PCSR HANDOUT #1 05-12-2009Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Workshop
for Northstar Commuter Rail Suburban Stations
May 27, 2009 NORTHSTAR
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm COMMUTER RAlL
Coon Rapids City [call
11155 Robinson Drive
Coon Rapids, MN
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a venue for discussion and information sharing on
TOD for the Northstar Commuter Rail suburban stations. The workshop will be mainly focused
on TOD; that is, development around the station site.
Workshop Agenda
3:30 pm-3:40 pm
Welcome
^ Tim Yantos, Executive Director, Northstar Corridor Development Authority, NCDA
3:40 pm - 4:30 pm
TOD around Northstar Commuter Rail Suburban Stations
Updates from Northstar Commuter Rail Suburban Station Cities (10 minutes for each city)
^ Katie Larsen, Senior City Planner, City of Big Lake
^ Jeremy Barnhart, Planning Manager, City of Elk River
^ Carolyn Braun, Planning Director, City of Anoka
^ Marc Nevinski, Community Development Director, City of Coon Rapids
^ Julie Jones, Planning Manager, City of Fridley
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
TOD Panel Discussion
A moderated discussion about TOD from the perspective of professionals in the area of planning,
development and financing.
Moderator: Tim Yantos
^ Kevin Anderson, Planner, Village of Palatine, Illinois
-Lessons teamed from an established commuterrail line
^ Tim Baldwin, Vice President, URS Corporation, Denver, Colorado
-Benefits of a coordinated corridor approach to TOD planning; sustainable design for and green
benefits of TOD; and challenges and opportunities to TOD during the economic downturn
^ Steve Johnson, Development Partner, Solomon Real Estate, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
-Opportunities and challenges of working with developers
• Mark Ruff, Senior Financial Advisor, Ehlers and Associates, Roseville, Minnesota
-Advice on public financing related to TOD
^ Mary Richardson, Deputy Director of Legal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Northstar Project
-Differences of TOD versus joint development
5:30 pm-5:45 pm
TOD QUA
Time for planners and other representatives from Northstar cities and counties to ask questions to panel
members.
Facilitator: Tim Yantos
5:45-6:00
Closing recommendations from panel members to Northstar Commuter Rail suburban cities
Panel members provide three pieces of advice or recommendations on TOD to Northstar suburban cities.