MUNICIPAL BOARD:
An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota Municipal Board. | |
| Title: | Published Records and Reports. | |
| Dates: | 1959-2009. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Reports, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks documenting the board's role in municipal and township annexation, detachment, consolidation, incorporation, development and suburbanization topics. | |
| Quantity: | 2.35 cubic feet (3 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Municipal Board. Published Records and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.
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Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 2015-13; 2023-15
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 008137702
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 146.B.15.7B | Reports, 1959-2009. 5 items in 1 folder: | ||||||||||
| Arranged in chronological order. | |||||||||||
| Report of the Commission on Municipal Annexation and Consolidation, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Concerns a legislative proposal to completely recodify and revise laws and procedures with respect to municipal incorporation, annexation and other boundary changes in Minnesota, plus other research and recommendations. | |||||||||||
| Report of the Commission on Municipal Laws, 1961. | |||||||||||
| Includes a recommendation for creation of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Sanitary District; enabling legislation to permit the creation of sanitary districts elsewhere in Minnesota; an engineering study to determine future metropolitan water policies and the feasibility of a metropolitan water supply; amplification of the Minnesota Municipal Commission Act; codification and revision of all municipal laws relating to planning and zoning, and other measures. | |||||||||||
| Choices for Change: A Guide to Local Government Cooperation and Restructuring in Minnesota, January 1995. | |||||||||||
| City Limits: A Report to the Minnesota Legislature on Municipal Boundary Adjustments, February 2002. | |||||||||||
| Final Report of the Municipal Boundary Adjustment Advisory Task Force, February 2009. | |||||||||||
| 139.B.20.11B | Boundary Change by Administrative Commission: The Minnesota Experience, 1969. 5 volumes: | ||||||||||
| A project of the Municipal Reference Bureau, General Extension Division, University of Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Part I. The Minnesota Municipal Commission, Volumes 1-2. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Part II. Standards for Incorporation and Municipal Boundary Change Recommendations: Based on a Study of Statutory and Case Law of the United States. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Part III. Section 1: West Central Washington County Study Area Report: Governmental Activities, Community Development, and Administrative Services; Section 2: Saint Cloud Study Area Report: Governmental Activities, Community Development, and Public Finances. 2 volumes. | |||||||||||
| 146.B.15.7B | Newspaper clippings, circa 1990s-2004. 74 folders. | ||||||||||
| Arranged in chronological order by city/township name. | |||||||||||
| 112.E.2.7B-1 | Scrapbooks, 1960-1999. 2 volumes. | ||||||||||
| Arranged in chronological order. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Annexation (Municipal government) -- Minnesota.
- Metropolitan government -- Minnesota.
- Metropolitan government.
- Municipal incorporation -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Municipal Commission.
- Places:
- Minnesota.
- Document Types:
- Clippings (information artifacts).
- Scrapbooks.
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