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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.373, subd. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.373, subd. <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.374. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.375. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.383. <br />Minn. Stat. § 462.385. <br />Northwest Development <br />Commission. <br />Headwaters Regional <br />Development Commission. <br />An-owhead Regional <br />Development Commission. <br />West Central Initiative. <br />Region Five Development <br />Commission. <br />Mid -Minnesota Development <br />Commission. <br />• Create a framework for adoption of a regional plan, and provide <br />timelines for review and comment on the plan by participating <br />governmental units. <br />• Create a framework for review of participating governmental unit <br />comprehensive plans and a timeline for comment on such plans by the <br />regional board. <br />The regional planning board may hire a planning director and staff, <br />including consultants, and appoint an advisory planning commission. <br />The regional planning board may prepare a plan for the development of the <br />region. However, the plan may not be adopted by the regional planning <br />board until it has been referred to the governing bodies of all participating <br />units for their review and their recommendation. <br />Once the plan has been prepared, participating governmental units within <br />the region may adopt all or any portion of the regional development plan. <br />When a regional plan is adopted, the regional planning agency must send a <br />copy of the plan and any future revisions to the commissioner of <br />employment and economic development, to the governing bodies of <br />cooperating governmental units, and to the planning agencies in contiguous <br />areas. <br />D. Regional development commissions and <br />comprehensive planning activities <br />Regional development commissions are separate entities from regional <br />development boards discussed above. Regional development commissions <br />are created by state statute to provide a means of pooling the resources of <br />local governments to approach common problems related to urban and rural <br />growth and development. <br />Development regions are set by state statute and are numbered as follows: <br />Region 1: Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Polk, and <br />Norman. <br />Region 2: Lake of the Woods, Beltrami, Mahnomen, Clearwater, and <br />Hubbard. <br />Region 3: Koochiching, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Aitkin, and Carlton. <br />Region 4: Clay, Becker, Wilkin, Otter Tail, Grant, Douglas, Traverse, <br />Stevens, and Pope. <br />Region 5: Cass, Wadena, Crow Wing, Todd, and Morrison. <br />Region 6E: Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, and McLeod. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 8/3/2018 <br />Planning Commission Guide Page 26 <br />