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<br /> I Northstar Project Obligations and Expenses I
<br /> P u roose Contractor Obligated Expended Balance
<br /> Total orior to Preliminarv EnoineerinQ $ 2,660,000.00 $ 2,660,000.00 $ 0.00
<br /> Total for Preliminary Engineering
<br /> through 2001 $ 5,797,179.41 $ 5.797,179.41 $ 0.00
<br /> Advanced Preliminary Engineering Kimlev Horn & Assoc $ 428,900.00 $ 341,522.64 $ 87,377.36
<br /> Proiect Manaaement Kenneth Stevens $ 300,000.00 $ 174,619.73 $ 125,380.27
<br /> Pro'ect Manaaement Richardson, Richter & Associates $ 669,000.00 $ 308,788.66 $ 360,211.34
<br /> Pro 'ect Manaaement Loch & Associates $ 50,000.00 $ 2,123.05 $ 47,876.95
<br /> Pro 'eet Manaaement MnlDOT (under MN-03-0088) $ 248,569.00 $ 248,569.00 $
<br /> Pro 'ect Manaqement MnlDOT (under MN-03-0111) $ 320,000.00 $ 51,234.76 $ 268,765.24
<br /> Le(al Minnesota Attornev Generals $ 572.00
<br /> Host Railroad Neqotiations Greene-Esoel $ 400,000.00 $ 45,172.94 $ 354,827.06
<br /> Tech Suooort for Railroad Neaotiations Mainline Manaoement $ 158,000.00 $ 79,297.14 $ 78,702.86
<br /> Public Information Northwoods Advertisinq $ 245,285.00 $ - $ 245,285.00
<br /> Station and Maintenance Facility
<br /> Advanced & Final Design Kimlev Horn & Assoc $ 4,173,632.00 $ 1,651,324.67 $ 2,522,307.33
<br /> LRT Advanced & Final Design &
<br /> Commuter Rail Oversight L TK Enoineerino $ 3,098,927.00 $ 804,890.31 $ 2,294,036.69
<br /> Lioht Rail Vehicle Procurement Bombardier $ 6,300,000.00 $ - $ 6,300,000.00
<br /> Advanced & Final Design of Track &
<br /> Signallmorovements BNSF $ 1,112,188.00 $ - $ 1,112,188.00
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<br /> Based on invoices received by Mn/DOT to date.
<br /> IV. New Starts Criteria and Request to Enter Final Design
<br /> The NPO request for a change in overall rating from "Not Recommended" to
<br /> "Recommended" and the draft request to enter final design were submitted to
<br /> FT A in July. On July 14, NPO staff visited the FT A Region V office to discuss
<br /> the next steps. The NPO has worked closely with the FT A and Project
<br /> Management Oversight Consultant (PMOC) since then to ensure FTA has
<br /> sufficient data to make their decisions. FT A has provided comments on many
<br /> elements of the submittal and the NPO has provided or will provide responses.
<br /> A matrix summarizing the exchange of information associated with the requests
<br /> follows in Table IV-A.
<br /> Several activities to review the project must be completed before FTA will
<br /> approve the project's entry into final design. Table IV-B lists a draft schedule of
<br /> those activities, It is a revision to the schedule provided in earlier reports based
<br /> on discussions with FT A and the Project Management Oversight Consultant. It
<br /> is organized by the activities necessary for the Northstar project to gain
<br /> approval to enter the final design phase. Both Table IV-A and IV-B portray a
<br /> scenario in which the project gains approval to enter final design in May 2006.
<br /> Project partners share a common desire to gain approval earlier and ask FT A's
<br /> continued effort to accelerate this schedule.
<br /> Level boarding was discussed at the July 14 meeting, The NPO staff described
<br /> BNSF's clearance requirements and the conclusion that mini-high block
<br /> platforms appear to be a logical solution to providing level boarding for disabled
<br /> passengers. FT A reviewed the Project data submitted in response to FT A's
<br /> level boarding questions and provided written guidance describing level
<br /> boarding. The solution to this issue requires a resolution between BNSF
<br /> Monthly Report -7- Northstar Corridor Rail Project
<br /> October 2005
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