HF 246
1st Committee Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)
Posted on 12/22/2009 12:37 p.m.
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underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to transportation; requiring a study and report on feasibility of use
1.3of light rail or commuter rail transit near the Interstate Highway 394 Corridor
1.4and the feasibility of integrating the corridor with other region transit ways;
1.5appropriating money.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION FOR STUDY.new text end
1.8 new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Appropriation.new text end new text begin $500,000 is appropriated from the general fund new text end
1.9new text begin to the Metropolitan Council to work in partnership with the Center for Transportation new text end
1.10new text begin Studies and the Center for Changing Landscapes for the purpose of conducting a study new text end
1.11new text begin and preparing a report, and is available through December 15, 2007.new text end
1.12 new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Rail transit feasibility study.new text end new text begin The Center for Changing Landscapes new text end
1.13new text begin shall conduct a study of the feasibility of the use of light rail or commuter rail transit new text end
1.14new text begin in a corridor to be designated within an area between a line two miles to the south of new text end
1.15new text begin marked Interstate Highway 394 and marked Trunk Highway 55 extending from downtown new text end
1.16new text begin Minneapolis to Ridgedale Drive in Minnetonka, with the alternative of extending to new text end
1.17new text begin Wayzata. The study must include consideration of the feasibility of integrating the new text end
1.18new text begin proposed rail transit corridor with other existing and proposed transit ways in the region.new text end
1.19 new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Elements of feasibility study.new text end new text begin The rail transit feasibility study must new text end
1.20new text begin include, without limitation:new text end
1.21 new text begin (1) an identification of major operational characteristics of light rail and commuter new text end
1.22new text begin rail transit in the corridor;new text end
1.23 new text begin (2) a quantification of capital and operating costs;new text end
2.1 new text begin (3) an evaluation of the interface of a rail transit system with other transportation new text end
2.2new text begin systems in the corridor;new text end
2.3 new text begin (4) an evaluation of the impact of a rail transit system on land use and urban new text end
2.4new text begin development;new text end
2.5 new text begin (5) an estimate of the cost and impact of necessary associated exercise of eminent new text end
2.6new text begin domain;new text end
2.7 new text begin (6) an evaluation of the impact of a rail transit system on energy and the environment;new text end
2.8 new text begin (7) an estimate of ridership potential;new text end
2.9 new text begin (8) a cost-benefit analysis that compares the total cost of the project with the benefits new text end
2.10new text begin of a rail transit line, to its users, other users of the highway, and adjacent property owners;new text end
2.11 new text begin (9) an identification of potential sources of federal, state, local, private, and other new text end
2.12new text begin funds;new text end
2.13 new text begin (10) an identification of the conditions necessary for rail transit to be feasible in new text end
2.14new text begin the Interstate Highway 394 Corridor; andnew text end
2.15 new text begin (11) an evaluation of the feasibility of integrating the proposed rail transit corridor new text end
2.16new text begin with other existing and proposed transit ways in the region.new text end
2.17 new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Report.new text end new text begin The Center for Changing Landscapes and the Center for new text end
2.18new text begin Transportation Studies, in partnership with the Metropolitan Council, shall prepare new text end
2.19new text begin a written report of this study and submit it no later than December 15, 2007, to the new text end
2.20new text begin legislature, in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197, and to new text end
2.21new text begin the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives new text end
2.22new text begin committees with jurisdiction over transportation.new text end
2.23 Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end
2.24 new text begin This act is effective the day following final enactment.new text end