System Statements

Every community in the seven-county metropolitan area within the Metropolitan Council’s jurisdiction has received a “system statement” – a document that is required by state law and intended to help communities update their local comprehensive plans. (See table of links to systems statements, below.)

The system statement is a customized document informing each community how it is affected by the Metropolitan Council’s policy plans for four regional systems – transportation, aviation, water resources (including wastewater collection and treatment), and regional parks and open space.

System statements include forecasts of population, households and employment. In some cases, those forecasts have changed since the time that the system statements were released. The most current tables of forecasts for metropolitan area cities, townships and counties are online in PDF and Excel formats:

Cities are to review, and if necessary, amend their entire “comp” plans and “fiscal devices” (such as capital improvement programs) and “official controls” (such as zoning ordinances) at least once every 10 years. Comprehensive plan updates are to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council by 2008.

System Statements for Cities and Townships in the Twin Cities 7-County Area (PDF FIles)

Anoka, Carver, Dakota and Hennepin Counties

Ramsey, Scott and Washington Counties


Anoka County	Carver County	Dakota County	Hennepin County
Andover	Benton Twp.	Apple Valley	Bloomington
Anoka	Camden Twp.	Burnsville	Brooklyn Center
Bethel	Carver	Castle Rock Twp.	Brooklyn Park
Blaine	Chanhassen	Coates	Champlin
Burns Twp.	Chaska	Douglas Twp.	Corcoran
Centerville	Cologne	Eagan	Crystal
Circle Pines	Dahlgren Twp.	Empire Twp.	Dayton
Columbia Heights	Hamburg	Eureka Twp.	Deephaven
Columbus Twp.	Hancock Twp.	Farmington	Eden Prairie
Coon Rapids	Hollywood Twp.	Greenvale Twp.	Edina
East Bethel	Laketown Twp.	Hampton	Excelsior
Fridley	Mayer	Hampton Twp.	Golden Valley
Ham Lake	New Germany	Hastings	Greenfield
Hilltop	Norwood Young America	Inver Grove Heights	Greenwood
Lexington	San Francisco Twp.	Lakeville	Hassan Twp.
Lino Lakes	Victoria	Lilydale	Hopkins
Linwood Twp.	Waconia	Marshan Twp.	Independence
Oak Grove	Waconia Twp.	Mendota	Long Lake
Ramsey	Watertown	Mendota Heights	Loretto
St. Francis	Watertown Twp.	Miesville	Maple Grove
Spring Lake Park	Young America Twp.	New Trier	Maple Plain
		Nininger Twp.	Medicine Lake
		Randolph	Medina
		Randolph Twp.	Minneapolis
		Ravenna Twp.	Minnetonka
		Rosemount	Minnetonka Beach
		Sciota Twp.	Minnetrista
		South St. Paul	Mound
		Sunfish Lake	New Hope
		Vermillion	Orono
		Vermillion Twp.	Osseo
		Waterford Twp.	Plymouth
		West St. Paul	Richfield
			Robbinsdale
			Rogers
			St. Anthony
			St. Bonifacius
			St. Louis Park
			Shorewood
			Spring Park
			Tonka Bay
			Wayzata
			Woodland


Ramsey County	Scott County	Washington County
Arden Hills	Belle Plaine	Afton
Falcon Heights	Belle Plaine Twp.	Bayport
Gem Lake	Blakeley Twp.	Baytown Twp.
Lauderdale	Cedar Lake Twp.	Birchwood
Little Canada	Credit River Twp.	Cottage Grove
Maplewood	Elko	Dellwood
Mounds View	Helena Twp.	Denmark Twp.
New Brighton	Jackson Twp.	Forest Lake
North Oaks	Jordan	Grant
North St. Paul	Louisville Twp.	Grey Cloud Twp.
Roseville	New Market	Hugo
St. Paul	New Market Twp.	Lake Elmo
Shoreview	Prior Lake	Lakeland
Vadnais Heights	St. Lawerence Twp.	Lakeland Shores
White Bear Twp.	Sand Creek Twp.	Lake St. Croix Beach
White Bear Lake	Savage	Landfall
	Shakopee	Mahtomedi
	Spring Lake Twp.	Marine on St. Croix
		May Twp.
		Newport
		New Scandia Twp.
		Oakdale
		Oak Park Heights
		Pine Springs
		St. Mary's Point
		St. Paul Park
		Stillwater
		Stillwater Twp.
		West Lakeland Twp.
		Willernie
		Woodbury