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THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH PROJECT #14.

The Minnehaha Avenue/CSAH 48 corridor contains a string of commercial nodes between Lake Street and Minnehaha Parkway. The City’s Comprehensive Plan provides the following directions:

Minnehaha Avenue is a Community Corridor. »

The intersections at Lake Street and 46th Street are designated as Activity Centers. »

The intersections with 35th Street and 40th Street are designated Mixed Use. »

The intersection with 38th Street is identified as a Neighborhood Commercial Node. »

All other areas are designated as Urban Neighborhoods which are mostly residential. »

Station area master plans have been developed for each of the three Hiawatha LRT station areas. Minnehaha Ave is most often treated as a tangential area to each of the station areas. The numerous existing commercial nodes along Minnehaha Ave should be analyzed for their long-term viability as commercial nodes versus other land uses. Potential redevelopment areas, both commercial and other uses, would be identified in these redesign concepts. A Minnehaha Ave master plan should be created that explores redevelopment opportunities along the corridor using the Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan as a guiding document. Redevelopment opportunities of a commercial nature should be focused along the major rungs of the diagonal (Lake, 38th and 46th). Neighborhood service commercial may be preserved at existing locations along Minnehaha Ave; however, these areas should not be encouraged or allowed to expand commercial space. Instead commercial space should be compressed at the major rungs. In doing so, stronger nodes of commercial services can be created. Key design features that should be part of the redesign effort include parking, storm water management, public realm enhancements, building massing, and façade articulation.

This master plan could be led by the City, neighborhood or County but ultimately should be a partnership between the three entities. For example, the Longfellow NRP Phase II Neighborhood Action Plan (adopted by the neighborhood and Minneapolis City Council in 2006) contains a Commercial Revitalization component with goals, objectives and strategies that support this type of project, including a funding allocation. Some specific strategies identified are:

Creating a cohesive urban design standard for commercial areas. »

Supporting higher density mixed-use development and a mix of uses along commercial corridors. »

Encourage the development of new housing stock and housing options in the Longfellow Community to »meet diverse community needs.

Improve parking conditions along commercial nodes and corridors. »

Coordinated Projects: Street reconstruction projects - #26, #39, #44

Create an urban design vision and implementation plan for enhancing Minnehaha Avenue’s unique triangular blocks - Project #24

Provide design and technical assistance for improving the character of Minnehaha Avenue/CSAH 48 as a high quality walking street - Project #25

Develop parking improvement strategies and technical resources for key commercial and employment districts - Project #15

On the aerial map of the corridor above, commercial land uses are shown in red. There is a high concentration of commercial properties at Lake Street, another collection of properties at 46th Street as well as numerous smaller properties interspersed throughout the corridor.

Existing commercial store fronts along Minnehaha Avenue/CSAH 48.

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Strengthen capacity of neighborhood and business organizations to meet their constituencies’ changing needs and opportunities - Project #18

Provide and coordinate business improvement financing tools and public infrastructure improvements that encourage private sector reinvestments in commercial nodes and activity centers - Project #19

Identiify and address impacts of regulatory codes on reinvestment in existing businesses - Project #21

Timing: Short term

Costs: $-$$

Coordination/Roles of Organizations: City of Minneapolis CPED—Lead Agency

Hennepin County Housing, Community Works & Transit—alternative Lead Agency, support planning and coordination

Longfellow Community Council - alternative Lead Agency

Hennepin County Department of Transportation—support, coordination

City of Minneapolis Public Works—support, planning and design

Potential Funding Sources: Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization (NRP), City of Minneapolis CPED, Minneapolis Great Streets Neighborhood Business District Program, Hennepin County HCWT, LISC Twin Cities – Corridor Development Initiative

Key Metric(s) (Top 5):D9, D12, D15, D16, D18

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The triangular blocks created by placement of the urban street grid onto the diagonal of Minnehaha Avenue/CSAH 48 are unique character elements that lend definition to the corridor. Key triangular blocks located at 35th, 40th and 41st Streets present unique opportunities for the creation of public gathering spaces and community identity along the corridor. Pocket parks could also provide an opportunity to store, infiltrate and/or reuse water for irrigation. Options for redesign and/or redevelopment of these triangles include larger public park spaces with unique program elements to full scale redevelopment, including mixed-use development at the corners with primarily residential uses above. Sensitivity to surrounding uses will need to be examined as part of this project. Opportunities to resolve skewed intersections through redevelopment should be coordinated with this project.

Coordinated Projects: Reconstruct Minnehaha Ave as a Complete Street, Green Street and Active Living project - Project #26

Create potential redesign concepts for existing commercial nodes along Minnehaha Ave - Project #23


Provide design and technical assistance for improving the character of activity centers and commercial nodes to meet City and neighborhood design goals - Project#14

Develop a parks, plazas and open spaces plan for the corridor - Project #17

Expand and enhance green spaces for ecological stormwater management - Project #7

Timing: Long termCosts: $ - $$$$ Depending whether the triangular block is redeveloped with an entirely private use, partially public use or entirely public use the costs could vary dramatically.Coordination/Roles of Organizations:

Hennepin County Housing Community Works & Transit—Lead Agency

Hennepin County Transportation—support, planning and design

City of Minneapolis CPED—support, planning and design


Minneapolis Park Board—alternative lead agency if triangle is public park

Metro Council (public art with shelters)—support, funding, planning and design

Neighborhood Organizations—public outreach and coordination

Potential Funding Sources:Hennepin County HCWT

Key Metric(s) (Top 5): B-32, B-33, B-34, B-35, B-36, B-39, B-43, B-44

The plaza space adjacent to the Glacier Cafe at the intersection of Minnehaha Ave and 27th Ave provides an outdoor space for dining and small gatherings.

The broad lawn area on the Bradshaw funeral services property at Minnehaha Ave and 28th Ave provides the feeling of park space along the corridor.

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40th Street and Minnehaha Ave, a potential redevelopment site with open space.


The triangular blocks at 32nd, 33rd, 35th, 40th and 41st (Adams Triangle) provide a distinguishing characteristic to the Minnehaha corridor. These blocks should be better utilized as programmed open space or park areas, or redeveloped into a more productive use.

The larger triangular blocks along Minnehaha Avenue could serve a neighborhood park need in the corridor.

Or, these blocks could integrate a more intensive redevelopment project with a public urban plaza space integrated into the development.

33rd Street & Minnehaha Ave represents another opportunity for open space within the corridor.

Adams Triangle, located at 41st Street and Minnehaha Ave is a complete green space, but lacks programmed activities for a park.

Installation of pipes for rain water storage and reuse at Como Park in St. Paul, which could also be done at the triangles along Minnehaha Ave.



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Minnehaha Avenue/CSAH 48 is envisioned as a Complete Street supporting multiple modes of transportation and a comfortable pedestrian realm. Today, Minnehaha Avenue is primarily a residential street with areas of commercial activity at the key nodes of Lake Street, 38th Street and 46th Street as well as interspersed throughout the corridor. This project recognizes the diversity of uses along the street and creates a strategy for allowing these uses to co-exist where it makes sense and to reorganize portions of the corridor from a land use and street frontage standpoint. This project focuses on public agencies providing design and technical assistance for improving the character of Minnehaha Avenue’s streetscape and property frontages. This assistance would be targeted to property owners in various forms, such as professional design services, district design guidelines, and technical analysis/evaluations, addressing site design, building expansion, parking, landscaping, stormwater management, building facades, walking/biking amenities, etc.

In residential sections, the boulevard of street trees would remain (and existing trees where feasible) with a 6’ sidewalk and a front yard with a 30’ setback for buildings. Fences in residential areas should be setback from the street right-of-way and not directly against the back of the sidewalk.

In the commercial nodes, paving would be continuous from the back of the curb to the face of the building with a defined sidewalk path separate from the boulevard paving and or outdoor seating/display space area. These areas of the corridor contain the most intense level of pedestrian amenities including: planters, gardens, bike facilities, kiosks, business directory, wayfinding, café seating, display space, bus shelters, site furnishings, district identifying lighting and signage.

Coordinated Projects: Reconstruct Minnehaha Ave as a Complete Street, Green Street and Active Living project - Project #26

Create potential redesign concepts for existing commercial nodes along Minnehaha Ave - Project #23

Create an urban design vision and implementation plan for enhancing Minnehaha Avenue’s unique triangular blocks - Project #24

Timing: Short term

Costs: $$ Building on the zoning parameters the City of Minneapolis has in place today and the design standards within the Comprehensive Plan, Minnehaha Avenue’s streetscape and property frontages should undergo a design effort to hone in on the locations that most need change and those that should be preserved.

Coordination/Roles of Organizations: Hennepin County Transportation—support and planning

Hennepin County Housing, Community Works & Transit—support, planning and coordination

City of Minneapolis CPED—Lead Agency

City of Minneapolis Public Works—support, design and planning

Metro Transit—support, design and planning

Neighborhood Organizations—support, coordination and outreach.

Potential Funding Sources: City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County HCWT

Key Metric(s) (Top 5): B-17, B-18, B-19, B-20, B-38, B-45

Front yard showing existing boulevard and building setback. The fence sits right on the sidewalk creating an uncomfortable pedestrian zone.

Front yard showing fence setback from sidewalk.

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Commercial uses along the corridor with broad sidewalks and urban boulevards.


Live-Work uses and higher density residential uses should organize entry areas, courtyards and plazas between the building and the sidewalk.

In commercial areas the sidewalk should continue to the building, boulevard plantings buffer parking from pedestrians and awnings and signage are integrated into the storefronts.

The residential areas along Minnehaha should have consistent guidelines for front yard landscaping and fencing allowing for a comfortable pedestrian experience along the sidewalk.



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Hennepin County is planning to reconstruct Minnehaha Avenue/CSAH 48 to improve the roadway’s deteriorating physical conditions, including poor pavement condition, poor stormwater drainage, aging utilities, and skewed intersections. The last major reconstruction of Minnehaha Ave was in 1957 with the last surface overlay occurring in 1997. The Hiawatha LRT line, which was completed in 2004, is located just a ¼ mile to the west, easy walking distance, from Minnehaha Ave. In 2009, the County adopted a Complete Streets Policy and intends to design and reconstruct Minnehaha Ave as a Complete Street. The County also adopted an Active Living Policy in 2009 which established a commitment to integrating Active Living and Complete Streets elements into its transportation system. Since Minnehaha Ave is an arterial street with bike lanes, a bus line, connections to multiple east-west bus routes, close proximity to the LRT line, and a link to activity centers and commercial nodes, its planned reconstruction presents a tremendous opportunity to create a Complete Street in the corridor and enhance the street’s function, image and vitality. The following are key Complete Street, Green Street and Active Living elements relevant to Minnehaha Ave:

Pedestrian safety and comfort enhancementsCreate safe pedestrian crossings of Minnehaha Ave with clear striping and regulatory signage telling pedestrians where to walk and motorists where to expect pedestrians. Explore the idea of bump-outs at non-signalized street crossings to reduce pavement crossing dimension for pedestrians, improve sight lines and slow turning movements. Make sure sidewalks are continuous along Minnehaha Ave, separated from the street edge with a landscaped boulevard in non-commercial areas and wide enough for pedestrian movement and street furniture or outdoor activities at key activity nodes.

Bikeway connectivity and comfortCurrently, Minnehaha Aven has on-street bike lanes and functions primarily as a commuter bike route. The on-street bike lanes should remain when the street is reconstructed and be extended to create a continuous connection between the Midtown Greenway and Minnehaha Parkway. Reconstruction plans for Minnehaha Ave should explore options for the location of bike lanes: a section similar to today’s environment with a bike lane between the travel lane and on-street parking, or a road section with a bike lane next to the curb with on-street parking between the bike lane and vehicle travel lane.

Enhanced bus shelters and transit functionEnhanced bus shelters and bus stop areas should be considered as part of the reconstruction design process in order to enhance the transit experience and function through the corridor. Providing enhanced bus shelters, out of the way of pedestrian sidewalk traffic will increase transit riders’ safety and protection from the weather while waiting for the bus. Another item to explore in the design process is to relocate the bus stops to the far side of the intersection. With the bus stop on the other side of the intersection, vehicles would be able to make free right turns which would improve the flow and circulation of vehicle traffic at intersections.

Enhanced vehicle traffic flow and pedestrian crossing safety at street intersectionsThe primary intersections of Lake Street, 38th Street and 46th Street, which connect to the LRT stations, and the intersections of 32nd St, 35th St and 42nd St, which cross Hiawatha Ave, should be studied to improve vehicle traffic flow and circulation while still accommodating all modes of transportation. Primarily signal timings and addition of left turn or right turn lanes should be considered to facilitate better traffic movement. 38th St and 46th St should include left turn lanes for northbound and southbound traffic, and 32nd St, 35th St and 42nd St should include by-pass turn lanes to keep traffic flowing. In addition to vehicle traffic flow, better sight lines and street lighting at intersections will provide improved pedestrian safety and fewer conflicts at the pedestrian crossings.

Improvements to non-perpendicular street intersectionsThe way Minnehaha Ave intersects at a diagonal with the city’s dominant grid of north-south avenues and east-west streets creates unique angled intersections throughout the corridor. Physical adjustments to future intersection designs, such as 32nd St and 35th St, could create 90 degree intersections with Minnehaha Ave and better sight lines

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A cycle track provides separation between motorists and bicyclists and is a consideration for Minnehaha Avenue.

An added bump out curb shows how non-perpendicular intersections can be redesigned to adjust the skew, enhancing site lines and shortening the pedestrian crossing distance.. (Source: John LaPlante, Michael Ronkin, Fred Ranck and Rudy Umbs)

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for motorists. Redesigned intersections could also create shorter pedestrian crossing distances and ultimately less conflicts between pedestrians, bikes and vehicles.

On-street parkingOn-street parking is critical to the success of small businesses in the corridor and serves an important overflow parking need for higher density housing. As the design process evolves for street reconstruction, the needs of on-street parking in both commercial and residential districts should be considered and designed accordingly. The location of on-street parking should also be considered with the placement of transit stops and bike lanes.

Pedestrian amenitiesThe connections east to west through the Minnehaha-Hiawatha corridor to the LRT stations are critical to the vitality of the overall corridor. As the reconstruction planning for Minnehaha Ave takes shape, the Lake St, 38th St and 46th St intersections should be designed with a higher level of pedestrian amenities. Appropriate, pedestrian scaled street lighting, boulevard trees, landscaping and site furnishings such as benches, trash receptacles and media screens will be important to the design of these intersections.

Green street/stormwater managementImprove stormwater management of Minnehaha Ave, with potential use of landscaping features, reduced pavement width, pervious pavement materials, and stormwater reuse techniques (e.g. landscaping irrigation).

Coordinated Projects: Create potential redesign concepts for existing commercial nodes along Minnehaha Ave - Project #23

Create an urban design vision and implementation plan for enhancing Minnehaha Ave’s unique triangular blocks - Project #24


Improve transit services consistent with Minneapolis’s PTN goals - Project #22

Street reconstruction projects - #39, #44

Identify/implement stormwater mgmt improvements with street reconstruction projects - Project #8Create alternative land use, building form and urban design plan for 38th Street as an east-west activity center - Project #40

Timing: Short termMinnehaha Avenue could be used as a pilot project for Complete Street design, in order to measure the impacts of Complete Street design features on mobility and community vitality (i.e. vacancies, property transactions, etc.) and to measure the public opinion of the Complete Street design features.

Costs: $$$$$ Reconstruction of Minnehaha Avenue is a significant project and will carry a significant cost. A number of important factors impact the cost: utilities, sanitary sewer, public water systems, storm water infrastructure, streetscape/landscaping and the roadway width itself.

Coordination/Roles of Organizations: Hennepin County Transportation—Lead Agency

Hennepin County Housing, Community Works & Transit—support, planning and community outreach

Metro Transit—support, transit system design

City of Minneapolis CPED—support, planning and community outreach


Neighborhood & business organizations—community outreach and coordination

Potential Funding Sources: Hennepin County CIP, City of Minneapolis MSA (for MSA Streets), Special Funding Complete Streets “Pilot Project” – State Bonding

Key Metric(s) (Top 5): A4, A5, A17, A19, A27, A30, A34, A36, A 43, A44, A45, A50, B37, B41, C9, C17


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Plan view showing a bump out. (Source: John LaPlante, Michael Ronkin, Fred Ranck and Rudy Umbs)

Recent improvements to Lake Street, such as lighting, landscaping and street furniture make it more pedestrian friendly.

Currently the bike lane on Minnehaha Avenue is between the parking lane and moving traffic. An alternative is a cycle track, which removes bicyclists from the road with a physical barrier. The above diagrams illustrate concepts for an alternative design of Minnehaha Avenue.


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An alternative residential section of Minnehaha Avenue with a cycle track incorporated into the street.

The residential section of Minnehaha Avenue in its current configuration.

The commercial node section of Minnehaha Avenue suggesting narrow pavement width to allow for shorter pedestrian crossing dimensions across Minnehaha Avenue and a broader pedestrian buffer from the roadway. This section would occur near the intersections.

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Commercial intersection plan along Minnehaha Ave suggesting bus stops move to far side of intersection and bumpouts be added to each corner.

High-use commercial intersection plan along Minnehaha Ave suggesting bus stops at far sides of intersections, bumpouts on side streets only and right turn lanes at

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Residential intersection plan along Minnehaha Ave suggesting bumpouts at each corner to decrease the length of pedestrian crossings. The bike lanes continue through the intersection.

Residential street pattern on Minnehaha Ave suggesting stormwater infiltration in the boulevards and an increased number of street trees.

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