CCBC Guides Bill HF843 to Authorship

In February, the Capital City Business Council together with its members have crafted, presented, and guided to authorship a bill; HF843. This bill would require the Metropolitan Council to to comply with the Federal Judge Frank's Order Civil No. 10-147 (DWF/AJB); requiring the Metropolitan Council to suspend the current and planned construction until the supplement to their plan for the Central Corridor Light Rail has been completed and accepted by the Court. The Bill will be authored in the Senate the week of 3/7 – 3/11.

 

 

From the 1/25/2011 opinion and Order:
Court expects that Defendants will continue to work with Plaintiffs to address Plaintiffs’
concerns. Indeed, Defendants specifically represented that they are committed to
resolving community concerns that do not rise to the level of a NEPA violation. If the
relevant groups—including the Metropolitan Council, the City of St. Paul, and Ramsey
County--fulfill their commitments to mitigate the displacement of the impacted
communities due to gentrification of the area and to minimize impacts to the Rondo
community, they will revisit these issues with Plaintiffs and resolve them in the best
interest of all concerned.

 

IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. [24]), Federal
Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. [39]), and the Metropolitan
Council’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. [32]) are GRANTED IN PART
and DENIED IN PART as follows:
a. The FEIS is inadequate insofar as it fails to address the loss of
business revenues as an adverse impact of the construction of the CCLRT.
b. Defendants shall supplement the FEIS consistent with this
Order.

Plaintiffs ;

The Saint Paul Branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People; Community Stabilization
Project, a Minnesota non-profit corporation;
Aurora/Saint Anthony Neighborhood Development
Corporation, a Minnesota non-profit corporation;
Pilgrim Baptist Church; Shear Pleasure, Inc.; Metro
Bar & Grill, Inc. d/b/a Arnellia’s; Carolyn Brown;
Deborah Montgomery; Michael Wright; Leetta
Douglas; and Gloria Presley Massey,

The Bill requires the supplement to include an agreement with the majority of Plaintiffs.