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t Metropolitan Council <br />The continuing vitality of the seven - county Twin Cities metropolitan <br />region depends in great part on planning for steady and coherent <br />growth. The challenges inherent in planning for the region are met <br />through cooperation between local and regional planners. <br />As the planning agency for the region, the Metropolitan Council <br />supports and promotes communication with communities and the <br />people responsible for planning them. This communication is the <br />foundation of superior planning. It is in this spirit that we have <br />created this handbook for persons involved with and interested in <br />local and regional planning. State Law directs the Council to prepare <br />and adopt guidelines and procedures relating to the requirements <br />and provisions of the state law, including the Metropolitan Land <br />Planning Act, to provide assistance to local governmental units and <br />school districts in accomplishing the provisions of the comprehensive <br />planning law. The Council adopted this version of the Local Planning <br />Handbook on September 14, 2005. <br />Staff resources The Metropolitan Council's sector representatives, assigned to <br />specific units of government, are each municipality's key point of <br />contact. These staff members provide specific information to <br />municipalities and they serve as a liaison between the municipality <br />and the Metropolitan Council. <br />Technical staff members who have expertise in specific areas of <br />planning assist municipalities either directly or through their sector <br />representatives. <br />httb://www.metrocouncil.orc/abo <br />ut/about.htm <br />Minn. Stat. 473.854 <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />ni no/assistance/sectorreps.htm <br />http://www.metrocounci1.orq/plan <br />ni no/assistance/staff.htm <br />June 2008 1 -1 <br />