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The Metropolitan Council is the regional governmental agency (also known as a regional planning organization, see Metropolitan planning organization) in Minnesota serving the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area (see Minneapolis-St. Paul). The Met Council is granted regional authority powers in state statutes by the Minnesota state legislature. These powers can supersede decisions and actions of local governments. The legislature entrusts the Council to maintain public services and oversee growth of the state's largest metro area. This agency is similar to Metro in Portland, Oregon (see Metro (Oregon regional government)) in that both agencies administer an urban growth boundary. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) is a regional transportation planning body that is required to approve transportation improvement plans for major infrastructure projects, to ensure that they are consistent with federal environmental legislation and that they are fiscally sound. ...
Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area Ranked 12th - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 400 miles (645 km) - % water 8. ...
Twin cities are two cities that are geographically close to each other and may seem to form a single unit, often referred to collectively. ...
Metropolitan area in Western Tokyo as seen from Tokyo Tower A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or...
A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ...
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Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ...
Metro, previously known as the Metropolitan Service District, is the regional governmental agency for the Oregon portion of the Portland metropolitan area. ...
An urban growth boundary, or UGB, is a regional boundary, set in an attempt to control urbanization by designating the area inside the boundary for high density urban development and the area outside the boundary for low density rural development. ...
The Council's role in the Twin Cities metro area is defined by the necessary regional services it provides and manages. These include public transportation, wastewater treatment, regional planning, urban planning for municipalities, forecasting population growth, ensuring adequate affordable housing, maintaining a regional park and trails system, and "provides a framework for regional systems including aviation, transportation, parks and open space, water quality and water management."[1] A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ...
Sewage treatment is the process that removes the majority of the contaminants from waste-water or sewage and produces both a liquid effluent suitable for disposal to the natural environment and a sludge. ...
Regional planning is a branch of land use planning and deals with the efficient placement of land use activities, infrastructure and settlement growth across a significantly larger area of land than an individual city or town. ...
Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ...
Human population increase from 10,000 BC – 2000 AD. Population growth is change in population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population per unit time. ...
Affordable housing is a dwelling where the total housing costs are affordable to those living in that housing unit. ...
Governance and Structure The Met Council is currently comprised of 17 members, 16 of which represent a geographic district in the seven-county area with one chair who serves "at large." All members are appointed by the governor and are reappointed with each new governor in office. The State Senate confirms each member appointment. In 2007, Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed the Council Chair to Peter Bell and the Regional Administrator to Tom Weaver. Timothy James (Tim) Pawlenty (born November 27, 1960) is an American politician from the Republican Party. ...
Geographic districts vary in characteristics but were historically drawn by population percentage and the presence of major natural resources. Districts near the downtown core are much smaller while the edge districts encompass large amounts of rural land. For example, District 3 contains almost all of Lake Minnetonka and it's tributaries and watershed. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Central business district. ...
Lake Minnetonka is a 14,000 acre lake in the U.S. state of Minnesota. ...
A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ...
Watershed has more than one meaning: Look up watershed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Duties The Council delivers regional services to communities and the public through these divisions and operating areas: - Regional Administration/Chair's Office - Generally sets the goals and direction the Council will take with the metro area. It also manages finances and makes budget decisions on how shared funding and grant programs are distributed amongst the region.
- Community Development - The majority of land use, regional, urban, and community planning occur with this division. It also develops and administers regional and municipal frameworks as well as the long-range vision plans.
- Environmental Services - Wastewater and sewage treatment systems are administered here. It also maintains control of the Municipal Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary. Instead of a traditional growth line, the MUSA line means sewage service cannot be extended. Growth is controlled because most developments require a sewage pipeline.
Land use is the pattern of construction and activity land is used for. ...
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT, pronounced min-dot) oversees transportation by land, water, and air in the U.S. state of Minnesota. ...
Southwest Metro Transit is a public transportation agency that is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. ...
The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) is a public transportation agency that provides transit services in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount, and Savage. ...
History In 1967 the Minnesota Legislature created the Metropolitan Council in response to growing issues of septic tank wastewater contamination. During that time, it was recognized there were systematic problems which transcended coordination of any one agency. There were more than 200 municipal agencies in existence then. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
The Minnesota State Legislature is the legislative branch of government in the U.S. state of Minnesota. ...
Additional acts of the legislature passed in 1974, 1976, and 1994 expanded the role and powers of the Met Council, merging it with transit and waste control commissions to become a unified regional authority. 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
Related Links - Metropolitan Council
- Livable Communities Act
- ^ Metropolitan Council. Accessed 2007. http://www.metrocouncil.org
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