1997 Minnesota Statutes

     473.146 Policy plans for metropolitan agencies. 

    Subdivision 1.    Requirement.  The council shall adopt 
 a long-range comprehensive policy plan for transportation, 
 airports, and wastewater treatment.  The plans must 
 substantially conform to all policy statements, purposes, goals, 
 standards, and maps in the development guide developed and 
 adopted by the council under this chapter.  Each policy plan 
 must include, to the extent appropriate to the functions, 
 services, and systems covered, the following: 

    (1) forecasts of changes in the general levels and 
 distribution of population, households, employment, land uses, 
 and other relevant matters, for the metropolitan area and 
 appropriate subareas; 

    (2) a statement of issues, problems, needs, and 
 opportunities with respect to the functions, services, and 
 systems covered; 

    (3) a statement of the council's goals, objectives, and 
 priorities with respect to the functions, services, and systems 
 covered, addressing areas and populations to be served, the 
 levels, distribution, and staging of services; a general 
 description of the facility systems required to support the 
 services, and other similar matters; 

    (4) a statement of policies to effectuate the council's 
 goals, objectives, and priorities; 

    (5) a statement of the fiscal implications of the council's 
 plan, including a statement of:  (i) the resources available 
 under existing fiscal policy; (ii) the adequacy of resources 
 under existing fiscal policy and any shortfalls and unattended 
 needs; (iii) additional resources, if any, that are or may be 
 required to effectuate the council's goals, objectives, and 
 priorities; and (iv) any changes in existing fiscal policy, on 
 regional revenues and intergovernmental aids respectively, that 
 are expected or that the council has recommended or may 
 recommend; 

    (6) a statement of the relationship of the policy plan to 
 other policy plans and chapters of the metropolitan development 
 guide; 

    (7) a statement of the relationships to local comprehensive 
 plans prepared under sections 473.851 to 473.871; and 

    (8) additional general information as may be necessary to 
 develop the policy plan or as may be required by the laws 
 relating to the metropolitan agency and function covered by the 
 policy plan. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209 

    Subd. 2a. Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209 

    Subd. 2b. Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209 

    Subd. 2c. Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209 

    Subd. 3.    Development guide:  transportation.  The 
 transportation chapter must include policies relating to all 
 transportation forms and be designed to promote the legislative 
 determinations, policies, and goals set forth in section 
 473.371.  In addition to the requirements of subdivision 1 
 regarding the contents of the policy plan, the nontransit 
 element of the transportation chapter must include the following:

    (1) a statement of the needs and problems of the 
 metropolitan area with respect to the functions covered, 
 including the present and prospective demand for and constraints 
 on access to regional business concentrations and other major 
 activity centers and the constraints on and acceptable levels of 
 development and vehicular trip generation at such centers; 

    (2) the objectives of and the policies to be forwarded by 
 the policy plan; 

    (3) a general description of the physical facilities and 
 services to be developed; 

    (4) a statement as to the general location of physical 
 facilities and service areas; 

    (5) a general statement of timing and priorities in the 
 development of those physical facilities and service areas; 

    (6) a detailed statement, updated every two years, of 
 timing and priorities for improvements and expenditures needed 
 on the metropolitan highway system; and 

    (7) a general statement on the level of public expenditure 
 appropriate to the facilities. 

    The council shall develop the nontransit element in 
 consultation with the transportation advisory board and shall 
 transmit the results to the state department of transportation. 

    Subd. 4.    Transportation planning.  The metropolitan 
 council is the designated planning agency for any long-range 
 comprehensive transportation planning required by section 134 of 
 the Federal Highway Act of 1962, Section 4 of Urban Mass 
 Transportation Act of 1964 and Section 112 of Federal Aid 
 Highway Act of 1973 and other federal transportation laws.  The 
 council shall assure administration and coordination of 
 transportation planning with appropriate state, regional and 
 other agencies, counties, and municipalities, and shall 
 establish an advisory body consisting of citizens, 
 representatives of municipalities, counties, and state agencies 
 in fulfillment of the planning responsibilities of the council. 

    HIST: 1975 c 13 s 9; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 
 108,109; 1986 c 460 s 13-15; 1988 c 675 s 3; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 
 42,43; 1995 c 186 s 119