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/i <br /> Elk Request for Action <br /> Fiver <br /> To Item Number <br /> Mayor and City Council 10.2 <br /> Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> Work Session November 4, 2013 Suzanne Fischer,Director, CODD <br /> Item Description Reviewed by <br /> Urbanized Area Expansion and Associated Justin Femrite, City Engineer <br /> Transportation Planning Reviewed by <br /> Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> Action Requested <br /> Discuss and consider the attached Memorandum of Understanding. <br /> Background/Discussion <br /> As determined through the 2010 federal census,portions of Elk River and other neighboring <br /> communities in Sherburne and Wright Counties are now included in the greater Twin Cities Urbanized <br /> Area. The urbanized distinction comes with a federal requirement to become part of the regional <br /> Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for transportation planning. Metropolitan Council (Met <br /> Council) serves as the Twin Cities MPO. Staff has attended workgroup meetings with MnDOT and Met <br /> Council staff members to better understand the requirements for Elk River. <br /> The workgroup prepared the attached draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allow Elk <br /> River and other affected communities,the ability to comply with the federal law and become part the <br /> MPO. This same MOU allows potential federal transportation funding to be utilized throughout the <br /> existing Central Minnesota Area Transportation Partnership. <br /> Financial Impact <br /> None <br /> Attachments <br /> • Map of newly designated Twin Cities Urbanized Area <br /> • Memorandum of Understanding <br /> PVaw/�EAEU 0 r <br /> m I WRE <br />