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FARGO-MOORHEAD METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION (Revised April, 1995/ March, 2000/ July, 2001/ May, 2005-in process) DRAFT- Proposed amendments are printed in bold / italic and were submitted to the Policy Board and approved on Thursday, May 19, 2005 ARTICLE I. Organ ization: These articles of Association, hereinafter referred to as the "Articles," shall regulate and govern the affairs of that unincorporated association organized pursuant to the North Dakota Century Code 54-40 and Minnesota Statutes 471.59 known as the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments, hereinafter referred to as the "Council." The Council shall perform areawide transportation planning in the urban study boundary as defined by statute. The Council shall also conduct and/or coordinate technical assistance activities, planning studies and special projects to address non-transportation problems and issues which are of metropolitan significance or where member jurisdictions request assistance subject to Policy Board approval and availability of financial resources; shall disseminate information regarding comprehensive transportation planning and proposals for improvement of the Area, and; shall promote general public support for such plans and programs as the Council may endorse. ARTICLE II. Declaration of Policy: 1. The Council finds and declares that the people within the Metropolitan Area have a fundamental interest in the orderly development of the Area. 2. The Council further finds and declares: a. That the members have a positive interest in the preparation and maintenance of a long term comprehensive plan for the development of the Area to serve as a guide to the political subdivisions within the Area; b. The continuing growth of the Area presents problems that are not confined to the boundaries of any single County or City; c. That the Area, by reason of its governmental jurisdictions, presents special problems of development that can be dealt with best by a Metropolitan Council of Governments; d. That the Area is well adapted to unified consideration and; e. That in order to assure, insofar as possible, the orderly and harmonious development of the Area, and to provide for the needs of further generations, it is necessary for the people of the Area to perform metropolitan planning and for the Council to serve as a coordinating agency to harmonize the activities of federal, state, and local agencies, and to render assistance and create public interest and participation in the development of the Area.