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Metropolitan Agencies <br />4-A Goals and Principles for Regional Governance <br />The Twin Cities metropolitan region is home to the majority of our state's population and <br />businesses and is poised for significant growth in the next two decades. At the same time, <br />our metropolitan region faces significant challenges and opportunities. The responses to <br />these opportunities and challenges will determine the future success of the region and its <br />competitiveness in our state, national and world economies. <br />The Metropolitan Council was created to manage the growth of the metropolitan region, <br />and cities are responsible for adhering to regional plans as they plan for local growth and <br />service delivery. <br />The region's cities are the Metropolitan Council's primary constituency, with regional <br />and local growth being primarily managed through city comprehensive planning and <br />implementation, and the delivery of a wide range of public services. To function <br />successfully, the Metropolitan Council must be accountable to and work in collaboration <br />with city governments. <br />The role of the Metropolitan Council is to set broad regional goals and to provide cities <br />with technical assistance and incentives to achieve those goals. City governments are <br />responsible and best suited to provide local zoning, land use planning, development and <br />service delivery. Any additional roles or responsibilities for the Metropolitan Council <br />should be limited to specific statutory assignments or grants or authorization, and should <br />not usurp or conflict with local roles or processes, unless such changes have the consent <br />of the region's cities. <br />• Metro Cities supports an economically strong and vibrant region, and the <br />effective, efficient and equitable provision of regional infrastructure, services <br />and planning throughout the metropolitan area. <br />• Metro Cities supports the provision of approved regional systems and planning <br />that can be provided more effectively, efficiently or equitably on a regional level <br />than at the local level by individual local units of government. <br />• The Metropolitan Council must involve cities in the delivery of regional services <br />and planning and be responsive to local perspectives on regional issues, and be <br />required to provide opportunities for city participation on Council advisory <br />committees and task forces. <br />2016 Legislative Policies 37 <br />