Bill Text: MN HF2673 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Metropolitan governance task force study established and recommendations made.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-05 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections [HF2673 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF2673-Introduced.html
1.2relating to metropolitan government; establishing a task force to study and make
1.3recommendations on metropolitan governance.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. TASK FORCE ON METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Established. A task force on metropolitan governance is established
1.7to study and make recommendations to the legislature on metropolitan governance.
1.8 Subd. 2. Membership. The task force consists of a chair, appointed as provided
1.9in subdivision 3, and 17 members, appointed as follows:
1.10(1) four persons with interest and experience in urban and regional government,
1.11appointed one each by the speaker of the house of representatives, the house minority
1.12leader, the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and
1.13Administration, and the senate minority leader;
1.14(2) two persons representing cities in the metropolitan area, appointed by the
1.15Association of Metropolitan Municipalities;
1.16(3) two persons representing counties in the metropolitan area, appointed by the
1.17Association of Minnesota Counties;
1.18(4) one person appointed by the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, and one person
1.19appointed by the mayor of the city of Saint Paul;
1.20(5) one person representing townships in the metropolitan area, appointed by the
1.21Minnesota Association of Townships;
1.22(6) one person representing labor, appointed by the Minnesota AFL-CIO;
1.23(7) one person representing private business, appointed by the Itasca Group;
2.1(8) two persons representing nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations,
2.2appointed by the Minnesota Environmental Partnership; and
2.3(9) two persons representing suburban mayors in the metropolitan area, appointed
2.4by the Regional Council of Mayors.
2.5 Subd. 3. Chair, other officers. The chair of the County Transportation Improvement
2.6Board shall serve as chair of the task force. The task force may elect from among its
2.7members a vice-chair and any other officers that the task force determines would be
2.8necessary or convenient.
2.9 Subd. 4. Duties. The task force shall study and evaluate models of metropolitan
2.10governance to address regional planning, financing, construction or acquisition, and
2.11operation of infrastructure and services, including but not limited to transportation, water
2.12and wastewater, parks, trails, recreation facilities, and open space. Among the models the
2.13task force must study is a hybrid council-of-governments model.
2.14 Subd. 5. State, metropolitan agencies must cooperate; subcommittees. The
2.15Metropolitan Council and state and metropolitan agencies shall cooperate with the task
2.16force and provide information requested in a timely fashion. The task force may establish
2.17subcommittees and invite other stakeholders to participate in the task force's study and
2.18development of recommendations.
2.19 Subd. 6. No compensation or expenses; grants. Members of the task force
2.20shall receive no compensation or per diem for participation on the task force. The task
2.21force may accept grant funds from any federal, state, local, or nongovernmental source
2.22to support its work and offset any costs imposed on the Metropolitan Council, provided
2.23accepting the money does not create a conflict of interest for the task force or its members.
2.24The Metropolitan Council may administer any grant money given to the task force.
2.25 Subd. 7. Administrative support, staff. The Metropolitan Council must provide
2.26meeting space, administrative support, and staff support for the task force. The task force
2.27may hold meetings in any publicly accessible location in the metropolitan area.
2.28 Subd. 8. Meetings. The task force is encouraged to invite public observation and
2.29input into its study and deliberations. The task force must provide as much notice as
2.30practicable of its meetings, with the assistance of Metropolitan Council staff, and hold
2.31the meetings in public in locations that are publicly accessible. Chapter 13D does not
2.32apply to meetings of the task force but the task force must, to the extent practicable, act
2.33in compliance with the spirit and intent of chapter 13D.
2.34 Subd. 9. Report. The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to
2.35the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with responsibility
3.1for or jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and metropolitan agencies. The report is
3.2due by February 1, 2013.
3.3EFFECTIVE DATE, EXPIRATION; APPLICATION.This section is effective
3.4the day following final enactment and expires June 30, 2013. Subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 apply
3.5in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
1.3recommendations on metropolitan governance.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. TASK FORCE ON METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Established. A task force on metropolitan governance is established
1.7to study and make recommendations to the legislature on metropolitan governance.
1.8 Subd. 2. Membership. The task force consists of a chair, appointed as provided
1.9in subdivision 3, and 17 members, appointed as follows:
1.10(1) four persons with interest and experience in urban and regional government,
1.11appointed one each by the speaker of the house of representatives, the house minority
1.12leader, the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and
1.13Administration, and the senate minority leader;
1.14(2) two persons representing cities in the metropolitan area, appointed by the
1.15Association of Metropolitan Municipalities;
1.16(3) two persons representing counties in the metropolitan area, appointed by the
1.17Association of Minnesota Counties;
1.18(4) one person appointed by the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, and one person
1.19appointed by the mayor of the city of Saint Paul;
1.20(5) one person representing townships in the metropolitan area, appointed by the
1.21Minnesota Association of Townships;
1.22(6) one person representing labor, appointed by the Minnesota AFL-CIO;
1.23(7) one person representing private business, appointed by the Itasca Group;
2.1(8) two persons representing nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations,
2.2appointed by the Minnesota Environmental Partnership; and
2.3(9) two persons representing suburban mayors in the metropolitan area, appointed
2.4by the Regional Council of Mayors.
2.5 Subd. 3. Chair, other officers. The chair of the County Transportation Improvement
2.6Board shall serve as chair of the task force. The task force may elect from among its
2.7members a vice-chair and any other officers that the task force determines would be
2.8necessary or convenient.
2.9 Subd. 4. Duties. The task force shall study and evaluate models of metropolitan
2.10governance to address regional planning, financing, construction or acquisition, and
2.11operation of infrastructure and services, including but not limited to transportation, water
2.12and wastewater, parks, trails, recreation facilities, and open space. Among the models the
2.13task force must study is a hybrid council-of-governments model.
2.14 Subd. 5. State, metropolitan agencies must cooperate; subcommittees. The
2.15Metropolitan Council and state and metropolitan agencies shall cooperate with the task
2.16force and provide information requested in a timely fashion. The task force may establish
2.17subcommittees and invite other stakeholders to participate in the task force's study and
2.18development of recommendations.
2.19 Subd. 6. No compensation or expenses; grants. Members of the task force
2.20shall receive no compensation or per diem for participation on the task force. The task
2.21force may accept grant funds from any federal, state, local, or nongovernmental source
2.22to support its work and offset any costs imposed on the Metropolitan Council, provided
2.23accepting the money does not create a conflict of interest for the task force or its members.
2.24The Metropolitan Council may administer any grant money given to the task force.
2.25 Subd. 7. Administrative support, staff. The Metropolitan Council must provide
2.26meeting space, administrative support, and staff support for the task force. The task force
2.27may hold meetings in any publicly accessible location in the metropolitan area.
2.28 Subd. 8. Meetings. The task force is encouraged to invite public observation and
2.29input into its study and deliberations. The task force must provide as much notice as
2.30practicable of its meetings, with the assistance of Metropolitan Council staff, and hold
2.31the meetings in public in locations that are publicly accessible. Chapter 13D does not
2.32apply to meetings of the task force but the task force must, to the extent practicable, act
2.33in compliance with the spirit and intent of chapter 13D.
2.34 Subd. 9. Report. The task force shall report its findings and recommendations to
2.35the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with responsibility
3.1for or jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and metropolitan agencies. The report is
3.2due by February 1, 2013.
3.3EFFECTIVE DATE, EXPIRATION; APPLICATION.This section is effective
3.4the day following final enactment and expires June 30, 2013. Subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 apply
3.5in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.
