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-'ity of <br /> <br />River <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Item # <br /> <br />4.1. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />Scott Harlicker, Senior Plann <br /> <br />July 17, 2000 <br /> <br />Northstar Corridor Update <br /> <br />The Northstar Corridor Development Authority meeting held on July 6th included <br />discussions on preliminary engineering and a demonstration train ride. The <br />Authority received approval from the FTA to move forward to preliminary <br />engineering. This is a significant approval that allows the Authority to move on to <br />the next step in the development process. Attached is a copy of the development <br />schedule based on the recent FTA approval. The project is scheduled to be <br />completed by December 2004. <br /> <br />A public information/demonstration train ride has been scheduled for Thursday, <br />August 10th . Details of the demonstration run are currently being worked out. <br />Each City will be allocated a specific number of tickets which they will disperse. <br />Elk River has been tentatively allocated 40 tickets. The train will leave Elk River <br />about 12:00 and will arrive in St. Cloud about 12:52. Buses will transport <br />passengers back to Elk River. Details regarding where the train will stop in Elk <br />River and event activities are currently being worked out. The Authority would <br />like the train to stop at the proposed station site. <br /> <br />On Wednesday, July 12th staff met with the consultants regarding land use <br />around the proposed station site. Initial concept is for the station to be <br />surrounded Iow density residential. By Iow density the consultants mean less <br />than 8 units per acre. Staff will have a follow up meeting later this month to <br />discuss their proposed plan. <br /> <br />On Thursday, July 13th staff also met with the members of the project <br />management team to discuss the proposed maintenance facility. They have <br />identified an area south of the proposed station as the favored site for this facility. <br />The facility will require about 20 acres of land and will include a building to wash <br />the train cars and a building for cleaning and light maintenance. Some trains will <br />be parked over night as Elk River will be the starting point for some of the <br />morning trains. Trains will also be fueled at this site. Staff will be having follow up <br />meetings after the project management team has had a chance to analyze the <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 />