Hi Neighbor,
> The Sierra Club Alert has a MN House meeting on de-funding
Light Rail to attend 8AM Monday, March 13 details below!
> Lexington Avenue will be a Ramsey County road.
According to the Highland Villager, on March 1 the city council
started the transfer of Lexington to the County. County roads
generally have larger setbacks, widths, etc (Think of County B up
by Roseville.) Time to pressure the County to remedy traffic
problems on Lexington that are used as an excuse for Ayd Mill
freeway connections. (addresses below) Once again the
City has been unable to respond to a problem and pushed
off any leadership to another governing body. The question
now is will the county engineers widen and speed up Lexington as well
as build up Ayd Mill and create a dual track eight lane psuedo
freeway corridor.
> http://www.aydmill.org/ site. Any analysis or materials are welcome!
>>>>>
From: John Gilkeson
Subject: Fwd: ALERT! 8 a.m., 300N, State Office Bldg, Mar 13!
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:31:42 -0600
> From: Mathews Hollinshead
> To: Sierra Club Alert
> Subject: ALERT! 8 a.m., 300N, State Office Bldg, Mar
> 13!
>
> AT 8 a.m., in 300 North, State Office Building
> Monday, March 13, (day
> after tomorrow) Representative Phil Krinkie will
> hold a hearing to begin
> his effort to rescind funding for the Hiawatha LRT
> line. We need to fill
> the room with transit supporters, if possible. A
> poll recently completed
> shows that 60% of those polled support LRT as the
> next step in our
> transit infrastructure. Sierra Club North Star is on
> record supporting
> Hiawatha LRT.
>
> There probably will NOT be any public comment
> period, but it is vital
> that the committee members see support in the
> audience. Just in case
> there is a comment period or dialogue in the hall,
> etc., here are some
> key points:
>
> 1. LRT moves people without paving land, destroying
> habitat, or
> necessitating sprawl.
> 2. It does not require removal of urban tree canopy,
> as elevated
> structures for Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) would.
> 3. It is the least intrusive system of mass
> transportation that can be
> retrofitted to existing neighborhoods and
> communities.
> 4. It is a point source of pollution that can be
> controlled, rather than
> a nonpoint source as is deisel bus power.
> 5. It is basically noiseless.
> 6. It's initial lifecycle is several decades longer
> than other systems,
> meaning high initial capital is amortized over a
> period that reduces
> overall costs to below that of busways or new
> highways.
> 7. It has lower operating costs than any other human
> transportation
> mode.
>
> Thank you for your response!
>
> Mat Hollinshead
> Member, ExCom and Urban Sprawl Committee, Sierra
> Club/North Star Chapter
>
>CONTACT INFO:
STATE LEGISLATURE:
Senator Richard Cohen
Capitol address: 317 Capitol, 75 Constitution Ave
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol phone: (651) 296-5931
e-mail: sen.richard.cohen@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Senator Ellen Anderson
Capitol address: G-24 Capitol, 75 Constitution Ave
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol phone: (651) 296-5537
e-mail: sen.ellen.anderson@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Michael Paymar (DFL) 64B
211 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-4199
E-mail: rep.Michael.Paymar@house.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Matt Entenza (DFL) 64A
213 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-8799
E-mail: rep.Matt.Entenza@house.leg.state.mn.us
Alice Hausman (DFL) 66B
245 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-3824
E-mail: rep.Alice.Hausman@house.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Andy Dawkins (DFL) 65A
215 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-5158
E-mail: rep.Andy.Dawkins@house.leg.state.mn.us
ST PAUL:
Address letters to: Your Council Member
City Hall, Room#: (see below)
St. Paul, MN 55102
Ward 1: Jerry Blakey 651-266-8610, Room 310C
jerry.blakey@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 2: Chris Coleman 651-266-8620, Room 310B
chris.coleman@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 3: Pat Harris 651-266-8630, Room 310C
pat.harris@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 4: Jay Benanav 651-266-8640, Room 310D
jay.benanav@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 5: Jim Reiter 651-266-8650, Room 320A
jim.reiter@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 6: Dan Bostrom, President 651-266-8660, Room 320B
dan.bostrom@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 7: Kathy Lantry 651-266-8670, Room 320C
kathy.lantry@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Saint Paul City website:
http://www.stpaul.gov/council/
City Council Fax #: 651-266-8574
RAMSEY COUNTY http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/Cntybrd/Homecb.htm
County Commissioner Rafael.E.Ortega@co.ramsey.mn.us
phone: (651) 266-8350.
Staff member Fran.Sontag@co.ramsey.mn.us
County Commissioner Susan.M.Haigh@co.ramsey.mn.us
Staff member sarah.kneece@co.ramsey.mn.us
County Commissioner Janice.Rettman@co.ramsey.mn.us
telephone, 266-8360
Staff member Eugene.Haselmann@co.ramsey.mn.us
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