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<br />meetings are also held with the State Historic Preservation Office and <br />Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission to get their input and <br />concurrence on the proposed plans because of the adjacent Warehouse Historic <br />District. Project staff will continue to work with these organizations to fulfill <br />the programmatic agreement regarding cultural resources that was included in <br />the Project's Record of Decision. <br /> <br />BNSF will manage advanced and final design of track and signal improvements <br />on their infrastructure with oversight by the Northstar Project Office with the <br />assistance of the L TK team. See section IX of this report for more details on the <br />progress of this contract. <br /> <br />VI. Twins Baseball Stadium Coordination Meeting <br /> <br />Chuck Ballentine of Northstar member Hennepin County chaired a second <br />discussion at the Northstar Project Office on Thursday, June 16 with stafffrom <br />HOK Architects, Twins Management, Hennepin County, and the Northstar <br />Project Office. Discussion focused on areas of potential space conflicts <br />adjacent to the commuter rail and light rail platforms. <br /> <br />The Minnesota Twins and Hennepin County have agreed to a funding plan for a <br />new baseball stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The plan for the $478 million <br />facility will include private funding from Twins owner Carl Pohlad and public <br />money from the county in the form of a 0.15% sales-tax increase. <br /> <br />The Twins ballpark legislation is still pending, but could be considered during <br />the current Special Legislative Session. The legislature is now focused on a <br />budget bill in order to avoid a partial shutdown of state services after July 1, <br />2005. <br /> <br />The property owners of the Twins ballpark site have announced plans for a <br />major Transit Oriented Development either with or without the ballpark. Stated <br />plans include 1,000 residential units with a ballpark or a mixed-use <br />development including 3,000 residential units without a ballpark. The property <br />owners cite the inter-modal access afforded by Northstar and Hiawatha as key <br />elements in their development plans. Staff continue to meet with both ballpark <br />designers and the developers. <br /> <br />VII. Procurement System Review <br /> <br />The FT A is conducting a procurement system review of Mn/DOT and the <br />Metropolitan Council, including the Northstar and Hiawatha Projects. Staff <br />from Leon Sneed and Associates arrived June 6 and will be working on the <br />review here until June 24. Their review also took them to Anoka to review <br />NCDA procured contract information for the Northstar project. <br /> <br />Northstar Corridor Monthly Report <br />June 17,2005 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />~-~ <br />~1IOBTHS7JU1 <br />. 11II.-.rBI U.IL <br />