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24 (outstate), and jointly with the Metropolitan Council (Twin Cities Seven County Area)through a special development and redevelopment program for qualified local govemmental projects through a competitive process. Local units of government would be required to submit projects on a competitive basis to DTED/State Planning and/or the Metropolitan Council for consideration and qualification to utilize said program. DTED/Planning and/or the Metropolitan Council would be responsible for designing program criteria and qualification requirements for local government participation. 3. Engage NMMA Community Partners, as well as others from the business community to join with NMMA in this effort, to help influence key legislators and other thought leaders on this subject. 4. Work with other interested organizations to develop legislation using State bonding as the primary front-end revenue source to fund these new development and redevelopment tools. 5. Work with other interested organizations to develop legislative language and related implementation strategies that will empower local municipalities to create street utilities to finance local streets and sidewalks. REDISTRICTING Background Redistricting" is the process of changing election district boundaries. According to the U.S. Constitution, the Census has one fundamental purpose: to ensure that the representation of each state is apportioned fairly in the 435 member U.S. House of Representatives according to population. Each ten years the U.S. Census Bureau, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, conducts a census to determine the population of each state, and then calculates the number of representatives based on a method of equal proportions. Since Minnesota has had a fairly strong rate of growth, roughly approAmating the national rate, Minnesota retained its eight seats. The new legislative districts need to be determined by March 19, 2002 to give sufficient time for the election in November 2002. Once the districts have been established, local units of government with districts apportioned by population must also redistrict themselves. When all the districts have been determined, boundaries for election precincts will be set. Action Steps Monitor the various redistricting proposals, give input and protect local municipal interests were appropriate. HOUSING Background Over the years the legislature has funded various housing initiatives and key committee chairs have held hearings on housing matters in an effort to review what might be needed to address the situation. It seems that everyone in the world knows about the housing shortage in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The issue certainly has had a great deal of media coverage and comment from elected officials and the non-profit/foundation community. The long and short of 5