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METROPOLIT AN COUNCIL Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55 101-1634 Phone (651) 602-1000 TDD (651) 291-0904 FAX (651) 602-1550 Metro Info (651) 602-1888 RESOLUTION No. 2002-10 STATING THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S COMMITMENTS REGARDING THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS BLUEPRINT 2030 WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council is required by statute to prepare and adopt a comprehensive development guide for the seven-county metropolitan area that prescribes guides for the orderly and economical development, public and private, of the metropolitan area; and WHEREAS, the population of the seven-county metropolitan area is projected to increase by nearly one million people by the year 2030 and the region can expect more than 460,000 new households and approximately 550,000 new jobs during that same time period; and WHEREAS, during the twenty-five years since the Metropolitan Land Planning Act was enacted, the Metropolitan Council has periodically updated and revised components of its comprehensive development guide to address changing economic and demographic characteristics of the metropolitan area and help local governmental units plan for and address matters of local and regional significance as development and changes occur at the local level; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council's Blueprint 2030 is intended to provide a framework for guiding the Metropolitan Council's own actions as a regional government as well as provide a framework for planning work at the local level that may be necessary to address the projected characteristics and needs of this metropolitan area during the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, through its Blueprint 2030 work and other activities the Metropolitan Council will work in partnership with local governmental units and other stakeholders as it plans for regional services to accommodate the needs that will result from the growth and development of the metropolitan area that are projected to occur during the next several years. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. Commitments. For the purposes of informing the local governmental units and other partners with which the Metropolitan Council will cooperatively work as it plans for and provides regional services and performs regional planning functions, the Metropolitan Council deems it appropriate to identify its commitments regarding the adoption and implementation of its Blueprint 2030. Accordingly, this governing body states that the Blueprint 2030 will: (a) Inform deliberations related to the planning for the growth and development of the seven-county metropolitan area; Page 1 of 3 Pages