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5 <br /> City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> September 24, 2002 <br /> Page 4 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Ms. Vap indicated they have a commitment from MNDOT for special funding source through <br /> 3 rail banking and the rest of the funding would come through Hennepin and Ramsey County <br /> 4 Regional Rail Authority. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Councilmember Faust asked if the right-of-way from St Anthony down to Minneapolis had been <br /> 7 purchased. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Ms. Vap indicated they were still working on that portion. She then indicated that a dollar <br /> 10 amount was agreed to with the railroad but they decided to update the appraisal and will <br /> 11 renegotiate. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Councilmember Faust commented that as St. Anthony looks at redevelopment growth within the <br /> 14 City this proposed transit should have a positive impact on the City. He then thanked Ms. Vap <br /> 15 for her efforts and said he thinks it is an excellent plan and efforts should be made to begin <br /> 16 implementation of it. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Councilmember Faust commented that streetcars were an economical and efficient way to move <br /> 19 people and this is a similar suggestion. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Councilmember Thuesen asked if successful redevelopment of Apache would give this proposal <br /> 22 more incentive to get the transit up and running more quickly or provide incentives for funding <br /> 23 the project. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Councilmember Faust said he sees the Apache redevelopment as one part of the puzzle and said <br /> 26 that the system would be built one piece at a time. <br /> 27 <br /> 28. Councilmember Sparks asked how much right-of-way has been purchased. . <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Ms. Vap indicated the portion purchased is only three to five miles long. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Ms. Vap indicated the City of Minneapolis is working with St Anthony to build a pedestrian trail. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Councilmember Faust commented that this is not just a busway or trailway it could be a bike <br /> 35 path. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Ms. Vap indicated the right-of-way is wide enough throughout the whole corridor to <br /> 38 accommodate a busway and a pedestrian trial and that is something that is being looked at with <br /> 39 the study. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Mr. Mornson indicated the intent is to have a walkingibiking path from Minneapolis to St. Paul. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Mayor Hodson said he is an advocate of transit and this is exciting. He then asked if there would <br /> 44 be a way to tie in to funding sources coming up with the T21 transportation funding in an attempt <br /> 45 to tie in Apache Plaza transportation. <br /> 46 <br />