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1 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2017 473.1565 473.1565 METROPOLITAN AREA WATER SUPPLY PLANNING ACTIVITIES; ADVISORY COMMITTEES. Subdivision 1. Planning activities. (a) The Metropolitan Council must carry out planning activities addressing the water supply needs of the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. The planning activities must include, at a minimum: (1) development and maintenance of a base of technical information needed for sound water supply decisions including surface and groundwater availability analyses, water demand projections, water withdrawal and use impact analyses, modeling, and similar studies; (2) development and periodic update of a metropolitan area master water supply plan, prepared in cooperation with and subject to the approval of the policy advisory committee established in this section, that: (i) provides guidance for local water supply systems and future regional investments; (ii) emphasizes conservation, interjurisdictional cooperation, and long-term sustainability; and (iii) addresses the reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness of the metropolitan area water supply system and its local and subregional components; (3) recommendations for clarifying the appropriate roles and responsibilities of local, regional, and state government in metropolitan area water supply; (4) recommendations for streamlining and consolidating metropolitan area water supply decision -making and approval processes; and (5) recommendations for the ongoing and long-term funding of metropolitan area water supply planning activities and capital investments. (b) The council must carry out the planning activities in this subdivision in consultation with the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Policy and Technical Advisory Committees established in this section. Subd. 2. Policy advisory committee. (a) A Metropolitan Area Water Supply Policy Advisory Committee is established to assist the council in its planning activities in subdivision 1. The policy advisory committee has the following membership: (1) the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee; (2) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee; (3) the commissioner of natural resources or the commissioner's designee; (4) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or the commissioner's designee; (5) two officials of counties that are located in the metropolitan area, appointed by the governor, in consultation with the Association of Minnesota Counties; (6) five officials of noncounty local governmental units that are located in the metropolitan area, appointed by the governor, in consultation with the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities; (7) the chair of the Metropolitan Council or the chair's designee, who is chair of the advisory committee; Copyright CO 2017 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.