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126 Nays:0 <br />127 Motion carried. <br />128 <br />129 8. Metropolitan Council Presentation <br />130 Mr. Peter Lindstrom, District 10 Metro Council representative and Mr. Adam <br />131 Harrington, Director of Service Development at Metro Transit gave a presentation <br />132 to the Commission on transit planning. <br />133 <br />134 Chair Cihacek asked how planning data at the municipal level goes into long term <br />135 route planning and help forecast future need as part of the route planning process. <br />136 <br />137 Mr. Harrington reviewed Network Next which is a program to help plan future <br />138 transit. <br />139 <br />140 Chair Cihacek explained one of the issues the city faces in its Comprehensive Plan <br />141 is that many of the major artilleries are already congested beyond what it should be <br />142 so how can the city engage in developing transit patterns or transit -oriented <br />143 development as a congestion mitigation tool. <br />144 <br />145 Mr. Harrington thought the challenge is where that happens. He explained when <br />146 communities look for transit -oriented development, it is being looked at as just a <br />147 principle and not how it applies. To him, where it really applies is how can they <br />148 grow that market area He showed a map of the transit planning and performance <br />149 standards. Having contiguous development is really important to make it useful for <br />150 riders. If there is a way to look at development patterns, build on what the city has <br />151 and extend that out. He noted Rosedale is a perfect spot to think about how the city <br />152 can infill that and is there a better mix. <br />153 <br />154 Member Misra asked how the Met Council is planning on addressing the aging of <br />155 the community as far as transit goes. <br />156 <br />157 Mr. Harrington knew there was a service that currently runs a couple of times a <br />158 week in Roseville that is almost a perfect match of what the Met Council sees to be <br />159 a couple times a week. If there are not enough riders on a route on an average day, <br />160 the challenge is where are people located and where should the best routes go in a <br />161 community. <br />162 <br />163 Mr. Harrington and Mr. Lindstrom concluded their presentation and left the <br />164 meeting. <br />165 <br />166 Chair Cihacek thought this was a very informative presentation. <br />167 <br />168 Member Joyce was surprised that County Road C could not hold a route. That is <br />169 the connection to Rosedale. <br />170 <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />