SW LRT Update (Memo)Planning & Economic
Development
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Hopkins City Council Members
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FROM: Kersten Elverum ire tor of Planning & Development
DATE: March 6, 2013
SUBJECT: SW LRT Update
A Council work session has been scheduled for March 12, 2013, to provide an update on issues
related to the proposed SW LRT line. Two concurrent planning processes are underway — the
Transitional Station Area Action Plan and Preliminary Engineering. These processes are
intended to be complementary and iterative, and both are moving along fairly quickly driven by a
desire to submit plans and a request for municipal consent by fall 2013.
Mark Koegler, HKGI, will be present at the work session to provide an overview of the TSAAP
process and discuss the results of a technical design charrette. The plans coming from the
charrette will be shared with the Business Advisory Committee and Community Advisory
Committee the following week.
We will also talk about the proposed community engagement plan (including open houses and
listening sessions that will be held April through June), the historical review process, and other
issues associated with the SW LRT project.
Staff from both the Public Works and Planning Departments will be in attendance to help
provide for a complete discussion of the many issues associated with this important project.