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. Directors serving the Twin Cities Metro Board represent a cross section of persons from the area served by the organization. Any service territory expansion would enable new directors to join the Board. Further, it is likely that no stock purchases would be required from public and private entities in the expanded service territory. Another item of note is that of a previous request by Twin Cities Metro to expand its service territory to include Wright, Sherburne, Benton, Stearns, and perhaps even Anoka County. SBA either denied this request or chose not to act on it. Speculated reasons include: a. ) SBA' s desire to give a restructured OMNI every advantage to succeed; or b. ) No resolutions of support submitted with the request. The luncheon meeting will give representatives from Wright and Sherburne Counties an opportunity to hear a presentation on this organization, and, to answer any questions or concerns on the same. While there is little doubt that a newly-formed development company serving Wright and Sherburne Counties would . be successful, the preferred option is to align the counties with an existing, successful organization. Twin Cities Metro may likely meet this criterion. With Sherburne County's recent inclusion into the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) , and, with Wright' s previous inclusion in the same, perhaps an alignment with a development company processing a "Twin Cities" mission would be a good fit for • Wright and Sherburne. I look forward to seeing you at the July 15 luncheon and hope your schedule will permit you to attend. If you cannot attend, please send a designated representative. A reservation will be made under this writer' s name. In the event of questions or comments prior to the meeting, please feel free to call me at 441-4905 (direct). •