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ExecutiveSummary:StudyoftheMetropolitanAreaFiscalDisparitiesProgram <br />FortheMinnesotaDepartmentofRevenue <br />1 <br />Theseobjectiveshavebeencommonlyreducedtotwomaingoals: <br />Promotingmoreorderlyregionaldevelopment. <br />Improvingequityinthedistributionoffiscalresources. <br />Thisreportseekstoprovideinformationandanalysison: <br />GrowthtrendsintheTwinCitiesmetroregion; <br />Fiscalandeconomicconditionsintheregion; <br />ThebasicsoftheFiscalDisparitiesprogramincludingwhathasbeensaidaboutitinthepast <br />andtoday,whatthetrendshavebeenregardingtaxcapacity,taxrates,andresidential <br />homesteadburden,andwhatthechangeswouldbeiftheprogramwereeliminatedparticularly <br />ontaxrates,taxespaid,andresidentialhomesteadburden; <br />Thepotential{šÝ;©,Ò©7;“|on†Ò©z­7z-·zš“­“z“-ŒÒ7z“mthemajorlocaltaxingjurisdictions(city, <br />county,­-wššŒœ“E©š’differenttypesoflandusesbothunderthecurrenttaxationsystem(with <br />FiscalDisparities)andahypotheticalscenarioiftheprogramwereeliminated;and <br />Majorpolicyconsiderationsaddressingcriticisms,issues,andpraisefortheprogram. <br />THE REGION <br />TheFiscalDisparitiesProgramintheMinneapolisSt.Paulregionincludessevencountiesandishometo <br />over180citiesandtownships;over60schooldistricts;anddozensofothertaxingauthorities.Whilethe <br />regionhasexpandedinrecentyearsintermsofeconomicreach,marketarea,andcommuting <br />¦··;©“­“­evidentbytheU.S.Censusmetropolitanstatisticalarea(MSA)expansionfrom5to13 <br />countiesfrom1971to “·w;FiscalDisparitiesProgrambylawincludesonlythejurisdictionswithin <br />thesevencountyregion. <br />ThisstudyprimarilyusesthreegroupingstodescribeanddiscussthejurisdictionsincludedintheFiscal <br />DisparitiesProgram. <br />First,wegroupbyCountyforthesevencountyregion:Anoka,Carver,Dakota,Hennepin, <br />Ramsey,Scott,andWashington. <br />1 <br />HinzeandBaker,2005. <br />2 <br /> <br />