Metropolitan Council

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regional governmental agency regional planning organization

The Metropolitan Council is a regional governmental agency that plans and coordinates transit, housing, wastewater, and land use services for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in Minnesota.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Metropolitan Council canonical	18
Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)	1
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services	1
Metropolitan Council’s regional planning authority	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	regional governmental agency ⓘ regional planning organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ surface form: Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ surface form: Twin Cities metropolitan area
appointedBy	Governor of Minnesota ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	environmental planning ⓘ housing policy ⓘ land use planning ⓘ metropolitan governance ⓘ public transportation planning ⓘ regional planning ⓘ wastewater management ⓘ
follows	Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473 ⓘ
foundedBy	Minnesota Legislature ⓘ
governedBy	appointed council members ⓘ
hasChairperson	Chair of the Metropolitan Council ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Anoka County, Minnesota ⓘ Carver County, Minnesota ⓘ Dakota County, Minnesota ⓘ Hennepin County ⓘ surface form: Hennepin County, Minnesota Ramsey County, Minnesota ⓘ Scott County, Minnesota ⓘ Washington County, Minnesota ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	17 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://metrocouncil.org/ ⓘ
hasPart	Metro Transit ⓘ Metropolitan Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Metropolitan Housing and Redevelopment Authority ⓘ Metropolitan Transit Police ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Transit Police Department
headquartersLocation	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: Saint Paul, Minnesota
inception	1967 ⓘ
isPartOf	State of Minnesota government structure ⓘ
legalForm	public agency ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Minnesota ⓘ
missionStatement	to foster efficient and economic growth for a prosperous metropolitan region ⓘ
operates	METRO light rail ⓘ surface form: METRO bus rapid transit system METRO light rail system ⓘ Metro Transit ⓘ surface form: Metro Transit bus system Northstar commuter rail ⓘ surface form: Northstar commuter rail service regional transitway system in the Twin Cities ⓘ regional wastewater treatment plants ⓘ
oversees	Metro Transit ⓘ Metropolitan Transit Police ⓘ
responsibleFor	regional housing policy in the Twin Cities ⓘ regional land use planning in the Twin Cities ⓘ regional transit planning in the Twin Cities ⓘ regional wastewater collection and treatment in the Twin Cities ⓘ
serves	Minneapolis ⓘ surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: Saint Paul, Minnesota Seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minneapolis–Saint Paul → governedBy → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Metropolitan Council → hasPart → Metropolitan Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metropolitan Council Environmental Services

METRO light rail → owner → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

METRO light rail → governingBody → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Northstar commuter rail → planningAgency → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Metro Transit → parentOrganization → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Metro Transit → governingBody → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Metro Transit → ownedBy → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

METRO Blue Line → owner → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

METRO Green Line → ownedBy → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

METRO Green Line → planningAuthority → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Minnesota Department of Transportation → collaboratesWith → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)

Mall of America Transit Station → owner → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Metropolitan Transit Police → operatesUnder → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473 → governs → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473 → legalBasisFor → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metropolitan Council’s regional planning authority

METRO bus rapid transit → owner → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

METRO bus rapid transit → governingBody → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

A Line bus rapid transit → owner → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Northstar → publicTransportAuthority → Metropolitan Council ⓘ

Hiawatha Line → owner → Metropolitan Council ⓘ