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REVIEW <br />a Metropolitan Council <br />Bulletin for <br />Community Leaders <br />ir '♦ <br />' . .f f ^ • <br />•• • <br />> <br />» <br />ittlf9.1976 <br />« <br />ACTIONS LAST WEEK (July 5 • 9) <br />MITBOrOUTAN COUNCIL <br />TlMCeaadlsppcoetdasecof rccommeadcd 1976 <br />Manl Aid Uibea aaaqpocmcioa projccq u lecom* <br />mmM by We Triaiyeiinirioa Advisory Board. The <br />pip(em iadadt roadway eoaseruction, capacity, safety, <br />oaadi, and bikeway/waBneay proposals. It also approved <br />asaceipfOccdurasicwillfeOoivui its review of eon* <br />ooBad aeeaaa bi|bways in dM legion, aad chanfed the <br />daiaf ef its review peiiod from an earlier recomnenda* <br />dee M120 days to a aew total review period of 90 days. <br />The Ceoadl retamaiaBdad that an Eaviroruncncai <br />taqpaas Scawmeat be pccpaiad 00 dM proposed Wooddale <br />SbappiogCeoaar in Woedb o ay because the potenoai re> <br />fliiiH iMMCis have not been aaaiyacd by cxistiaf ptam. <br />Tbe Ceoodl rtcooHneoded to the State Board of <br />HaaMb that a Ceidllcaie of Nead be issued to Sholom <br />Mao n, Inc., in St. Paul to coosBoa a U44>cd addition. <br />It disapproved a request b’y Eden Prairie and Chanhas- <br />aan to acquire the Doot Lake Interceptor as part of the <br />aattrepohnn sewer system. <br />The Council approved a S3,000connice ce .«Iinnesota <br />ByaaaoM Beaaarch , Inc, to provide data on ambulance <br />aaudeaaaoddiapecGhingprocednfeB in the region as part <br />oTteCounciTs cma na ncy medical services planning - <br />Tbe Conndl also appointed Mis. RpssUe Butler of <br />Sc. Paul to the Truspoitacioo Advisory Board. <br />COMMITTEES OILTHE COUNCIL <br />dW - <br />TbeWyaicief OedOspniens Commituf discussed the <br />Counci's 1976 Population Esdmaccs and set some policy <br />on what to do when communmes take special censuses <br />er wban the esomatas show a large drop in.a commum* <br />Qr*apdWiladoo. <br />tlM ConunitMc aiao rcconuncndcd a stroi^ Council <br />Pawmimum to keep the Northtown Crosscown high ­ <br />way pveiect moving forward, and had a briefing on what <br />wiBba required of tbeCoounictcc in water pollution con- <br />tfo|yplanning for the next two years. <br />The Committee defened discussion on local planning <br />msnifsnwm acuviues. <br />A0MiNlsr->AT.r4 <br />0»*lDM3 ZU'llNf; L BUI 1.0 I NO <br />BOX 6<» <br />CRYSFAI i^AV 50J23 <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS <br />The Council has.been designated by the Minnesota <br />State Arts Board :> the interim Regional Arts Ta*k Force <br />for the Twin Cities Area. <br />While not forming an advisory committee in the usual <br />sense, the Council is planning to appoint eight individuals <br />^m the region with a commitment to the arcs to com ­ <br />prise. along with the 17 Council members, the Regional <br />Arts Task Force. <br />The Council is beginning to take applications from <br />people who arc im rrested and feel they meet the ciiisca <br />appointment quali.''tcations. The. Counini is looking for: <br />fwo individuals .vho are tull-tune creative artists (vis- <br />uai or performing , two neighborhood arts organiaation <br />directors or assist nt directors, oee arts managemenc/ad* <br />*miniscradve pers^ . nve arts pacrons/advocaces with <br />broad am experience; and oue aniit/educator currently <br />with a school position. <br />The Task Force s job will be to con e-m itself with <br />the development x the am here. <br />For application torms or for more informarton, con ­ <br />tact Mrs. Rosemar.e Johnson of rheCu .noi staff ar <br />291-6461. <br />Applications should be rcnimed by July 30. <br />PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />PropPieiJ RuUs and Rtguiatioms for rbo Review •/ <br />of MotropolHom SipttfUomto - July 19.1976, <br />beginning at 1:30, .Metropolitan Counc! Offices, recon ­ <br />vening at 7:30. The Legislature has instructed the Coun <br />cil to adopt 1 "definition" of "metropolitan significance <br />together with rules and regulations governing the pro ­ <br />cedure through whicii such determuiatiuns arc made. <br />The purpose of the hearing is to get public comments .n <br />the Council's proposed definitions tnd procedures. <br />Copies of the dratt statement are available from the <br />Council's Public information Office tree if charge by <br />calling 291-0464. - — <br />roMffif .llefvopo/fruis Dooetopmont Guido - ? 00 p m <br />August 16, 1976, Metropolitan Council Offices. The <br />Council is holding the hearing to get puolic reaction to i <br />new propoMd housing policy plan. The Oucumenc is » <br />long one, and has been divided .nto f<.ur se*. r:nr $ for <br />people who do ncf need the entire do.-jment. 'ocuon ' . <br />•iesenbesthe are: .-at housinit suuauon ind estiblishes <br />AUiurnrai : *t housii.j: sreuttm l< . . i.' 'Cfn 1.4: <br />policies for meet r e mea h< usin^ tier,I . n m iH .• <br />•Cribes proposed regional liistrihution .nJ 4Ji- atiur, <br />plans for new housing. It proposes the "fiir share" of <br />subsidiaed housing units bv communr\ between 1975 <br />and 1963, and the number likel) 10 br fundc<: by muni­ <br />cipality over the nevt three years It ais<> uys pur the <br />CounuTs reconuiirndations on the sui-* rehsh.titatwn <br />loan and grant program. Serttum IV pr« <ses 1 -w to car ­ <br />ry out the plan, an.i contains the Counni s h<esmg re­ <br />view- guiJrlmes <br />Copie.s of pan . • all of the dfift ar mils.- i • at n«» <br />cost liy cail-Mj; 3‘ : r.4n4. <br />V