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can assist in county and state projects through direct purchase and its planning and zoning authority — the county and the state have no ability to utilize these tools for their own facilities because they do not have these powers. Another tool not mentioned, but should be included, is obtaining funding for preservation through the Met Council's RALF program. • Page 6-21— Transit Market Area The plan should note the existing and future market areas for the city. The text currently does not identify the number. • Page 6-21— Existing Transit Service — text below the bulleted list The sentence, "Metro Transit and First Student is repeated twice. Delete the sentences just above the section for fixed route transit service • Figure 6 -8 — Transit Service and Facilities: o The map shows future park and ride locations, are there any future bus service lines that should be shown? At one time there was discussion of a park and ride and service out of the library area. If that is still proposed, it should be added to the map. o The bus route shown on CSAH 21 disappears at the county border for about a half an inch and then shows up to the south — please fill in the gap or put an arrow pointing south at the city limits. • Page 6-30 — Aviation Plan: The title size should be increased to match other titles of new sections. • Page 6-31— Plan Implementation — Access Management The text is a little weak in endorsing/adopting county and Mn/DOT access guidelines. The county acknowledges the difficulty of making the guidelines work in all locations due to existing development. The county is not asking for the city to remove access at all locations that do not meet the guidelines. However, it will be difficult for the county and the city to successfully apply for funding grants with the way the text is currently written. Access management is a significant strategy for safety and mobility on the regional highways and, therefore, is strongly endorsed and supported by the Metropolitan Council. This is evident in the Regional Solicitation program, which is a major funding source for regional roads. Past practice of those scoring these grant applications for access management indicates that stronger support of the access management guidelines is essential The way the plan is currently written, an application for a project within the city of Lino Lakes would not score well at all in this important category. The implementation plan should also acknowledge that these guidelines need to be incorporated into subdivision and zoning ordinances. • Other — the Met Council requirements outlined in the local planning guidebook indicate that safety problem areas should be identified. The county plan will have locations that could be noted by the city if you are interested. • Other — the county has identified CR 153 as a to mback route to the city. This should be noted in the city's plan. • •