I agreed with Golden Valley's last LRT related vote, a few decades ago, in which they rejected the construction of 394 in favor of a light rail line similar to the Southwest line proposed today (only not as long, since without quality transit to draw development to existing areas the city has sprawled dramatically.The Golden Valley City Council has voted against routing the proposed Bottineau Transitway through the city, becoming the first city affected by the project to oppose the preferred route.
I also agree with this current vote. It is a bad idea to route higher-capacity transit through parkland for 3 miles, in part because of the degradation of the parkland, but moreso because that just guarantees you'll have 3 miles of unproductive transit. In the TCRT days, Minnehaha Falls, Wirth Park, and the various lakes were big trip generators, but not so today. Ask Dallas, you can build as many miles of LRT as you want, but you won't get riders unless you hit the big destinations. By skipping West Broadway and North Memorial, Bottineau is going to be a weak link in the Metro's LRT network.