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(Page 52 - 54) Plan Adoption and Implementation The implementation process for the recommended improvements has many facets since the process involves a number of agencies for reviewing, approving and funding both development projects and roadway improvement projects. The success of the implementation depends on a considerable amount of cooperation and coordination between these agencies. The Cities, Township, County and MnIDOT need to support the corridor plan as part of their review processes of future development proposals and land use designation changes within the corridor. Future funding priorities and regional consistency determinations can be strongly influenced if the PMT members consistently support the roadway improvement plans and restrict land use to :that : shown>;tn;;, the;;'= :robable , land ; use ;fscenario. It is recommended that the PMT should be continued and possibly reorganized as a Transportation Management Organization (TMO). The primary responsibilities would be to maintain a process similar to the 3-C planning program encouraged by the Federal Highway Administration for many years. The 3-Cs stand for a process which is: * Continuing * Cooperative * Comprehensive The local review and planning processes need to be updated to be consistent with the corridor study findings. Each separate jurisdiction needs to review the corridor study with their planning and policy members and then formally adopt the study. Mn/DOT support could be documented through some type of letter of intent from the agency. The corridor study should` be presented to the Metropolitan Council's Technical Advisory Committee and if possible adopted by and incorporated into the regional Transportation Development Guide / Policy Plan. Once the study has been adopted, the Cities and Township can revise and amend their Comprehensive Land Use and Thoroughfare Plans and the County can update their Transportation Plan. Comprehensive Plan amendment requests should be relatively easy to implement by the Met Council since they would be consistent with the Development Guide / Policy Plan. A critical element of the implementation portion of the plan is to retain the trip generation rates as calculated for the probable land use scenario. Data is available on a parcel by parcel or block by block 'basis in Appendix B. Deviation should be permitted only after careful study of the impact of the changes and after review by other members by the project management team.