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WASHINGTON COUNTY o Growth, solid waste and other regional issues are also of concern to counties outside the seven -county Metropolitan Area. They need to be included in future planning. - Sally Evert, Washington County Board of Commissioners chair o When regional issues become critical, we often lose sight of local control and individuals rights. - Chuck Hoffman, state representative, District 55B o A. water commission could be set up to deal with surface water management. - Bill Diessner, state senator, District 56 CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS o Development of riverfront project should continue. o People living outside of Minneapolis should help pay operation and maintenance costs of parks because they use parks more than Minneapolis residents. o Low-income persons are not being fully considered in the park planning procers. They do not have the opportunity to visit outlying regional parks. o Need to deal with intercity rivalry, such as that which exists between Minneapolis and Bloomington. A stronger metropolitan planning r-ole woul-I be required to solve this problem. - Don Fraser, mayor of Minneapolis o The Metropolitan. Council should look at structural unemployment as a regional problem. Businesses should help solve the problem by offering bet'er job training, health care and housing. - Tony Scallon, Minneapolis alderman, 9th Ward c Hennepin County is concerned about the per^.eption that they are not doing anything about the solid waste issue. o Wculd like to find out more about the use of abatement funds authorized by 11984 legislative session. o The Metropolitan Council needs county support on reaching a solution to the solid waste problem. - Arthur Lee, Associate County administrator, Bureau of Public Service CITY OF ST. PAUL o Concerned about operating budgets of metropolitan commissions. The Metropolitan Council needs to communicate more with local units of government. 1