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is a result of inflation from delay caused by the lack of a state funding commitment <br />in the past. They plan to wait for the state commitment prior to passing the <br />resolutions necessary to account for the final amount. <br /> <br />III. <br /> <br />New Starts Criteria <br /> <br />The Project's New Starts Criteria for the entire corridor from Minneapolis to Rice, <br />including the multi-modal connection, was submitted to the Washington, DC, and the <br />Chicago Region V offices of the FTA on November 8, 2001. The New Starts Criteria <br />were compiled using the new federal requirements effective September 1, 2001. The <br />new User Benefit Model was not included in this update, however, as per verbal <br />instruction at the September 6 - 7, 2001, FTA workshop in Washington, DC. <br />According to the New Starts posting on the FTA's web site, the Project has a <br />Recommended rating and received Medium rankings in every category. <br /> <br />IV. <br /> <br />Preliminary Engineering (PE) <br /> <br />The PE package was submitted to FTA on June 1,2001. Comments have been <br />received from the Project Management Oversight Consultant (PMOC) and several <br />local jurisdictions. The Project holds periodic meetings with Technical Advisory <br />Committees divided into segments along the corridor. Comments from these and <br />other meetings impacting design have been and continue to be documented for <br />resolution during the final design phase of the Project. The capital cost estimate, <br />Project Management Plan, and Financial Plan were updated in the November 8 New <br />Starts Criteria submittal. <br /> <br />Multi-modal Connection <br /> <br />The Multi-modal Connection is the extension of the Hiawatha LRT line from its <br />current downtown Minneapolis terminus at Fifth Street North and First Avenue <br />North to a terminus at the downtown Minneapolis commuter rail station at Fifth <br />Street North near Fifth Avenue North. The PE for the Multi-modal Connection was <br />included in the PE package for the entire Project submitted to FTA on June 1 and in <br />the New Start Criteria submitted to the FTA on November 8. <br /> <br />Agreement has been reached between the Hiawatha Project Office and the Northstar <br />Corridor Rail Project to transfer final design of the segment from First Avenue <br />North to Third Avenue North from the Hiawatha LRT Project to the Northstar <br />Corridor Rail Project. <br /> <br />Northstar Corridor Quarterly Report <br />May 1, 2002 <br /> <br /> <br />