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DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: January 19, 1996 Sherbume County Cities and Townships David Loch, Shefoume County Administr,at~)~ DAVID LOCH P.O. Box 311 13880 Highway 10 Elk River, MN 55330 (612) 241-2701 ~ 1-800-433-5229 Opatz Bill, HI: 2330 I have enclosed a copy of the bill introduced by Representative Opatz, House File 2330. The bill allows for the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization (APO) to develop a detailed assessment of the regional land use, planning, and coordination issues of the St. Cloud region. The APO is requested to submit a report of the assessment to the state representatives and senators of the area by November 15, 1996. The bill details the issues which the APO may address in the assessment report and proposed legislation. Seven specific areas are identified along with number eight, which is a catch-all: "other issues identified by the APO". Please review the bill to see those eight issues. I particularly call your attention to Section 4: "the need for consolidation of jurisdictions, including whether county boundaries should be altered to create a new county with the city of St. Cloud at the center." And Section 7i "the feasibility of implementing a tax-base sharing program in the region." The latter refers to a sharing of tax base or tax capacity throughout the area of the study, namely Benton, Steams and Sherbume Counties. I apologize for the lack of readability of the bill. It was retrieved through the Intemet on the very day that it was prepared for submission to the House Local and Urban Affairs Committee. CC: Senator Dan Stevens Senator Mark Ourado Representative Bruce Anderson Representative Mark Olson Representative Leslie Schumacher I.I:~"/~M,OC2~W~ DATA~'O II.i~PO~ P A TT~ I L..W~D' KJ An Equal Opportunity Employer