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3 -I 1~ -~ Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. ~~ ~® Meeting Date: March 4, 2009, 9:00 -11:30 a.m., Elk River City Hall Client: City of Elk River, Minnesota Project: Elk River Focused Area Study (FAST) Purpose: Advisory Panel of Experts -roundtable discussion about alternative land use concepts Present: Gen McJilton, Ryan Companies; Rusty Fifield, Northland Securities; Jill Brown, Northstar Rail; Craig Robinson, MN/DOT; Michael Noonan & Deb Ridgeway, Rottlund Homes; Sam Newberg, Joe Urban Market Consulting; Derick Dahlen, Avant Energy; Bruce Chamberlain, Bryan Harjes, & Paul Paige, HKGi; Jeremy Barnhart & Terry Maurer, City of Elk River. The meeting was held to gather input from a broad spectrum of expertise with no vested interest in the study area. The meeting opened with an overview of the project objectives and assumptions and review of the three land use alternatives. The remainder of the meeting was an open discussion among the panel members about the project. Comments below were made by panel participants. Highlighted comments ~' resonated with the group as critical elements. Transportation: • Reconstruction of the 101/169 interchange as a comprehensive project will likely not happen within our planning horizon (20 ~0 years) due to funding realities. Alternatively, "band-aid" transportation improvements that are required by traffic problems will be the norm. • New Highway 10 interchange accessing the site is possible and would be looked at favorably by MN/DOT in order to clean up current safety and traffic problems caused by intersections. An ~ interchange could happen independently of other highway improvements. ~~Y~A I ~ L~ne<a~?S1'riC~~ • OT will ' ely close 'tional meth crossings essmg the dy area from Highw 110 in the next venal years o improve s ty. It will lil~ely limit all ess pointsthe study lea with exception to 171 ~` 165` ton t-in/right-o nly. • Northstar rail is expected to open in November 2009. The Elk River train station is projected to have 900 riders/day. Northstar information is at www.mn-GetOnBoard.corn ~ r~J S~ ~y~-crl,-~,ida~.i- • Northstar Rail is not currently planning areverse-commute train. Ridership ~cmand may pressure one. • When thinking about land uses supported by rail, recognize that unless our transportation patterns radically shift, the raiUauto modal split in the impact zone around the train station will not exceed a 30/70 ratio. • LRT studies suggestthat'/4 of employees/residents in the walking zone of a station will use transit. Commuter rail usage will be less than LRT. • When choosing where to live, many people "drive" to the point they can afford. • There is some talk of legislatively limiting or surcharging "vehicle miles traveled". This could create a market incentive fortransit-oriented, compact development. Land Use: ~C • Rail station will have little to no impact on commercial development opportunities in the study area with exception to relatively small amounts of convenience retail. ,~ Highway and train noise is a big issue for residential development - a land use buffer is needed between corridors and housing. {~Ci v~Q at)i- ~3 123 North Third Street, Suite lOQ Minneapolis, MN 55401-1659 Ph (612) 338-0800 Fx (612) 338-6838 www.hkgi.com Direct (612) 252-7120 Email mlcoegler@hkgi.com