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Transportation Committee Meeting date: August 8, 2011 Council Meeting: August 24, 2011 Business Item Item: 2011-XXX ADVISORY INFORMATION Date: Subject: August 2, 2011 $20 million 2011 Transit Capital Improvement State G.O. Bonds Allocation District(s), Member(s): All Policy/Legal Reference: 2011 Capital Investment Bonding Bill Staff Prepared/Presented: Arlene McCarthy, MTS Director (651-602-1754) Amy Vennewitz, Deputy Director MTS (651-602-1058) Judd Schetnan, Director Legislative Affairs (651-602-1142) Division/Department: Metropolitan Transportation Services (MTS) Proposed Action That the Metropolitan Council: 1. Allocate $20 million in 2011 Transit Capital Improvement Program state G.O. bonds as follows, conditional upon CTIB providing a minimum $3.0M capital grant to the Cedar Avenue BRT in 2012: $11.0 M $4.0 M $0.5 M $1.0 M $1.25 M $0.25 M $2.0 M Minneapolis Interchange Northstar Ramsey Station Newport Park -and -Ride Cedar Avenue BRT Gateway (I-94 East) Corridor Robert Street Corridor Rush Line Corridor Maplewood Mall Park -and -Ride Expansion 2. Approve, if requested by Washington County Regional Railroad Authority, the reallocation of $1.25 M in Gateway (I-94 East) Corridor funds to the Newport Park -and -Ride conditional upon WCRRA concurrently allocating $1.25 M in its CTIB funding to the Gateway (I-94 East) Corridor. Background The 2011 Capital Investment Bonding Bill appropriated $20 million in state G.O. bonds to a Transit Capital Improvement Program to the Metropolitan Council. Eligible projects are Northstar Ramsey station, Gateway (I-94 East) corridor, Minneapolis Interchange facility, Red Rock corridor, Newport park -and -ride, Rush Line corridor, Robert Street corridor, 35W South BRT corridor and Cedar Avenue BRT corridor. Eligible activities are environmental studies, preliminary engineering, property acquisition, design and construction. The Council is responsible for allocating the funding to projects. Rationale The recommended allocation reflects the Governor's recommendations and legislative discussions during development of the bonding bill as well as preliminary input from CTIB. The Governor's earlier recommendation for bonding projects included $8 million for the Minneapolis Interchange, $4 million for the Northstar Ramsey station and $0.5 million for the Newport park -and -ride. The CTIB Executive Committee reviewed a preliminary allocation proposal on July 27, 2011. The committee supported allocating $11.0M to the Minneapolis Interchange and $1.0 M to Cedar Avenue BRT with the