METROPOLITAN COUNCIL:
An Inventory of Its Council Administration Files at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area. | |
| Title: | Council Administration Files. | |
| Dates: | 1964-1989. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Documenting the interests and activities of the council, the administration files include administrative meeting minutes and agenda packets; council resolutions; memoranda (1971-1972); management team minutes (1971-1974); Manpower Technical Advisory Committee records (1973); work programs and budgets (1970-1974); newsletters (1967-1975); policy plans and programs (1973-1974); depositions in the Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment Authority case (1980); correspondence of the chairman, council members, and general staff, and with metropolitan area counties and the Housing and Urban Development Department (1964-1974); and subject files (1967-1975). | |
| Quantity: | 5.0 cubic feet (5 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The subject files cover such topics as airports, Metropolitan Sewer Board, criminal justice, Minneapolis City Planning Commission, Model Cities (P-174), Model Neighborhoods, office space, St. Paul Downtown People Mover Project, and visitors.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area. Council Administration Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 978-73; 980-43; 988-205; 989-44; 992-52; 2000-22
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017311570104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| 102.E.13.2F | 1 | Monday Department Directors' Meeting Packets, 1978-1979. 2 folders. | |||||||||
| The packets include meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, and other related materials. | |||||||||||
| Division Directors' Meeting Packets, June-December 1980. 23 folders in 2 partial boxes: | |||||||||||
| The packets include minutes, agendas, and various committee reports. | |||||||||||
| June 1980-December 17, 1980. 22 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 102.E.13.3B | 2 | December 23, 1980. | |||||||||
| Council By-Laws, 1972-1975, 1979, 1982. | |||||||||||
| Council Resolutions, 1967-1975, 1978-1979, and 1983-1984. 11 folders. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by chronologically assigned resolution numbers. Resolutions for 1979 and 1984 are indexed. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, 1964-1974: | |||||||||||
| Administrative Letters Received, 1972-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Bouquet Letters, 1964-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Chairman and Council Member Correspondence, 1971-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| County Correspondence, 1967-1970. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| General Staff Correspondence, 1971-1972. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
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| 102.E.13.4F | 3 | Housing and Urban Development Correspondence, 1967-1970. 3 folders. | |||||||||
| Staff Correspondence, 1972-1973. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Albert J. Hofstede (chairman), Robert T. Jorvig (executive director), and Garfield Smith. | |||||||||||
| Executive Director David Renz Correspondence, 1989. 12 folders. | |||||||||||
| Memoranda, 1971-1972. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Management Team Minutes, 1971-1974. 15 folders. | |||||||||||
| Include agendas, reports, and correspondence. | |||||||||||
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| 102.E.13.5B | 4 | Manpower Technical Advisory Committee Records, 4 folders. | |||||||||
| Minutes, meeting notices, memos, and reports. | |||||||||||
| Information Management Steering Committee Minutes, September 1987–December 1989. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Minutes of this committee, consisting of two people from each department, which dealt with the internal management of information, including software and hardware, GIS and network implementation, desktop publishing, and computer policies. | |||||||||||
| Wednesday Morning Reports and Packets, 1967-1975. 8 folders. | |||||||||||
| Include documents on current Council activities such as committee minutes, various reports, lists of upcoming meetings, and newspaper clippings. Somewhat disarranged. | |||||||||||
| Work Program and Budgets for 1971-1974, 1970-1973. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Subject Files: | |||||||||||
| Airports, 1971-1972. | |||||||||||
| Airport Area Transit, approximately 1969. | |||||||||||
| Budget Review Committee, 1967. | |||||||||||
| Citizens' League, 1973-1974. | |||||||||||
| City Manager Visitation Program, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Communications and External Relations, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Community Involvement and Coordination, 1973-1974. | |||||||||||
| Council Seminar, November 1967. | |||||||||||
| Directory, 1979, 1983. | |||||||||||
| Housing and Redevelopment Authority, 1974-1975. | |||||||||||
| Housing Committee, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Housing Seminar, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Job Instructions, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Land Use Workshop for Attorneys, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Management Views of Metropolitan Area Business Expansion and Air Service, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Maps, 1975-1983. 5 items: | |||||||||||
| Development Framework Plan, March 1975. | |||||||||||
| Recovery and Disposal Sites for Diseased Shade Trees, March 1977. | |||||||||||
| Political Boundaries, March 1977, April 1978, and 1983. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Area Managers' Association, 1973-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Improvement Program Staff Proposal (Draft), 1973. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Sewer Board, 1969-1973. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes organizational planning study (1969), rules and regulations (1971), and budget (1973). | |||||||||||
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| 102.E.13.6F | 5 | Metropolitan Social Planning Conference, March 1972. | |||||||||
| Minneapolis, City of, 1968. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis City Planning Commission, 1968-1970. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis Pilot City, 1968-1969. | |||||||||||
| Minneapolis Transit (P-174), 1970-1971. | |||||||||||
| Mississippi Riverfront Committee, October-November 1974. | |||||||||||
| Model Cities (P-174), 1968-1971. | |||||||||||
| Model Neighborhoods, 1968-1970. | |||||||||||
| National Association of Regional Councils, 1973. | |||||||||||
| Office Space, 1967-1970. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes minutes of the Office Space Committee; and a proposal, with photographs of office facilities, from the City of Minneapolis (1967). | |||||||||||
| Personnel, 1969. | |||||||||||
| Program Managers, 1971-1972. | |||||||||||
| Public Attitude and Metropolitan Council Meeting with Citizen Group Representatives, 1973. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul, City of, 1967-1970. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul Downtown People Mover Project, 1977-1978. | |||||||||||
| Reports, some correspondence, maps, draft environmental impact statement. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul Model Cities, 1970. | |||||||||||
| Sewer Board-Council Seminar, 1971. | |||||||||||
| Social Planning, 1970-1973. | |||||||||||
| Spring Hill/Staff Committee Meeting File, 1973-1975. | |||||||||||
| Technical Advisory Committee, 1974-1975. | |||||||||||
| Thanks for Making It Work! Members of the Metropolitan Council and Its Advisory Bodies 1967-1987, September 30, 1987. | |||||||||||
| Visitors to the Council, 1967-1971. | |||||||||||
| Washington County Metropolitan Disposal System, Phase I Study, 1972. | |||||||||||
| Watershed Seminar, February 1972. | |||||||||||
| Newsletters, 1967-1975. | |||||||||||
| Incomplete. | |||||||||||
| Policy Plans and Programs, 1973-1974. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Depositions in the Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment Authority Case, 1980. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Taken in U.S. District Court, Minnesota District. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Materials, 1968-1969, 1973-1975. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Clippings (photocopies), memoranda, statements, regulations, correspondence. | |||||||||||
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:
- Administrative procedure -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Airports -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- City planning -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Community development, Urban -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Information resources management -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Metropolitan areas -- Minnesota -- Planning.
- Metropolitan government -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Offices -- Location -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Persons:
- Renz, David.
- Organizations:
- Downtown People Mover (Plan : Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Metropolitan Council Housing and Redevelopment Authority (Minn.)
- Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area -- Officials and employees.
- Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area. Manpower Technical Advisory Committee.
- Metropolitan Sewer Board of the Twin Cities Area.
- Minneapolis (Minn.). City Planning Commission
- United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Places:
- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minn.) -- Politics and government.
- Document Types:
- Budgets.
- Depositions.
- Newsletters.
- Functions:
- Planning.
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