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259404 • 2594�4 oR�aiN��To c�rr e�ertK` �, CITY OF ST. PAUL FoE N�� NO. ., OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK � COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONE ATF WI�REAS, Minnesota Statutes , C. 473B, requires the Metropolitan Couneil to prepare and adopt a Comprehensive Development Guide for all future developments having area- wide impact, including land use developments� highways, transit facilities , public buildings, and the necessity for and relo- cation of airport facilities ; an.d Wf�REAS, this council finds and determines that any such developments or developme nt seleetion procedures should be preceded by the preparation and adoption of a "Developmen.t Guide" to allow for proper council review and planning; and . WI�REAS, such development decisions should not be rendexed until a "Development Guide" has been completed, adopted and re- viewed with respect to each area-wide development, ' Now, Therefore , be it RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul : 1. That the Council of the Gity of Saint Paul he reby strongly urges that the Metropolitan Council refrain from making 4 an:y development decisions or development �cel.ectio.n decisions � prior to the completion and adoption of its "Development Guide° and a thorough review thereof, all as required by Minnesota Statutes , C. 473B. 2. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and direeted to transmit copies of this resolution to the membership of the Metropolitan Council. ,�QRM APPROVED� � ` � � ---- � Qeputy City Attorney AU6 3 1972 COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Counci� 19.— Yeas Nays �� xunt AU6 3 1972 � Konopatzki prove 19� Le�ine Tn Favor Meredith ,l Sprafka �! Mayor Tedesco A 8ainst � Mme .President,Butler �� PUBUSHED AU G 121972 o�,:u�,n,��,.� 2594�4 � CITY OF ST.�PAUL �uNCa NO. - , OFFICE OF TME CITY CLERK � COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM .►eesr��r CAMMISStONE� �AT� ��l►8, Minns�ota Statnt�s, C. 473B, reqnire� !he Ketropolitaa Counoil to prepare and adopt a Co�pr�h•nslve Ds�olopMnt t�id� !or ail intnrs de�slop�ant� ha�in� srea- " Mid• i�paot, i�►oluidin� 1�md a�• d�s�lop�eat�, hl�hMa�►�, traa�lt �soiliti�� pnblio baildi��, a8d the neos��ity ior and relo- oation o! airport isoilitf�e; and WH81i�A8, this coonoii lind• and dst�r�ia�� thst a�y ea oh develop�snt• or d��lop�■snt ae►leotiaa proo�dnre� ahoxld . be preo�dsd by the prrparation sn�d wdoption oi a "Dr�nlop�eat a�id•N to a11oM #or proper oounoi3 re�ie� and pl+�uu�ia�i a�d i�SB�BAB, �neN d��nelop�sat deoi�ios� trhonld not b� r�nder•d qatil a "Dsvelop�snt �uids" b� bssn oo�plet�d, adopt�d snd re- ♦isMed Mitb re�psot to eaoh ares-rids de�nelopant, I�oN, Th�r�tore, be it R�SOLVED, by ths Council oi the �ity oi 8aint �a�is i. That t�s Connoil oi th� City o! Saint Pani �reby rtron�ly pr�� thst the M�tropolitan Cow�oil reisain i�ro� ralcins aay de�nlop�sat, d�oision� or a��lop�snt •sisot�oa d�oi�ion� prior to the t�o�pletion and adoption of it� "�trol opa�a� atilde" and a thoro�b re�i�w thsr�ot, all a� s�qu3reei by Mi�,e�ota Statnter, C. 473H. . S. �at th� City Clerl� i• horsb�r anthorl�ed aud direot�d to trsn��it oopis� o! thi• resolntioa to th� r�bsrship oi the Mstropolitan Gounoil. � ' AU6 31972 COUNCII�MEN Adopted by the Council 19— Yeaa Nays AVS 3197� , ss� Hunt �ost YonopatEki Approve� 19— Levine Tn Favor Meredith -- Sprafka ��r .�Against Tedesco 1�.Pr�rident*Bntl�r �� - -- � �S`�`� � , SAINT PATJL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMEERCE �� - � Statement on Airport Site Selection Procedures The Metropolitan Council is faced with making several decisions on procedures to be used by the Council and the Metropolitan Airports Commission in determining the site of a new major metropolitan airport. The Saint Paul Area Chambe.r of Commerce, as an organization which has long supported the Metropolitan Council, believes it is most important that these procedures be legall�y sound. We believe that not only an airport site, but more importantly, the whole Council system may be at stake. State law is quite specific regarding the authority granted both the Council and the Metropolitan Airports Commission. Minnesota Statutes 1971, Chapter 473B.06, Subd. 5, states that - "the Metropolitan Council shall prepare and adopt . . . a comprehensive development guide . . ." and that it "shall consist of a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps prescribing guides". Minnesota Statutes 1967, including 1969 Amendments, Chapter 360.109, Subd< 4, states that the Metropolitan Airports Commis5ion may provide for - "at least one major or primary metropolitan airport which shall be as nearly equidistant from the city ha11s of both cities as possible o . ." and that "It shall put all airports and other facilities to their maxi- mum use for passenger, mail, express, freight, and other transportation operations as the needs therefor develop . . ." In addition, Minnesota Statutes 1971, Chapter 473B.06, Sub�lo 6, provides that - 1. "The Metropol�tan Council shall review all long-term comprehensive plans of each independent commission, board, or agency prepared for its operation and development within the metropolitan area, but only if suc� plan is determined to have an area-wide effect . . . ; 2. ". . . If within 60 days after the date of submission the Council finds that a plan or any part thereof is inconsistent with its comprehensive guide for the metropolitan area, or detrimental to the orderly and econ- omic development of the metropolitan area or any part thereof, it may direct that the operation of the plan or such part thereof be indefin- itely suspended . . ." The intent of these statutes seems clearly to provide: A. The Metropolitan Council should complete its Development Guide before requiring a site selection decision by the Metropolitan Airports Com- mission. The general Development Guide assumes great importance in the Council's review function in that without it the Council cannot determine the compatibility of a specific plan with a guide or with the orderly and economic development of the metropolitan area, except on an ad hoc basis. This was recognized by Council members with regard to sewers when they ex- pressed support for the staff report on the Sewer Board 5-Year Capital Im- provements Program, dated March 30, 1972, which on page 25 says: "Rather th�n being measured individually against the yard stick of "orderly and economic" projects which extend service to new areas should be chosen to achieve a previously chosen set of we11-defined goals - a plan for metropolitan development. -1- I � � � . " . . . Untortunately, a development pian has not been . adopted (a physical development plan is underway as part ' of the 1972 Work Program). This leaves the review process where it started - evaluating projects ad hoc," B. The Metropolitan Council should refrain from selecting as part of its DPVelopment Guide a specific site or establ�shing guid�lines that are so specific as to require the selectio� by the Metropolitan Airpor�s Commiasion of a predetermined search area, The law requires that the Development Guide should be a compilation of "policy statements, goals, standards, programs, and maps presc:rib- ing g�xides". Such guidelines are intended to aid the M.A.C. in its cleariy established role of site selection, that their choice may meet the approval of Council review procedures. The Cham'ber believes that continued involvement by the Metropolitan Council in operational matters will hamper the credibility of the Co�.ncil's golicy-making functions. C> Because of the unofficial status of the MC/MAC Committee, its recommen- dations do not constitute compliance with legal requirements of either the MC or MAC. Therefore, the Council is required, in the development of the airports section of the Development Guide, to hold public hear- ings before the Development Guide Committee, to pass general guidelines through the Development Guide and ttae Council, to bring the matter of specific site selection to the Metropolitan Airports Commission, and to review the Metropolitan Airports Commission site selection before the Council Referral Committee with the proper public hearings on the com- patibility of the site with the Development Guide, and with the orderly and economic development ot the metropolitan area; none of which has been accomplished to date. The Chamber believes each of the5e procedures to be required by law; and, we formally request that the Metropolitan Counc�.l address itself to each of these points, and pub- licly announce its findings. The Chamber further requests that a public hearing be held and that the Chamber be given an opportunity to present testimony on behalf of its members. aa 8-2-72