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VII. design plan on July 19, 2001. The City of Minneapolis hosted a similar public heating on August 2, 2001, which was continued to August 16, 2001. The city and county were required to provide approval or disapproval of the preliminary design plan wittfin 45 days after the Mn/DOT - HCRRA public hearing. If either entity disapproved, it must identify what must be changed to gain approval. The Hennepin County Board unanimously approved (with one absent) the multi-modal connection preliminary design plan on August 21, 2001. Similarly, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved (with one absent) the plan on August 24, 2001. With its approval, the city identified four traffic and pedestrian issues to be further resolved during final design. The city also identified the possibility of reevaluation of engineering components to allow for a baseball park that could potentially be located adjacent to the commuter rail/LRT station. Land Use Information describing land use along the corridor was also included in the September 28 New Starts Criteria submittal. It described progress on a number of issues ranging from community involved station area planning efforts to zoning for transit-oriented development near stations to private investments in station area development. An exciting exan~ple is the Elk River Station development at the Elk River station site, a mixed-use neighborhood including apartments, town homes, senior cooperative housing, and various commercial uses. This will place 475 housing units within walking distance of the proposed Elk River commuter rail station. The Elk River City Council has approved the zoning necessary for Elk River Station. An environmental assessment of the development is now underway. Community Involvement Since the Project's last quarterly report, there have been a number of community involvement opportunities: August 7, Meet with the Minneapolis Warehouse District Business Association 2001 for input on the multi-modal connection and multi-modal station; Fine Line Restaurant, Minneapolis August Meet with Marcy Holmes Neighborhood Association (Minneapolis) 21, 2001 to describe Northstar Corridor Rail Project and Northeast Minneapolis commuter rail station; 601 - 13th Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis September Northstar Corridor Development Authority (NCDA) Board meeting; 6, 2001 Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River September Big Lake Chamber of Commerce Panel Discussion; Big Lake High 25, 2001 School, Big Lake October 4, NCDA Board meeting; Sherburne County Government Center, Elk Northstar Corridor Quarterly Report October 31, 2001