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<br />NORTHSTAR CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
<br />Regular Meeting Minutes
<br /> December 7, 2000
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<br />The Northstar Corridor Development Authority met in regular session on December 7, 2000, in the Board Room at the
<br />Sherburne County Govemment Center, Elk River, Minnesota.
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<br />Present were: Betsy Wergin, Mary Richardson, Tim Yantos, Ken Stevens, Lynn George, Catherine Geisen-
<br />Kisch, Jori Haukaas, Art Daniels, Jerry Goebel, Duane Cekalla, Lewis Stark, Patrick Cairns, Scott Harlicker,
<br />Tom Cruikshank, Ewald Peterson, John Norgren, Paul Danielson, Jim McLean, Dean Michalko, Robert
<br />Kirchner, Vic Oviatt, John Blaha, David Loch, Stephanie Klinzing, Bob Johnson, Gabriel Guevara, Jean
<br />Keely, Mike Christensen, Ketli Neu, Terry Nagorski, Ray Friedl, Luci Botzek, Linda Jungwirth, Roger
<br />Fraser, Tom Ryan, Peter Beberg, John Weaver, Tom Gamec, Peggy Aho, Sandy Carroll
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<br />1. The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m.
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<br />2. Paul McCarron presented the legislative update.
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<br />A motion was made by Ewald Peterson, seconded by Patrick Cairns and carried unanimously to
<br />approve the agenda of December 7, 2000, and the minutes of November 2, 2000, as presented.
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<br />4. Executive Committee Report:
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<br />a) Ken Stevens reviewed responses to the City Resolutions on the Advanced Corridor Plan.
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<br />b)
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<br />A motion was made by Paul McCarron, seconded by Duane Cekalla and carried
<br />unanimously to approve the recommendation of the Executive Committee that the Mn/DOT
<br />Commissioner and NCDA submit to the Metropolitan Council and St. Cloud APO the
<br />Advanced Corridor Plan, the resolutions from the cities and comments from the Counties,
<br />and the response from Mn/DOT and the NCDA.
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<br />c)
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<br />A motion was made by Bob Johnson, seconded by Patrick Cairns and carried unanimously
<br />to approve the recommendation of the Executive Committee that the NCDA advance the
<br />2001 contract start date for Mainline Management and the NCDA agreement in order to
<br />continue capacity modeling and BNSF negotiations.
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<br />d)
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<br />A motion was made by Art Daniels, seconded by Lewis Stark and carried unanimously to
<br />approve the year end adjustment of the NCDA 2000 budget as set forth in the table dated
<br />11/13/00, totaling $19,750,000 and the 2001 projected budget at $23,235,000.
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<br />e)
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<br />Paul McCarron gave an update on the Metropolitan LRTJPB's request to the Legislature
<br />which includes a funding request which supports the NCDA funding request totaling $119
<br />million.
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<br />Two firms (Himle Hornet, Inc. and Padilla, Speer, Beardsley) responded to the RFP for Public
<br />Information Services. A motion was made by Paul McCarron, seconded by Duane Cekalla and
<br />carried unanimously to approve the recommendation of the Project Management Team to award the
<br />RFP to Himle Homer, Inc. for professional services to conduct public information and participation
<br />activities and authorize the Chair to finalize negotiations and execute a contract in an amount not to
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