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<br /> Year 2003 per mile cost: Total $150,000 <br />. (80 miles) Net $107,000 <br /> Year 2003 cost per passenger: Total $5.31 <br /> (2,620,000 passengers per year) Net: $3.79 <br /> <br />8. Dave Showalter, BRW, Inc. presented the proposed layout for the commuter rail stations. The <br />various features of the prototypical station are based on the following primary elements of rail <br />station design: comfort, connectivity, convenience, coherence, and concept. They include <br />equipment and facilities such as lighting, bus shelters, park and ride areas, pedestrian plazas and <br />paths, ticket vending, telephones, signage and displays, and landscaping, to name a few. <br /> <br />9. Dick Nowlin, an environmental and land-use attorney with Lindquist and Vennum, presented an <br />overview of tools available to municipalities desiring to protect land for future use for rail and <br />development around transit. The following five tools are available to municipalities in <br />Minnesota: Moratorium, Overlay Zone, Independent Project Acquisition, Preventive Acquisition, <br />and Hardship Acquisition. Lindquist & Vennum was selected by the NCDA to assist member <br />cities, towns, and counties in developing land use tools which could be used in protecting the <br />Corridor and potential station locations from premature or conflicting development initiatives. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Dave Saunders, seconded by Tom Gamec and carried unanimously to <br />approve Resolution #99-5, on file with Richardson, Richter and Associates, resolving that: <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />Cities, counties, and townships through which the Corridor extends and where <br />possible station locations have been identified are encouraged to undertake <br />planning studies, adopt official land use controls and take such other actions as <br />may be necessary to prevent the planning and development of incompatible land <br />use and development during the project study period and to maximize the <br />development of compatible land use following the completion of the <br />environmental review process and alternative selection; <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />b) That cities, counties and towns within the Corridor continue the process of <br />planning and constructing public projects and transportation improvements <br />within and for the Corridor which are needed and independently useful and <br />would improve mobility and safety within the Corridor provided that they do not <br />prejudice the alternative selection process being undertaken in connection with <br />the development of the EIS for the project; and <br /> <br />c) That the preliminary selection of locations for stations within the Corridor as well <br />as the consideration of other transportation system elements incident to the <br />preparation and completion of the EIS does not constitute a commitment to <br />construct particular improvements at any particular location or to favor the <br />selection of any alternative under consideration during the project review <br />process. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />Ken Stevens discussed the next steps to be taken to disseminate public information to planning <br />commissioners/councils and public meetings. It was agreed that the Station Area Planning <br />Team would meet with planning commissions, municipal staffs, etc. prior to scheduling public <br />information meetings. Neighborhood meetings likely will be scheduled in January. Station area <br />guidelines and designs will be finalized following all meetings and input from the respective <br />parties. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br />