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<br />IV. New Starts Criteria and Request to Enter Final Design <br /> <br />The last monthly report noted that FT A suggested and Northstar staff agreed <br />that the existing travel demand model, which was carefully vetted by FT A, <br />would be used for the current New Starts submittal. Northstar checked on- <br />board surveys conducted in Dallas to validate the non-work trips included <br />within the existing forecast. A survey in Seattle was also reviewed but didn't <br />offer sufficient detail to be useful. Northstar staff will also continue to work <br />with the Twin Cities Region and FT A to resolve the outstanding issues and <br />inconsistencies with the new forecast model. <br /> <br />This decision enabled Northstar staff to compile the remaining documents <br />needed to request a re-rating and approval to enter final design. A matrix <br />summarizing all the documents associated with that request follows: <br /> <br />Matrix of Documents for Re-Rating and Entry into Final Design <br />Deliverable Status <br />NEPA <br />DEIS Approved October 2000 <br />Supplement to DEIS Approved January 2001 <br />FEIS Approved March 2002 <br />Record of Decision Issued December 2002 <br />Final Design Application <br />Draft FD Application Cover Letter E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Proiect Reports <br />Project Management Plan Submitted 03/31/2005 <br />Value Engineering Report Submitted OS/24/2005. PMOC submitted <br /> favorable comments to FT A 06/30/2005. <br />Financial Plan Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Request to Enter Final Design- Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Includes make the case narrative, <br />project summary, project schedule, <br />New Starts criteria, travel forecasts, <br />Summit results, cost estimates <br />Qualitv Plan E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Real Estate Plan E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Commuter Rail Fleet Management E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Plan <br />Cover Letter and Response to E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />FTA's Request for Information on <br />Level Boarding Issues <br />Before and After Study Plan E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Project Agreements <br />Inter-agency Cooperation Submitted 06/30/2005 <br />Agreement-Mn/DOT, Metro <br />Transit, NCDA <br />BNSF Design Agreement E-mailed 07/11/2005, Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />Other <br />Letter requesting FT A to raise value Submitted 07/14/2005 <br />thresholds for local property <br />acquisition decisions <br /> <br />NPO staff is traveled to Chicago to meet with FTA Region V staff on July 14. <br />Staff from the regional office of the Federal Railroad Administration also <br />Monthly Report -6- Northstar Corridor Rail Project <br />July 18, 2005 <br />