HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025.11.17 RESO 2025-42 Appealing Met Council System Statement RESOLUTION 2025-42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF HUGO,WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA APPEALING THE ACTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL, REQUESTING THAT A HEARING BE CONDUCTED BY THE
STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AMENDMENTS TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL'S SYSTEM
STATEMENT
WHEREAS, The City has received a "system statement" from the Metropolitan Council
on September 24, 2025, and;
WHEREAS, the system statement includes forecasts for population, households,
employment, and sewer flow for the purpose of preparing amendments to the City's
Comprehensive Plan, and;
WHEREAS, City and the Metropolitan Council have 60 days following the receipt of the
system statement to resolve any differences between the City and the Metropolitan Council
related to the system statement, and;
WHEREAS, the forecasts are inconsistent with the City's and the Metropolitan Council's
growth projections and planning for previous Comprehensive Plans, are arbitrary, ad hoc
and capricious and otherwise improper or improperly based and;
WHEREAS, it is the City's understanding from Metropolitan staff that, among other
things, the forecasts are being influenced by inappropriate factors, and;
WHEREAS,water supply and lake elevations are not a regional system of the Metropolitan
Council, and;
WHEREAS,the City has advised the Metropolitan Council of the differences that the City
has with the Metropolitan Council's system statement forecasts but the City and the
Metropolitan Council have not resolved the differences, and;
WHEREAS,the City and the Metropolitan Council have not resolved the differences prior
to the expiration of the 60-day period, and:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does request that a hearing be
conducted by the State Office of Administrative Hearings for the purpose of securing
corrections and amendments to the system statement.
Resolution 2025-42
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ADOPTED by the City Council this 171 day of November 2025
�tom Weid , ayor
ATTEST:
Michele Lindau, City Clerk