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m I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building Seventh and Robert Streets St, Paul, Minnesota 55'10'1 Telephone (6'12) 29'1-6452 Office of the Chairman October 14, 1983 TO: County, Municipal and Township Officials, Business Leaders, and Other Interested Citizens The Metropolitan Council is proposing to adopt interim economic policies intended to ensure the Council gives appropriate consideration to economic needs in its regional planning decisions. The policies are discussed in the enclosed documents. These policies build on the Council's expemience in coordinating a wide range of public and private activities and appty:~'that~e~peri,ence, to. new areas-- economic development and its financing.;i..;'Th6'poti~ie~'and'jmptementation program are scheduled to be adopted~Ona~"intemimi.;basi~.by'theCouncil in early 1984. They would be fully integra-t~d-~Tnto'the De~elupment ,'Framework chapter of the Council's Metropolitan DevelopmentGuide'in.:~at6.1984. The Council would like your comments and sugg6~tiods on this~-p'roposed policy document. Accordingly, the Council will hold a public hearing fom~that purpose on the following date: Nov. 16, 1983 7 p.m. Metropolitan Council Chambers 300 Metro Square Bldg. 7th and Robert Streets St. Paul, Minn. If you would like to speak at the public hearing, please call Shirlee Smith of the Council's Planning Assistance staff at 291-6421. You may submit written comments on the draft until Dec. 1, 1983. Questions about the proposed policies should be directed to William Byers of the Council's Comprehensive Planning staff at 291-6322. Enclosed are two documents: a summary of the proposed interim economic policies and the policy document itself. The proposed policies are based on recommendations from the Council's staff and from an Economic Technical Advisory Committee that assisted the Council from 1979 to 1981. An Equal Opportunity Eml~loyer