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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 24, 2002 Page 4 Ms. Vapindicated the have a commitment from MNDOT for special funding source through Y 3 rail banking and the rest of the funding would come through Hennepin and Ramsey County 4 Regional Rail Authority. 5 6 Councilmember Faust asked if the right-of-way from St Anthony down to Minneapolis had been 7 purchased. 8 9 Ms. Vap indicated they were still working on that portion. She then indicated that a dollar 10 amount was agreed to with the railroad but they decided to update the appraisal and will 11 renegotiate. 12 13 Councilmember Faust commented that as St. Anthony looks at redevelopment growth within the 14 City this proposed transit should have a positive impact on the City. He then thanked Ms. Vap 15 for her efforts and said he thinks it is an excellent plan and efforts should be made to begin 16 implementation of it. 17 18 Councilmember Faust commented that streetcars were an economical and efficient way to move 19 people and this is a similar suggestion. 20 21 Councilmember Thuesen asked if successful redevelopment of Apache would give this proposal 22 more incentive to get the transit up and running more quickly or provide incentives for funding 40 the project. 25 Councilmember Faust said he sees the Apache redevelopment as one part of the puzzle and said 26 that the system would be built one piece at a time. 27 28 Councilmember Sparks asked how much right-of-way has been purchased. 29 30 Ms. Vap indicated the portion purchased is only three to five miles long. 31 32 Ms. Vap indicated the City of Minneapolis is working with St Anthony to build a pedestrian trail. 33 34 Councilmember Faust commented that this is not just a busway or trailway it could be a bike 35 path. 36 37 Ms. Vap indicated the right-of-way is wide enough throughout the whole corridor to 38 accommodate a busway and a pedestrian trial and that is something that is being looked at with 39 the study. 40 41 Mr. Mornson indicated the intent is to have a walking/biking path from Minneapolis to St. Paul. 42 43 Mayor Hodson said he is an advocate of transit and this is exciting. He then asked if there would 44 be a way to tie in to funding sources coming up with the T21 transportation funding in an attempt 0 to tie in Apache Plaza transportation.