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.