Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
By requesters.
A metropolitan significance review may be requested
by:
A. a resolution from the unit of
government in which the proposed project is located;
B. a resolution from an affected local
governmental unit, school district, or other independent commission;
C. a petition signed by the smaller of the
following: at least 5,000 residents of the metropolitan area 18 years of age or
older, or that number of residents 18 years of age or older of an affected
local governmental unit which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the number of
persons who voted in that affected governmental unit during the most recently
held state general election. The petition must designate at least one and no
more than three persons to act as requesters on behalf of the
petitioner;
D. a resolution or
letter from a duly authorized executive officer or governing body of state
agency;
E. a resolution or letter
from a duly authorized executive officer or governing body of a sponsor;
or
F. a resolution from an affected
metropolitan agency.
Subp. 2.
By council.
The council may review proposed projects of metropolitan
significance regardless of whether the council has received a request to
initiate a review.
Subp. 3.
Information submission.
A request for review under subpart
1 must be accompanied by an
information submission. The purpose of the information submission is to
demonstrate an arguable claim of metropolitan significance. An information
submission must contain the following:
A. the names and addresses of the requester,
the sponsor, and the governmental unit(s) in which the proposed project is
located;
B. a description of the
proposed project including its planned character, location, function, use, and
size;
C. a statement of the
criteria contained in the appropriate subpart of part
5800.0040 which cause the proposed
project to be of metropolitan significance, and a discussion of why it is not
exempt; and
D. a statement of the
effect the proposed project will have on metropolitan systems or existing or
planned land use or development, or if publicly subsidized, the effects on a
publicly financed facility, including the facts and opinion upon which the
statement is based.
Statutory Authority: MS s
473.173
