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Nays: 0 <br />Motion carried. <br />8. Metropolitan Council Presentation <br />Mr. Peter Lindstrom, District 10 Metro Council representative and Mr. Adam <br />Harrington, Director of Service Development at Metro Transit gave a presentation <br />to the Commission on transit planning. <br />Chair Cihacek asked how planning data at the municipal level goes into long term <br />route planning and help forecast future need as part of the route planning process. <br />Mr. Harrington reviewed Network Next which is a program to help plan future <br />transit. <br />Chair Cihacek explained one of the issues the city faces in its Comprehensive Plan <br />is that many of the major artilleries are already congested beyond what it should be <br />so how can the city engage in developing transit patterns or transit -oriented <br />development as a congestion mitigation tool. <br />Mr. Harrington thought the challenge is where that happens. He explained when <br />communities look for transit -oriented development, it is being looked at as just a <br />principle and not how it applies. To him, where it really applies is how can they <br />grow that market area He showed a map of the transit planning and performance <br />standards. Having contiguous development is really important to make it useful for <br />riders. If there is a way to look at development patterns, build on what the city has <br />and extend that out. He noted Rosedale is a perfect spot to think about how the city <br />can infill that and is there a better mix. <br />Member Misra asked how the Met Council is planning on addressing the aging of <br />the community as far as transit goes. <br />Mr. Harrington knew there was a service that currently runs a couple of times a <br />week in Roseville that is almost a perfect match of what the Met Council sees to be <br />a couple times a week. If there are not enough riders on a route on an average day, <br />the challenge is where are people located and where should the best routes go in a <br />community. <br />Mr. Harrington and Mr. Lindstrom concluded their presentation and left the <br />meeting. <br />Chair Cihacek thought this was a very informative presentation. <br />Member Joyce was surprised that County Road C could not hold a route. That is <br />the connection to Rosedale. <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />