Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

473.121 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them in this section, except as otherwise expressly provided or indicated by the context. § Subd. 2.Metropolitan area or area. "Metropolitan are…

473.123 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Creation. A Metropolitan Council with jurisdiction in the metropolitan area is established as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state. It shall be under the supervision and control of 17 members, all of whom shall …

473.125 REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The Metropolitan Council shall appoint a regional administrator to serve at the council's pleasure as the principal administrative officer for the Metropolitan Council. The regional administrator shall organize the work of the council staff. The re…

473.127 ADVISORY COMMITTEES. The Metropolitan Council may establish and appoint persons to advisory committees to assist the Metropolitan Council in the performance of its duties. Members of the advisory committees shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for thei…

473.129 POWERS OF METROPOLITAN COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.General powers. The Metropolitan Council shall have and exercise all powers which may be necessary or convenient to enable it to perform and carry out the duties and responsibilities now existing or which may hereafter be im…

473.1293 ENERGY FORWARD PRICING MECHANISMS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. The following definitions apply in this section. (a) "Energy" means natural gas, heating oil, diesel fuel, or any other energy source, except electric, used in Metropolitan Council operations. (b) "Forward p…

473.13 BUDGET, FINANCIAL AID. § Subdivision 1.Budget. (a) On or before December 20 of each year, the council shall adopt a final budget covering its anticipated receipts and disbursements for the ensuing year and shall decide upon the total amount necessary to be raised from ad v…

473.132 SHORT-TERM INDEBTEDNESS. The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes to purchase equipment to be owned and used by the council and having an expected useful life of at least as long as the terms of the certificates or notes. The certificates or not…

473.142 SMALL BUSINESSES. (a) The Metropolitan Council and agencies specified in section 473.143, subdivision 1, may award a preference up to the percentage under section 16C.16, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), for specified goods or services to small targeted group businesses and …

473.1425 WORKING CAPITAL FUND. The Metropolitan Council or a metropolitan agency defined in section 473.121, subdivision 5a, to the extent allowed by other law or contract, may grant available money that has been appropriated for socially or economically disadvantaged business pr…

473.143 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS. § Subdivision 1.Application. For purposes of this section, "agency" means a metropolitan agency as defined in section 473.121, except the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. Agency also means the Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission…

473.144 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE FOR CONTRACTS. (a) For all contracts for goods and services in excess of $100,000, neither the council nor an agency listed in section 473.143, subdivision 1, shall accept any bid or proposal for a contract or agreement from any business having …

473.145 DEVELOPMENT GUIDE. (a) The Metropolitan Council must prepare and adopt, after appropriate study and such public hearings as may be necessary, a comprehensive development guide for the metropolitan area. It must consist of a compilation of policy statements, goals, standar…

473.146 POLICY PLANS FOR METROPOLITAN AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. The council shall adopt a long-range comprehensive policy plan for transportation and wastewater treatment. The plans must substantially conform to all policy statements, purposes, goals, standards, and …

473.1466 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. (a) Prior to each major revision of the transportation policy plan, the council must carry out a performance evaluation of the metropolitan area's transportation system as a whole. The performance evaluation must: (1) evaluat…

473.147 REGIONAL RECREATION OPEN SPACE SYSTEM POLICY PLAN. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. The Metropolitan Council after consultation with the Parks and Open Space Commission, municipalities, park districts and counties in the metropolitan area, and after appropriate public hearin…

473.149 SOLID WASTE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. § Subdivision 1.Policy plan; general requirements. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall revise the metropolitan long range policy plan for solid waste management adopted in 2011 by December 31, 2016, and every sixth ye…

473.151 DISCLOSURE. For the purpose of the rules, plans, and reports required or authorized by sections 473.149, 473.516, 473.801 to 473.823 and this section, each generator of hazardous waste and each owner or operator of a collection service or waste facility annually shall mak…

473.1565 METROPOLITAN AREA WATER SUPPLY PLANNING ACTIVITIES; ADVISORY COMMITTEES. § Subdivision 1.Planning activities. (a) The Metropolitan Council must carry out planning activities addressing the water supply needs of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivi…

473.157 WATER RESOURCES PLAN. To help achieve federal and state water quality standards, provide effective water pollution control, and help reduce unnecessary investments in advanced wastewater treatment, the council shall adopt a water resources plan that includes management ob…

473.1631 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW. All metropolitan agencies shall file their budgets with the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives on January 15 of the first year of each biennium for review by the committees of each body that have jurisdiction over th…

473.164 SPORTS, AIRPORT COMMISSIONS TO PAY COUNCIL COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Annually reimburse. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission and the Metropolitan Airports Commission shall annually reimburse the council for costs incurred by the council in the discharge of its resp…

473.165 COUNCIL REVIEW; INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, BOARD, AGENCY. (1) The Metropolitan Council shall review all long-term comprehensive plans of each independent commission, board, or agency prepared for its operation and development within the metropolitan area but only if such pla…

473.166 CONTROLLED ACCESS; APPROVAL. Before acquiring land for or constructing a controlled access highway in the area, the state Transportation Department or local government unit proposing the acquisition or construction shall submit to the council a statement describing the pr…

473.167 HIGHWAY PROJECTS. § Subdivision 1. MS 1994 [Renumbered 473.166] § Subd. 2.Loans for acquisition. (a) The council may make loans to counties, towns, and statutory and home rule charter cities within the metropolitan area for the purchase of property within the right-of-way…

473.168 FREEWAY EXCLUSIVE LANES. § Subdivision 1.Freeway defined. For the purpose of this section, "freeway" means a completely controlled access highway where ingress and egress is allowed only at certain designated points as determined by the road authority having jurisdiction …

473.171 COUNCIL REVIEW; APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL AND STATE AID. § Subdivision 1.Federal. The council shall review all applications of a metropolitan agency, independent commission, board or agency, and local governmental units for funds, grants, loans or loan guarantees from the …

473.173 COUNCIL REVIEW; METROPOLITAN SIGNIFICANCE. § Subdivision 1.By rule and statute. The council shall review all proposed matters of metropolitan significance to be undertaken by any private organization, independent commission, board or agency, local governmental unit, or an…

473.175 REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS. § Subdivision 1.For compatibility, conformity. The council shall review the comprehensive plans of local governmental units, prepared and submitted pursuant to sections 473.851 to 473.871, to determine their compatibility with each other and…

473.181 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL REVIEW. § Subdivision 1. MS 2000 [Repealed, 2001 c 191 s 9] § Subd. 2.Parks. The council shall review local government park master plans pursuant to section 473.313. § Subd. 3. MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s 209] § Subd. 4. MS 1994 [Repealed, 199…

473.191 LOCAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1.Comprehensive community planning. The Metropolitan Council may, at the request of local governmental units, enter into contracts or make other arrangements with local governmental units and others for the provision of services fo…

473.192 AIRCRAFT NOISE ATTENUATION. § Subdivision 1.Citation. This section may be cited as the "Metropolitan Area Aircraft Noise Attenuation Act." § Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section, "metropolitan area" has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2. …

473.194 DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of sections 473.194 to 473.201, the terms defined in the Municipal Housing and Redevelopment Act shall have the meanings given them in that act. History: 1975 c 13 s 23; 1986 c 460 s 26

473.195 HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Under chapter 469; exceptions. In addition to, and not in limitation of, all other powers invested in it by law, the council, and the members thereof, shall have, throughout the metropolitan area, the same functi…

473.197 HOUSING BOND CREDIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162] § Subd. 2. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 162] § Subd. 3. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 152 art 1 s 43; 1Sp2005 c 1 art …

473.199 EFFECT ON A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY HRA. Nothing in sections 473.194 to 473.201 shall be construed to impair the powers and obligations of municipal, county or multicounty housing and redevelopment authorities within the metropolitan area. History: 1975 c 13 s 25; 1986 c 460 …

473.201 ALLOCATE LOCAL PROJECT COSTS; SEEK, GET U.S. GRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Local may tax to pay for. The council shall allocate the net unreimbursed costs of any project which it undertakes to the municipality or group of municipalities or county for which the project is undert…

473.206 LOCAL ORDINANCES. Each county, city or town in the metropolitan area shall be provided with standards, criteria and suggested model ordinances and may, after review and comment by the Metropolitan Council, adopt ordinances which provide for the protection of the resources…

473.208 COOPERATION. In adopting and enforcing the ordinances for which standards and criteria are provided by section 473.206, counties, cities and towns shall consult and cooperate with affected soil and water conservation districts, watershed districts, and lake conservation d…

473.223 FEDERAL AID. For the purposes of this section the term "governmental subdivision" includes municipalities, counties and other political subdivisions generally. If federal aid for transportation programs and projects is otherwise unavailable to an existing agency or govern…

473.24 POPULATION ESTIMATES. (a) The Metropolitan Council shall annually prepare an estimate of population for each county, city, and town in the metropolitan area and an estimate of the number of households and average household size for each city in the metropolitan area with a…

473.242 URBAN RESEARCH. Where studies have not been otherwise authorized by law the Metropolitan Council may study the feasibility of programs relating but not limited to water supply, refuse disposal, surface water drainage, communication, transportation, and other subjects of c…

473.245 REPORTS. On or before January 15 of each year, the Metropolitan Council shall report to the legislature. The report shall include: (1) a statement of the Metropolitan Council's receipts and expenditures by category since the preceding report; (2) a detailed budget for the…

473.246 COUNCIL'S SUBMISSIONS TO LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION. The Metropolitan Council shall submit to the Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Government information on the council's tax rates and dollar amounts levied for the current year, proposed property tax rates and levies, o…

473.249 TAX LEVY. § Subdivision 1.Indexed limit. (a) The Metropolitan Council may levy a tax on all taxable property in the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121 to provide funds for the purposes of sections 473.121 to 473.249 and for the purpose of carrying out other resp…

473.25 LIVABLE COMMUNITIES CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES. (a) The council shall establish criteria for uses of the fund provided in section 473.251 that are consistent with and promote the purposes of this article and the policies of the Metropolitan Development Guide adopted by the co…