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<br />-, <br />~ ~ .. ,,-" <br />1 . <br />RESOLUTION NO. 1178 ,4 <br /> <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />VILLAGE OF NEW BRIGHTON <br /> <br />RESOLUTION PROTESTING THE EXPANDING ROLE OF THE METROPOLITAN <br />COUNCIL <br /> <br />WHEREAS the Village Council recognizes the desirability of a <br />Metropolitan Council for planning and technical studies, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the Metropolitan Council has, in the last four years, <br />constantly grown in both power and scope of authority into a <br />decision making body, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS the members of the Metropolitan Council, being <br />appointed, are not directly responsible to the individual citizens <br />comprising the metropolitan area <br /> <br />( <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council for the <br />Village of New Brighton, Minnesota as follows: <br /> <br />The Village urges Senator Robert Ashbach and Representative <br />Richard A. Andersen to adopt such necessary legislation that will <br />more precisely delineate the role and function of the Metropolitan <br />Council, giving it sufficient power to act as a regional planning <br />unit pertaining to the power to review and comment on various <br />municipal and county programs, so as to allow for coordination <br />between such local governmental units where necessary, but <br />prohibiting the Metropolitan Council from decision making power <br />or veto power over improvements or programs which local govern- <br />ment desires to enact or implement. <br /> <br />Adopted this 23rd day of January, 1973. <br /> <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />~c9-""J .// _-..., )' <br />.... --, / zf:.. ~/ l' <br />,,' "", ",' . -- ./;' <br /> <br />Q -~lr!a~~L~~~~~~- <br />~ e~-- ;j~ <br /> <br />Vernon C. Pederson, Clerk-Treasurer <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(SEAL) <br />