Minnesota Agencies

The committee was tasked with submitting a report to the legislature by December 31, 1985, that will: 

1. Identify whether currently available information on aggregate resources is adequate to determine whether local comprehensive plans and land use controls should protect aggregate resources.
2. Recommend a procedure for identifying the degree of protection desirable for the long-term availability of aggregate resources.
3. Recommend a method to protect aggregate resources for the long term. 

In 1984 the legislature passed a law (Minn. Laws 1984, Ch. 605, Sec. 2), S.F. 881, establishing an Advisory Committee on Aggregate Resources for the seven-county Metropolitan Area.

The Aggregate Resources Advisory Committee began meeting in November 1984 and met bimonthly through August 1985. The committee invited testimony from representatives of local governments, state agencies and aggregate industry concerning the problems of protecting and mining aggregates in the Metropolitan Area, the impacts on local communities and suggestions for solving the problems. The Committee's final report with recommendations is provided below. 

The 15-member committee consists of representatives of the aggregate industry, local governments, citizens, the Metropolitan Council and the commissioners of the Departments of Natural Resources and Transportation.