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KHA has focused on preliminary engineering and environmental study of the Big Lake maintenance facility site and validation of the preliminary engineering ofthe six station sites. LTK is focused on validation and adjustments ofthe preliminary engineering ofthe LRT alignment within 5th Street North and the inter-modal station. The teams are working together to address systems and communications issues that impact the project as a whole. Project staff and consultants meet weekly with the City of Minneapolis on design issues of the LRT Connection and inter-modal station. Because the LRT alignment and inter-modal station are adjacent to a historic district, a meeting was held on March 30 with the State Historic Preservation Office and Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission to get their input and concurrence on the proposed plans. Project staff will continue to work with these organizations to fulfill the programmatic agreement regarding cultural resources that was included in the Project's Record of Decision. The L TK team is also responsible for assistance with procurement of rolling stock for the Northstar Project. They organized a series of meetings with commuter rail passenger car builders on March 2 and 3,2005. Officials from Bombardier, Sumitomo, Colorado Railcar, and Kawasaki gave presentations about their equipment. A follow-up meeting of Project staffwas held April 14 to review the builders' presentations and set a strategy for procurement. A summary report will be prepared by mid-May. BNSF will manage advanced and final design of track and signal improvements on their infrastructure with oversight by the Northstar Project Office with the assistance of the L TK team. See section VIII of this report for more details on the progress of this contract. VI. Value Engineering The KHA contract requires them to organize and conduct Value Engineering (VE) for the project. That exercise took place March 21-25, 2005 in the Northstar Project Office. Their final report was provided April 1 and was copied to the Project Management Oversight Consultant team. Project staff met April 14 to review the VE report and identify proposals to accept, reject, and study further. A report summarizing this will be produced by mid-May. VII. New Starts Criteria and Request to Enter Final Design As mentioned earlier, the Northstar Project received the commitment of$37.5 million in state funding from the 2005 Minnesota Legislature. The Project is in the process of submitting material needed to gain a "Recommended" rating and to request to enter Final Design so that FT A may begin its review. The Project began this process with the February 25,2005 submittal of Chapter 2 of the Project Management Plan (PMP) covering the Project Organization. Chapter 10 Northstar Conidor Monthly Report April 18, 2005 7