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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 21, 2014 Page 7 Specific to traffic signal controls, Ms. Roth confirmed that the design issue was ongoing and how and when to incorporate transit system priorities. However, Ms. Roth noted that where those pre-empts were installed at signals, the communica- tion would only be to request a few extra seconds of green light after boarding, or allowing for an early start on a green light. Reiterating that this was still in the design stage, Ms. Roth advised that Met Council staff continued to work with Ramsey County, MnDOT and City of Roseville staff as to how and if to incorpo- rate pre-emption abilities at some lights and what form it would take. Councilmember McGehee suggested, if a station was not in the picture for Roselawn, a standard shelter be provided for those still using the Route 84 bus and having to wait for thirty minutes to do so on that corner in order to make a connection to the Green Line LRT, addressing safety and inclement weather is- sues for those riders. Ms. Roth referred that request to the City's Public Works Depai tnient, noting that they were responsible for shelter placement at stops, not Metropolitan Transit. While there was a minimum boarding threshold to consider when it was appropri- ate to place a shelter, typically between 25 to 40 people per day depending on the locale and density of that area, Ms. Roth reiterated that it would be up to the City to determine where shelters were appropriate. Under those circumstances, Councilmember McGehee asked if Ms. McCarthy, as the City of Roseville's Metropolitan Council representative, would be willing to see if there were any grant possibilities for installation of a bus shelter in that lo- cation. Ms. McCarthy responded that she took note as to whether there may be funding available for a shelter, and would report back to City Manager Trudgeon for dis- seminating that information to the City Council. Mayor Roe further clarified that the City worked through a franchisee on shelter locations, and staff could perform due diligence on such a possibility. With the BRT project replacing existing shelters at Snelling and County Road B and Har Mar Mall, Ms. Roth suggested that there may be an opportunity to work with the City's franchisee to relocate those existing shelters to other locations within the City of Roseville. While recognizing the cost of the station was determined by their different fea- tures, amenities and sizes, Mayor Roe asked Ms. Roth for a general range of costs for each station. Ms. Roth responded that, while the cost estimates were still being refined, based on planning level estimates and not having done any similar projects in this region