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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />DATE: 6/27/00 <br />ITEM N0. : c - 4 <br />Department ApprovaL• Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: <br />� ' Consent <br />'�� <br />Item Description: Resolution supporting the Northeast Diagonal Transitway <br />Background: Since mid-1998, a group of city, county and agency participants have worked <br />collaboratively to plan and preserve the transportation corridor that coincides with the existing <br />Burlington Northern rail line between Minneapolis and White Bear Lake. This corridor has been named <br />the Northeast Diagonal Transit Corridor. <br />A Corridor kickoff ineeting was help on April 26, 2000 to provide information and receive feedback <br />from elected officials, planning commission members, staff and the general public representing all of the <br />communities served by the Northeast Diagonal Corridor. A summary of the meeting as well as an <br />informational brochure describing the corridor is attached. <br />Also attached is a diagram depicting the proposed Northeast Diagonal Transitway organizational <br />structure. Letters will go out shortly to each community requesting participation in both the Policy <br />Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee. <br />As requested, a resolution supporting the study and development of the Northeast Diagonal Transitway <br />is attached for City Council consideration. <br />RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: <br />Adoption of a resolution supporting the study and development of the Northeast Diagonal Transitway. <br />Prepared by: Karl Keel <br />