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In order for regional and local planning to result in the successful implementation of <br />regional policies: <br />The State of Minnesota must contribute additional financial resources, particularly <br />in the areas of transportation and transit, reinvestment, affordable housing <br />development, and the preservation of parks and open space: if funding for regional <br />infrastructure is not adequate, cities should not be responsible for meeting the <br />growth forecast set forth by the Metropolitan Council. <br />■ The Metropolitan Council must work to pursue levels of state and federal <br />transportation funding that are adequate to meet identified transportation and <br />transit needs in the metropolitan area. <br />■ The Metropolitan Council must recognize the limitations of its authority and <br />continue to work with cities in a collaborative, incentives -based manner, and <br />Metropolitan counties, including the collar counties and school districts, must be <br />brought more thoroughly into the discussion due to the critical importance of <br />facilities and services such as county roads and public schools in accommodating <br />forecasted growth. <br />■ Greater recognition must be given to the fact that the "true" metropolitan region <br />extends beyond the traditional seven - county area and to the need to work <br />collaboratively with the twelve adjacent counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and <br />the cities within those counties. The region faces environmental, transportation, <br />and land -use issues that cannot be solved by the seven - county metro area alone. <br />Metro Cities supports an analysis to determine the impacts of Metropolitan <br />Council's growth management policies and infrastructure investments on the <br />growth and development of the collar counties, and the impacts of growth in the <br />collar counties on the metropolitan area. <br />IV4 Comprehensive Planning Schedule <br />Cities are required to submit comprehensive plan updates to the Metropolitan Council <br />every 10 years, the most recent of which was due in 2008. <br />Any future changes to the schedule for local comprehensive planning should be <br />accompanied by the statutory establishment of a complementary schedule for regional <br />planning. This schedule should: <br />(1) protect cities from being forced into a state of perpetual planning in response to <br />regional actions; and; <br />(2) ensure sufficient time for cities to understand and incorporate regional policies into <br />their local planning efforts. <br />2011 Legislative Policies 29 <br />