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III. The Plan of Action <br /> • Step 1; Identifying the Major Publics <br /> We have identified the following major publics: <br /> * Local Public Officials * State Government <br /> * Business/Community * Project North Residents <br /> Development Organizations * Economic Development Entities <br /> A.) Local Public Officials <br /> The people who hold the elected and appointed offices in the forty cities,villages, <br /> and townships of the Northern Mayors Association region are, and must always <br /> be, the top priority public in this effort. <br /> Without the support of a major percentage of these people for your efforts you <br /> will fail without question. These are the people who gave birth to the NMA and if <br /> they do not feel a close and continuing interest and support for its efforts they will <br /> one day cause it to die. <br /> It is important to note here that we include in this public more than the elected <br /> officials (mayor, council members, county boards, etc.), but also key local em- <br /> ployees and members of appointed local boards and commissions. <br /> The exact size of this public would depend upon exactly where the line is drawn, <br /> but we believe at this time that it includes at least 1,000 persons. <br /> B.) State Government <br /> For now and in the foreseeable future, Minnesota state government will be the <br /> deciding force for most of the goals of the Northern Mayors Association. <br /> The northern suburbs can boast substantial and growing policital power both in <br /> terms of the quantity and quality of state legislators from the area. Fifteen of the <br /> state's'67 Senators, and 25 of the 134 House members represent the communities <br /> of Project North. Many of these legislators serve in leadership positions. Cur- <br /> rently the chair of the House Tax Committee, the House Majority and Minority <br /> leaders, and six committee chairs or vice-chairs all hail from Project North terri- <br /> tory. On the Senate side, the Assistant Majority Leader, the President of the <br /> Senate, the Finance Committee Chair and the Tax Committee Vice Chair also <br /> represent districts in the northern suburbs. <br /> This political power will grow dramatically after the 1990 census. At that time, <br /> the state's legislative district will have to be redrawn to reflect population changes <br /> that have occurred from 1980 to 1990. The best guess, at'this time, is that the <br /> 10 Northern Mayors Association <br />