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'. . . OMB ClASSIFICATION OF ST. CLOUD METROPOLITAN AREA Issue PaDer April 5, 1993 I. Issue: OMB decided on December 28, 1992 to transfer Sherburne county from the st. Cloud Metropolitan statistical Area (SCMSA) to the Twin cities MSA (TCMSA). The affected local governments must determine whether they want to accept or challenge this re- classification. II. Facts: a. OMB aligned Sherburne county with the TCMSA because 38% of Sherburne county commuters travel to the TCMSA while only 18% travel to SCMSA. b. The Federal Executive Advisory Committee (FEAC) on MSAs had recommended this realignment to OMS because of the above commuting statistics and the fact that the most significant population growth is occurring in the southern part of the county. While these facts are true, redesignation creates the false impression that the SCMSA has lost population while the area in fact is growing at a significant rate. c. OMB regulations governing outlying couuities provide for realignment or retention for any of six reasons. OMS agrees they are not presented in an order of importance. But the conditions are not mutually exclusive, thus counties like Sherburne meet more than one standard. OMB used condition #3 to justify realignment of Sherburne with the TCSMA. Conditions #4 and #6 both provide for the retention in the SCSMA. (See enclosure (1)). d. OMS has designated 253 MSAs nationwide. The st. Cloud MSA was ranked 187 in size but after realigned will be ranked 214th behind both Fargo-Moorhead (206) and Duluth Superior (209). e. OMS regulations provide for Consolidated MSAs (CMSA). Nationwide there are a total of 19 CMSAs. Sec. 5A of the OMB standards of designating MSAs requires that each MSA of a CMSA be no less than 60% urban. The Bureau of Census shows Stearns at 52.3%, Benton at 53.2% and Sherburne at 44.40% urban.