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Vadnais Heights withdraws support for Purple Line BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR
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The city of Vadnais Heights is following the lead of other cities by passing a resolution withdrawing its support for the Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit Project. “The reason for this resolution is all of our neighbors have gotten together and opposed the Purple Line due to communication issues,” Council Member Patricia Youker said. Council Member Greg Urban gave a brief background on the Purple Line at the Dec. 6 City Council meeting. “It was presented to us as something that was going to come through Vadnais Heights on its way to White Bear Lake with a stop on Highway 61 that would then service the Sports Center,” he said. “As soon as White Bear Lake decided they didn’t want it, Metro Transit, without talking to us, decided that they were considering running it through downtown Vadnais Heights. That was never brought before us or discussed with us. We all found out in the newspaper that they might be coming into the center of our city. So that was certainly an issue from a communications standpoint. There’s a history here of bad communication with Metro Transit; we don’t know what they’re proposing or what they’re thinking.” Council Member Erik Goebel agreed that Metro Transit has had poor communication with the cities involved in the Purple Line. He said that Council Member Steve Rogers, City Administrator Kevin Watson and himself recently participated in a phone call with staff from Metro Transit. “They acknowledged that they have had poor communication with the cities,” Goebel said. “They explained that how they communicate with us can be dictated however we would like it to be. Essentially, they said if we want to get an update once a month, they would be willing to do so.” He added, “In light of that, the communication issue should not be a problem. I don’t think that a resolution is the appropriate way to go about saying that we are not communicating appropriately. I think that if we would simply reach out, they would be here and they would be informing us of what we need to know.” Goebel noted that he received eight emails from residents who didn’t like the title in the resolution. “The feedback I’m getting from residents is the resolution is OK, but they don’t want to see