02. Met Council Councilmember Gail Cederberg Staff Report
Date of Meeting: February 5, 2025
For: Honorable Mayor and Council
From: Kyle Morell, City Administrator
Subject: Met Council Councilmember Gail Cederberg
The City’s Metropolitan Council Councilmember, Gail Cederberg, will be in attendance to
provide the Council with an update on Met Council, its 2050 Development Guide, and project
updates. A PDF of the slide show has been included in your packet.
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Serving a Thriving Region
Gail Cederberg, PhD
Metropolitan Council Member, District 11
Gail.Cederberg@metc.state.mn.usi
February 2025 https://metrocouncil.org
Elias Montesa
Community Relations Specialist
Elias.Montesa@metc.state.mn.us
Emma Dvorak
Senior Planner – Local Planning Assistance
Emma.Dvorak@metc.state.mn.us
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Draft Agenda
• Introductions
• Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
• Metropolitan Council District 11
• City of Scandia
• Metropolitan Council
• 2050 Development Guide - Vision and Core Values
• Services
• Project Updates
• Questions/Comments/Recommendations
Vision: Scandia is known for its distinctive
character and history. The City’s overall
vision is to maintain its rural character typified
by the agricultural heritage and natural
resources. In 2040, Scandia has an
economically vibrant village center, which is
home to a diverse population that is
surrounded by mix of natural resource and
agricultural areas intermixed with rural
residential and lakeshore neighborhoods. As
new development is proposed, the emphasis
will remain on the protection of rural,
agricultural and natural resources.
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Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
Fast Facts
•7 Counites
•16 Met Council Districts
•182 Cities and Townships
•People from 11 federally recognized
Tribal Nations and many other
Indigenous communities
•Just over 3.2 million people as of 2023
•Projected growth of +610,000 people
by 2050
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Metropolitan Council District 11
• I serve on:
o Environment Committee
o Management Committee
• Council’s representative on:
o Clean Water Council
https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/clean-water-council
o Clean Water Council Policy Committee
• Council and Partner Work Groups:
o MAWSAC – Council water supply advisory committee
o White Bear Lake Area Comprehensive Plan
o Washington County – Parks, Groundwater,
Transportation, Community Development
o DNR North and East Metro Groundwater Area
o MPCA, DHS, Watershed Districts and more
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Metropolitan Council – Our History
• Created in 1967 as a “regional solution to regional
problems,” like:
•Water quality concerns and wastewater treatment;
•Sprawl into sensitive natural areas and uncoordinated
planning and economic development; and
•Fiscal inequality between local governments, which
threatened essential service delivery.
• Governor Harold LeVander shared that the “Council was
created to do a job which has proved too big for any single
community.”
• Over the 57 years since the Council was created, we have
taken on additional regional policy and service delivery
responsibilities.
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MN Statute Requires a Regional Development Guide
The Metropolitan Council shall prepare and adopt, after appropriate
study and such public hearings as may be necessary, a
comprehensive development guide for the metropolitan area………
(Metropolitan Land Planning Act: Minn. Stat. 473.145)
• Every 10 years, the Council – now preparing Imagine 2050
• Prepares system plans for land use, parks, water resources and
transportation
• Adopts policy plans for Housing and Water Supply policy plans
• The Council’s role is to help facilitate the orderly development of
the metropolitan region through convening and bringing together
communities, and developing a shared vision for the region enacted
through regional policy.
Long-range planning Environmental protection Transportation services
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Land Use Planning,
Community
Development,
Housing, Parks
Environmental
Services and
Water Supply
Planning
Transportation
Planning and
Services
Long-Range Planning and Services
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2050 Regional Planning Vision
Imagine 2050 Vision:
A prosperous, equitable, and resilient region with
abundant opportunities for all to live, work, play and
thrive.
Core Values
• Our Region is Equitable, Inclusive, and Welcoming
• Our Communities are Healthy, Safe, and Vibrant
• We Lead on Addressing Climate Change
• We Protect and Restore Natural Systems
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2050 Land Use Designations
• City of Scandia classified as
Diversified Residential and
Rural Center. Densities
remain at 2040 levels.
• Scandia City Center Study
November 2024
• No changes to Scandia’s
2040 MUSA (Metropolitan
Urban Service Area)
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2040 Land Use Plan
City of Scandia
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Regional Parks: Many Adventures Close to Home
• 56 regional parks and park reserves –
• In January 2024 supported the purchase of the 248-acre Kelly Property (Big Marine park reserve); continues to
provide bonding support for the Lake Elmo Park Reserve and a new hilltop shelter facility at St. Croix Bluffs
Regional Park.
• 8 special recreation features
• Nearly 55,000 acres open for public use
• Regional trails totaling nearly 400 miles
• 63.3 million visits in 2019, millions more than the Mall of America
• By 2040, we plan to expand the regional parks system to nearly 70,000 acres and 1,100 miles of trails
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Regional Parks in
the Area
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Regional Water Resource Management
Providing wastewater services and integrated planning
to ensure sustainable water quality and water supply for
the region.
• 2050 Water Policy Plan and Water Supply Plan
• Funding and Grants: water efficiency and municipal and private property inflow
and infiltration grants.
• White Bear Lake Area Comprehensive Plan
• We own, operate, and maintain the Twin Cities metro regional wastewater
collection and treatment system, which includes:
635 miles of regional sanitary sewers, 230 metering stations, 60 lift stations,
9 wastewater treatment facilities, 250 million gallons/day
Capital Budget 2023-2028 is $243 million.
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Transportation Responsibilities
Planning
• Serves as the region’s federally required
Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Performs long-range transportation system
planning
• Shorter term federal transportation funds
programming with the Transportation Advisory
Board
Transit Operations
• Provide, contract for, and coordinate metropolitan
transit operations
• Provide financial assistance to other regional
transit providers
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About Metro Transit
• Division of the Metropolitan
Council
• Largest regional transit provider
• Met Council transportation
services
• Metro Mobility
• Transit Link
• Micro Transit
• Contracted service
• Planning
• Allocates federal funding
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Network Now
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Recent Progress and What’s Next
Recent Accomplishments
• Convening White Bear Lake
Groundwater Area Work group
• Expansion of Micro Transit program
• Wastewater capital program
• Reduced transit fares
• Increased transit ridership and declining
crime between early 2023 and 2024.
• New contract for transit fare collection
system improvements.
Upcoming Activities
• Adopt Imagine 2050 regional development
guide: February 12, 2025
• Micro Transit pilot program – started January
6, 2025, in Roseville and Woodbury
• 2026 Met Council Regional Solicitation
• Reopened bus route from Maplewood Mall to
Rosedale
• Construction ongoing for the METRO Gold
Line (open March 22, 2025), B Line and E
Line bus rapid transit routes
• Continuing to implement the Metro Transit
Safety and Security Action Plan in
collaboration with our partners.
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Questions? Comments? Recommendations?
What can we do for you?
Gail Cederberg, PhD
Council Member, District 11
Metropolitan Council
Gail.Cederberg@metc.state.mn.us
Images from City of Scandia home page (cityofscandia.com)