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Metropolitan Agencies <br /> Metro Cities supports new laws that expand municipal representation on the water <br /> supply advisory committee and eliminates the requirement that city comprehensive <br /> plans be consistent with the regional water supply plan. These changes will <br /> strengthen input and collaboration around water supply planning, and help to <br /> ensure that sound scientific analyses and models are developed before legislative <br /> solutions to these issues are considered. Metro Cities advocated for and supports <br /> 2015 laws that enacted a technical advisory committee to the MAWSAC and that <br /> maximizes participation by municipal officials. <br /> Metro Cities supports efforts to identify capital funding sources to assist with <br /> municipal water supply projects. Any fees or taxes for regional water supply <br /> planning activities must be consistent with activities prescribed in MN Statutes 473. <br /> 1565, and support activities specifically within the region. <br /> 4-G Review of Local Comprehensive Plans <br /> In reviewing local comprehensive plans and plan amendments, the Metropolitan <br /> Council should: <br /> • Recognize that its role is to review and comment, unless it is found that the local plan <br /> is more likely than not to have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial <br /> departure from one of the four system plans; <br /> • Be aware of the statutory time constraints imposed by the Legislature on plan <br /> amendments and development applications; <br /> • Provide for immediate effectuation of plan amendments that have no potential for <br /> substantial impact on systems plans; <br /> • Require the information needed for the Metropolitan Council to complete its review, <br /> but not prescribe additional content or format beyond that which is required by the <br /> Metropolitan Land Use Planning Act(LUPA); <br /> • Work in a cooperative and timely manner toward the resolution of outstanding issues. <br /> When a city's local comprehensive plan is deemed incompatible with the Met <br /> Council's systems plans, Metro Cities supports a formal appeals process that includes <br /> a peer review. Metro Cities opposes the imposition of sanctions or monetary penalties <br /> when a city's local comprehensive plan is deemed incompatible with the Met <br /> Council's systems plans or the plan fails to meet a statutory deadline when the city <br /> has made legitimate efforts to meet Met Council requirements; <br /> • Work with affected cities and other organizations such as the Pollution Control <br /> Agency, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Health and other <br /> stakeholders to identify common ground and resolve conflicts between respective <br /> goals for flexible residential development and achieving consistency with the <br /> Council's system plans and policies; and <br /> 2017 Legislative Policies 43 <br />