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~O~`NNESO)gy° IVi®nn~s®~~ ®e~a~'t~oen4t ~~ °~'r~~~g~®e~~~e®~ Tel: 218-828-5700 9 ~ District 3 Fax: 218-828-5814 ~~yr°F~a~SQ° 7694 Industrial Park Road Toll Free: 1-800-657-3971 Baxter, MN 56425 November 19, 2011 Mr. Brian Bensen Sherburne County Administrator Sherburne County Government Center 13880 Highway 10 13880 Business Center Drive Elk River, MN 55330-4601 Dear Mr. Bensen: The Region 7W Transportation Policy Board (TPB) is requesting that the Sherburne County Board appoint two municipal elected officials from within Sherburne County to serve on its membership. One of the municipal representatives is needed to fill a new position created on the TPB when the City of Zimmerman was designated Municipal State Aid status. The second representative is needed to fill the vacancy created by Elk River Mayor Stephanie Klinzing's unsuccessful bid for re-election earlier this month. The TPB was officially organized in January 2000by joint powers agreement duly executed by the county boards of Benton, Sherburne, Stearns and Wright Counties. The TPB is charged with addressing regionally significant transportation issues and recommending investment priorities seeking federal transportation funding within the four-county Region 7W area outside the 20- year planning area of the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization (APO). Membership on the TPB currently consists of ten local elected officials. Membership includes one county commissioner from each county and one elected municipal representative. Counties with three or more cities over 5,000 populations outside the St. Cloud APO's planning area are entitled to two municipal members. Because the Cities of Big Lake, Elk River, and Zimmerman are designated MSA cities, Sherburne County joins Wright County in having two municipal representatives on the TPB. Sherburne County may appoint a mayor or councilperson to fill its two positions and it should give preference to elected officials representing MSA cities if possible. Membership on the TPB shall run concurrently with each appointed member's term as a local elected official or until the selection of a qualified replacement by the county board. The TPB typically meets three to four times per year. The TPB is supported by a 19-member regional transportation advisory committee (TAC) consisting of county and city highway officials, public transit providers, and Minnesota Department of Transportation District 3 staff. The next TPB meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 18, 2011. We would appreciate if your county board could appoint the two municipal representatives before this date tb ensure your county's full representation at the meeting. An Equal Opportunity Employer