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ARTICLE III. Functions: 1. The Council shall prepare and adopt a Plan and recommend policies for the development of the Area. The Plan shall be based on existing conditions and probable future growth and shall be made with the general purpose of guiding coordinated and harmonious development that will promote the health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants. The Plan shall also seek to promote efficiency and economy in the process of land development and population distribution so as to reduce the waste of resources; and it shall promote an efficient and economic utilization and conservation of the means of production of food and water, of drainage course, of sanitary and other facilities and of natural resources. 2. The Council shall be the official review agency as promulgated by OMB Circular A-95 and for all local plans and projects that have areawide implications. 3. The Council shall act as the official areawide planning agency for the Metropolitan Area and shall be designated as a consortium of governments for federal legislation dealing with transportation and land use and as the official Area Planning Organization as required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Transportation. ARTICLES IV. Membership: 1. The Council shall consist of at least 70% elected officials and each member unit of government shall be allowed voting representation as follows: a. Seven members from Fargo, at least four of which must be elected officials. b. Three members from Moorhead, at least two of which must be elected officials. c. One member from Dilworth, and one from West Fargo, both of whom must be an elected official. d. One member each from the Board of County Commissioners of Cass and Clay Counties, both of whom must be elected officials. e. The above noted representatives shall be appointed by their respective governing bodies. f. Each governing body shall annually approve a list of alternate members. Such alternates shall have full voting rights in the absence of designated members. g. No jurisdictions' voting power will be allowed to exceed 50% of total membership, and no jurisdictions' dues will exceed 50% of total annual dues (this provision {"g"} should be reviewed in 2009, and after that approximately one year before future decennial census data is provided). h. Municipalities wholly in the Metropolitan Planning Area with a population over 600 based on the 2000 Census shall be allowed Associate Membership in Metro COG. Associate Members will not pay dues and will be granted only ex-officio status on the Metro COG Policy Board and Transportation Technical Committee. Associate Members shall have access to Metro COG's Federal planning through the normal UPWP Budgetary process (effective the UPWP approval cycle ")