MnDOT leadership & project advisory committees
Multiagency selection committee
Additional outreach to targeted communities if necessary
Assess applicant
pool diversity
EHA Deliverables
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1. Equity and health conditions (published during SDD, middle ‘22)
2. Equity and health impacts & recommendations (published during DEIS, late ‘23)
Equity and Health Assessment (EHA)
Within the Highway 252/I‐94 EIS, MnDOT considers and responds to …
• Partnershipswith communities and/or other agencies to advance EHA recommendations
• Coordination of state and/or local agencies to advance EHA recommendations
Outside the Highway 252/I‐94 EIS, MnDOT identifies opportunities for …
• Existing conditions (mid ‘21)• Equity & health priorities (late ‘21)• Equity & health review of project alternatives (late ‘22)
• Equity & health review of preferred alternative (late ‘23)
REPO
RTS
PROJECT
INPU
TS
ACTIONS
EHA Timeline
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Advancing Transportation Equity Initiative
Highway 252/I‐94 Policy Advisory CommitteeAbdullahi Abdulle | Hally Turner
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Minnesota’s multimodal transportation system maximizes the health of people, the
environment and our economy
Considering Equity
Equity as a Means and Ends
• Results are the outcomes
• Process is the way in which we carry out our work
• Relationships are the quality of the connection between people engaged in the work
Advancing Transportation Equity Initiative
Research Projects
Programs and Process Review
Performance Measures
Equitable contracting and engagement
Updated Plans
Community Conversations
Lessons Learned
• Need to identify a definition and/or target populations• Acknowledge history of inequities within current planning context
• Equitable engagement is necessary but not sufficient
• Statewide solutions to advance equity can help address broader transportation challenges and vice versa
• Need to move beyond research to implementation
Transportation Equity Working Definition
Transportation equity ensures the benefits and burdens of transportation spending, services, and systems are fair, which historically have not been fair, and people—especially Black, Indigenous and People of Color—are empowered in transportation decision making
Racial Equity in Transportation
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Racial Equity in Transportation
C. Terrence Anderson
University of Minnesota Center for Urban & Regional Affairs
Brett Grant
Voices for Racial Justice
Transit Feasibility Study
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Project Updates
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Project Updates – Workforce Subcommittee
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Project Updates – Public Engagement
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Current Schedule including EIS Detail
Schedule subject to change
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» Online Open House Live June 1 through June 30
» Community Conversations Minneapolis: June 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. Brooklyn Center: June 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. Brooklyn Park: June 22 from 5 to 7 p.m.
» Summer Pop Up Engagement Minneapolis Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Park
Project Updates – Environmental Update
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Project Updates – Stairstep Foundation
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Open Comment Period
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Next PAC Meeting
»Special August PAC ‐ August 20, 2021 at 1:00 – 2:30 PM»Quarterly PAC – October 7, 2021 at 2:30 – 4:00 PM
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How the Community can Stay Involved
Project Website»Visit the project website to review background information and find out what’s happening next
tiny.cc/252Project
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