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AUTHORITY AND MISSION <br />For nearly 50 years the Metropolitan Council <br />has played a key role in coordinating regional <br />growth and planning, providing essential <br />services such as transportation and wastewater <br />treatment, and convening partners to <br />accomplish ambitious goals unrealistic for a <br />single community, but possible as a region. <br />In 1967, the Minnesota Legislature gave us our <br />regional jurisdiction and responsibility. Today, <br />the Twin Cities metropolitan area is a thriving <br />region of nearly three million people living in <br />186 communities across the seven counties <br />of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, <br />Scott, and Washington. The region has emerged <br />as a world-class metropolitan area - a great <br />place to live, work, and do business. <br />The metro area is home to 17 Fortune 500 <br />companies and several of the largest private <br />companies in U.S. While our metro area <br />population makes up 1% of the U.S. total, it <br />accounts for 1.35% of the nation's gross <br />domestic product. <br />Our governing board has 17 members who are <br />appointed by the governor. Sixteen members <br />represent geographic districts of roughly equal <br />population across the region. The Council chair, <br />the 17th member, serves at large. <br />The state's Legislative Commission on <br />Metropolitan Government reviews and <br />provides feedback on the Council's <br />operating and capital budgets including <br />the capital program. <br />"For 46 years, the <br />Metropolitan Council <br />has been lauded <br />for thinking regionally <br />in order to help our <br />region prosper." <br />Susan Haigh, Chair, Metropolitan Council <br />2 <br />