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Northstar Corridor Development Authority Resolution 99-6 WHEREAS, the goals of the Northstar Corridor Development Authority ("NCDA") are to meet the future transportation needs of the Northstar Corridor and to develop multimodal transportation solutions to improve mobility and safety along the Corridor and between the metropolitan areas of the Twin Cities and St. Cloud; and WHEREAS, it is not the intent of the NCDA to address the transportation needs within the metropolitan areas connected by the Corridor; and WHEREAS, the NCDA has undertaken a Major Investment Study (MIS), pursuant to federal requirements, to evaluate alternative transportation investment strategies in order to best determine which transportation strategies meet the future transportation needs of the Corridor; and WHEREAS, the Major Investment Study identified five multimodal transportation investment strategies, including: 1) No-Build; 2)Transportation System Management (TSM); 3) Commuter Rail with Feeder Bus; 4) TH 10 Improvements, Commuter Rail and Feeder Bus; and 5) New River Crossings, TH 10 Improvements, Commuter Rail, Feeder Bus, Pedestrian and Bike Improvements and ITS Initiatives; and WHEREAS, the strategies have been evaluated in light of the following criteria: transit system usage, roadway system operations, safety, proximity impacts (displacements, parks, wetlands, floodplains, historic properties), air quality, energy, noise, environmental justice, land use, development form, economic development, cost and cost effectiveness; and WHEREAS, the Major Investment Study has been a comprehensive and open process, involving the communities and public over the last eighteen months. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the NCDA: 1) reaffirms its commitment to improve the safe and efficient movement of people and goods along the Corridor by selecting a comprehensive muttimodal transportation investment strategy alternative No. 5, described above; 2) urges the Twin Cities, the Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota Department of Transportation CMn/DOT') to move forward to implement the proposed Regional Transit Master Plan, to define the connections to St. Paul, and to implement the connection to the Hiawatha Corridor, so that the Northstar Corridor riders can travel efficiently throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area; and 3) urges the greater St. Cloud metropolitan area, cities and counties, the St. Cloud APO, and Mn/DOT, in concert with local elected officials ~, to similarly define the connections to and extensions to the Corridor to ensure the safe and efficient travel within and beyond the St. Cloud area. Bet y W 'r irTl, hairperCn Datg