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Regular Council Meeting March 12, 1991 page 4 1 Aids. 2 The Inter-Governmental Advisory Committee of the Ramsey County Regulatory 4 Railroad Authorty met recently and Councilmember Marks attended the meeting. 5 Light rail transit was discussed as were the proposed corridors. He noted that the Northeast corridor was being considered which would run from Downtown St. Paul to White Bear Lake. This route is the least expensive p of all of those being proposed. Other routes discussed included the Manger 9 Trails. 10 11 BRW is handling the Southeast corridor which runs to and through Dakota 12 County. John Findley, Chairman of the Railroad Authority for Ramsey 13 County, has advised that it takes one-tenth of the energy to move a person i14 by light rail transit than by a vehicle . LRT also reduces congestion and 15 noise and air pollution. Councilmember Marks noted that when one is fifty 16 feet from LRT tracks there is less noise from the train than from a car. 17 The next meeting of this body will be in two months. 18 19 Mayor Ranallo inquired when LRT will become a reality. Councilmember Marks 20 responded it could be from ten to twenty years depending on the capital 21 funding available. He felt that the Minneapolis north route will probably 22 be the first route to be completed. He also advised that President Bush 23 has indicated his support for funding of Amtrak. 24 25 3• Councilmember Fleming 26 Councilmember Fleming attended the most recent Village Fest meeting. Mr. 27 b Mrs. Thorson had indicated their willingness to continue to chair the 28 event. She noted that all of the Committee Chair positions have been filled. 29 Councilmember Enrooth is the Village Fest Treasurer. 30 31 A golf tournament will be held on Friday and the "Rockin Hollywoods" will 32 entertain on Friday evening. Saturday will be a family day filled with 33 events for the entire family. There will be a pancake breakfast on Sunday. 34 35 "Seed'' money has been contributed by the City and the Kiwanis Club and 36 the Chamber of Commerce has each committed to donations of $2,000. 38 The next Village Fest meeting is scheduled for March 25th at 7:00 p.m. . 39 40 4. Councilmember Wagner 41 Councilmember Wagner gave a progress report on the Special Olympics. 42 Tunisia and the Ivory Coast have decided against sending athletes 43 to participate. St. Anthony will now be hosting athletes from St. 44 Vincent Island which is located in the , Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. bS Fourteen athletes, two coaches and one coordinator will be attending from 46 the island. He noted that this is a relatively poor area .and speculated 47 that no parents nor family members will be accompanying the athletes. 48 49 Councilmember Wagner distributed material received from Marcia Bystrom 50 who is working on coordinating Special Olympic events. He advised that •