Policy Reports by Subject: Land and Resource Use

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All the reports of Citizens League study committees -- as well as many additional policy statements, tax studies, and other documents -- are available in this online library. The reports are in pdf format with searchable text.

These subject listings are still under development. If you would like to help complete the listings, please contact Annie Levenson-Falk at alevensonfalk[at]citizensleague.org.

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Defining the Outcomes of Minnesota's Ideal Electrical System: Report of Phase 1 of Electrical Energy Project (December 2011)
Comments on Livestock Environmental Quality Assurance Program Report to Legislature, (December 2010)
To the Source: Moving Minnesota's Water Governance Upstream (November 2009)
Powering Up Minnesota's Energy Future: Act Now on a Long-Term Vision (December 2002)
It Takes a Region to Build Livable Neighborhoods: An Urban Growth Strategy for the Twin Cities Metro Region (February 1997)
- Report overview
The Case for a Regional Housing Policy in the Twin Cities Metro Area (May 1994)
- Report overview

Losing Lakes: Enjoyment of a Unique Metropolitan Resource is Threatened (November 1989)
The Metropolitan Council: Strengthening Its Leadership Role (March 1989)
A New Weigh to Recycle (May 1987)
Testimony on the Bloomington Stadium Site(February 1986)
A Strategy for the Waterbelt (November 1985)
Statement: Bloomington Development Proposal (August 1985)
Accountability for the Development Dollar (June 1985)
Memo to the Met Council: Organized Collection of Solid Waste (April 1985)
Statement: Solid Waste Disposal -- Getting Economics into the Environmental Solution (January 1985)
Statement: Alternatives to Solid Waste Flow Control (January 1982)
A Subregional Solution to the East Metro Parks Question (August 1981)
Keeping the Waste out of Waste: A Proposal to Minimize the Risks by Decentralizing the Solid Waste Disposal System (May 1981)
Siting of Major Controversial Facilities (October 1980)
Letter to Mayor Latimer About the St. Paul Refuse Disposal System (June 1980)
Statement and Update on Report 290: Taking the Waste Out Of Minnesota's Refuse (February 1979)
Needed: A Policy for Parking (January 1978)
Testimony before Subcommittee on Structure, House Committee on Local and Urban Affairs (March 1977)
Selective Control is the Only Way to Protect Elms (March 1977)
Financing Urban Redevelopment (October 1976)
Balancing the New Use and Re-Use of Land (January 1976)
Taking the Waste Out of Minnesota's Refuse (August 1975)
The Parade of Neighborhoods (August 1975)
A Pioneering Effort to Create Housing Rehab Visibility and Save Money (February 1975)
A River to Use and Enjoy (June 1974)
Statement on New Rehab Loan and Grant Program (June 1974)
Growth Without Sprawl (September 1973)
Building Confidence in Older Neighborhoods (June 1973)
Cable TV for the Neighborhood and for the Region (November 1972)
Statement to Met Council on Revised Development Guide on Housing (December 1972)

Statement: Arrangements for Air Pollution Control in the Metropolitan Area (May 1972)
Better Use of Land and Housing: A Modest Proposal for a New Public Role in the Re-Building of the Older Neighborhoods of the Twin Cities (April 1971)
Needed: Better Ways of Making Environmental Choices: Recommendations on Improving the Environmental Decision-Making Framework in Minnesota (January 1971)
Statement: Sanitary Sewers: Policies, System Plan and Program (December 1969)
Statement on Metropolitan Area Sewage (March 1969)
Metropolitan Policy and Metropolitan Development: A Proposal for Government Organization in the Twin Cities Area (October 1968)
Statement: Response to the Metropolitan Council's Plan for Sewage Collection and Treatment in the Twin Cities Area (September 1968)
Preserving Green Space in Metropolitan Development: A Parks and Open Space Commission for the Twin Cities Area (July 1968)
Letter to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Metropolitan Council (1968)
Statement to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (February 1968)
Refuse Collection and Disposal in the Metropolitan Area (November 1966)
Metropolitan Area Zoo (August 1966)
Minneapolis Residential Street Paving (June 1966)
Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (May 1966)
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Sewage Needs (April 1965)
Minneapolis Park Board Procedures for Seeking a New Superintendent (October 1964)
Legislation to Fold the Minneapolis Park System into Hennepin County (June 1963)
Consent Provision of the Minneapolis Zoning Law (March 1963)
Hennepin County Park Reserve Board Bond Issue (March 1963)
A Review of the Urban Renewal Program, Neighborhood Rehabilitation (May 1962)
The Proposed Bill for a Metropolitan Sanitary District (April 1961)
Water Supply and Sewage Disposal in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (December 1960)
To Include Minneapolis in the Hennepin County Park Reserve District (March 1959)
Minneapolis Park System Procedures for Park Superintendent Search (October 1958)
Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission: Progress Report (July 1958)
Prospectus for a Study of Metropolitan Problems in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (June 1957)
Recommendation for 1-Mill Increase in Minneapolis Park District Levy (May 1957)
Minneapolis Park System Long-Range Capital Improvement Program (December 1955)
Minneapolis Parks Department Survey of Facilities -- 2 (October 1955)
Establishing County Park Boards to Establish Single- and Multi-County Park Districts (April 1955)
A Survey of Minneapolis Park Facilities (February 1955)
Statement: Metropolitan Area Park Needs (December 1954)
Annual Report of the Minneapolis Park Board Budget and Budgeting (September 1954)
Minneapolis Park Board Policies on Acquisition, Retention and Disposition of Real Estate (August 1954)
Report on the Operations of the Minneapolis Park System, 1951 vs. 1955& 1954 (November 1953)
Citizens League Report on Park Board Referendum (September 1952)

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