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Draft Status Report on the Northstar Commuter Rail Project. June 7, 2001 <br /> <br />B. NCDA Action Approving the Advanced Corridor Plan <br />The NCDA unanimously approved the Advanced Corridor Plan on <br />August 3, 2000. <br /> <br />C. Comments from Counties, Cities and Towns Without <br /> Stations <br />As outlined on the previous page, Minn. Statutes §174.86 require <br />the submission of the physical design component of the Advanced <br />Corridor Plan to the governing body of all counties, cities, and <br />towns along the Corridor for review and comment. The Northstar <br />Corridor Commuter Rail Advanced Corridor Plan was submitted to <br />each of the governing bodies on August 4, 2000. Following the <br />submission, a public hearing on the Advanced Corridor Plan was <br />held on September 7, 2000. For information on the public hearing, <br />see Section IX.H. In addition, many cities chose to hold their own <br />public hearings. Comments from the cities and counties were due <br />on October 23, 2000. Positive comments were received from <br />Anoka, Hennepin and Sherburne Counties. <br /> <br />D. Resolutions from Cities with Stations <br />As part of the Advanced Corridor Planning process, cities with <br />stations were to approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove <br />with specific amendments, the location and design of the station <br />proposed to be located in their city or town. The deadline for <br />issuance of local resolutions was October 23, 2000. Each of the <br />following cities/towns approved its station location and design with <br />conditions: Rice, St. Cloud/Haven Township, Becker, Big Lake, Elk <br />River, Anoka, Coon Rapids, and Minneapolis. The cities of Clear <br />Lake and Fridley did not approve their proposed station locations <br />and designs and specified the amendments that would cause the <br />withdrawal of the disapproval. Copies of the resolutions can be <br />found in Appendix E.1. A description of the follow-up to responses <br />from the cities of Fridley, Clear Lake and Minneapolis are <br />described below. <br /> <br />City of Clear Lake <br />In its resolution, the City of Clear Lake identified a preference for <br />"no-build" at this time, with the option of exploring a station at a <br />later date. The Commissioner of Transportation has agreed to this <br />approach, conditional on future funding. Therefore, a commuter <br />rail station at Clear Lake is not included in the Preferred <br /> <br />Northstar Corridor Development Authority 18 <br /> <br /> <br />