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IS. PROJECT TEAM (1 page or less) Identify the participants on the development and management team, including owner/developer, manager, architect, consultants. . Describe the experience of principal partici pants. The North Metro I-35W Corridor Coalition in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Design Center for American Urban Landscape will lead and coordinate this project. They have been working in collaboration for nearly two years. Representatives of affected local, regional, and state entities would be invited to advise and inform the study on a regular basis. The Coalition has been in existence since December 1996 and has developed and launched a subregional GIS and overseen several studies and projects supported with funding through Minnesota State Legislature, the State of Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, The McKnight Foundation, the Metropolitan Council, Metro GIS Council, Ramsey County, Anoka County, Northern States Power Company, Williams Energy Company, and Minnesgasco. The Design Center for American coordinated Tracks 1 and 2 of the Phase I Urban Design and Transportation Study and currently is engaged in several urban design and policy applied research projects that explore implementation of livable community strategies in suburban communities and development of methods and tools for replication. This work is being done under grants from the McKnight Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, and the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies. A consultant team would be established. Member may include, but would not be limited to the following individuals or firms. Consultants would be selected based upon their expertise and experience in livable community or smart growth principles, knowledge and experience with existing Coalition data and work, or expertise in a specialized field critical to the study. Fred Dock, Barton-Aschman - transportation consultant in Phase I on the Coalition's Land Use and Transportation study area; co-investigator in Livable Subregional Arterial Study fund by the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies. John Carpenter, Insight Mapping - GIS consultant in socioeconomic and demographic data development and analysis using methods developed by Insight and tested by Coalition communities. Jerry Happel, PlanSight - GIS consultant in land use data development and software application and development; has been on contract with the Coalition since 1997. Barbara Raye - consultant in governmental, organizational, and human services development; participated in Phase I development work that led to proposed structure being tested by the Coalition. Peter Calthorpe Associates - an urban design consulting firm with nationally recognized expertise in transit-oriented development; consulting with the Metropolitan Council on the St. Croix Valley Transportation and Land Use Study and the Transit-Oriented Development Handbook for the Twin Cities region. Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) - a consulting firm with nationally-recognized expertise market feasibility of transit-oriented land uses and building types and 16