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• What do the top public planners in the Twin Cities think of the opinion? The following is an analysis of their responses to that question . TWIN CITIES PLANNING DIRECTORS ' VIEWPOINTS To find out how the decision is viewed by the top professional planners in the local governments in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area , a poll was taken of forty- six municipal planning administrative officials holding the office of community development director or planning director . They are the persons in the the professional planning community whose activities are most likely to be affected by the Court ' s decision . The directors were first asked to indicate whether they agreed , strongly agreed , disagreed , strongly disagreed or had no opinion with regard to the following statement . "The June 9 decision of the United States Supreme Court will weaken the ability to plan and manage effectively the development of cities. " Exactly 50 percent of those polled said they agreed or strongly agreed with the statement . On the other side of the issue , 39 percent said they disagreed or strongly disagreed . The remaining 11 percent had no, opinion . Of the 50 percent who believe that the opinion will eventually contribute to a weakening of land use management by cities , many commented that the impact may be quite light , given the circumstances of the case and the uniqueness of the Los Angeles County ordinance . Closer examination of the responses showed that concern about the impact of the decision on city planning_ and development management was significantly higher among the central city and first-ring suburb planning directors , with 78 percent of them agreeing with the statement . Among the outlying suburbs and free-standing cities and county directors significantly fewer , 43 percent , agreed or strongly agreed that the ability to effectively plan and manage community development will be weakened . Proportionately more city and first-ring suburb directors are concerned about the impact of the supreme court decision weakening the ability to effectively plan and manage the development of communities than their counterparts in the developing parts of the metropolitan area . Frequently the directors added to their comments the qualification that it was too early to have any clear reading at all as to what the eventual impacts might be , noting that the case has been remanded back to the California courts for • consideration of the case on its merits . 5