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qty of <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item # <br /> <br />4.2. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Scott Harlicker, Senior Planner~. ~ <br />April 17, 2000 <br /> <br />Northstar Corridor Update <br /> <br />At the Northstar Corridor Development Authority meeting held on April 6th, <br />the main topics of discussion were the Ramsey station site, multi-modal <br />station development and a report on the public information meetings. <br /> <br />The project management team has recommended that the Ramsey station be <br />designated for potential future development. The project management team <br />believes that the newly proposed Anoka station and the station in Coon <br />Rapids at Riverdale should be developed at this time instead of the Ramsey <br />station. Ramsey gave a short presentation at this meeting and will give more <br />detailed presentation at the May meeting. After that presentation the <br />Authority will vote on the project management team's recommendation. <br /> <br />A consultant has been hired to help with station area planning. They will be <br />contacting the cities to begin working on amendments to land use plans and <br />zoning ordinances. These amendments are intended to address land use <br />issues around the train stations. The City will begin working on the land use <br />study during the next couple of months and completing it this summer. <br /> <br />MNDOT will be working on the design and eventual construction of the <br />multi-modal portion of the Elk River station. They will be coordinating with <br />the NCDA to ensure that there is no duplication of effort and to minimize <br />costs. It is not clear just what portion of the site will be constructed by <br />MNDOT as part of the multi-modal portion of the site and what part will <br />included as part of the commuter rail. <br /> <br />The public information meetings held last month were very successful. About <br />100 people attended each of the four meetings. Comment sheets were handed <br />out; most of the comments received were positive. <br /> <br /> S:\PLANNING\SCOTT\NCDAAPRL.DOC <br /> <br />13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490 · Elk River, MN 55330 · TDD & Phone: (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br /> <br /> <br />