# Metropolitan Council District 4 *District of the Metropolitan Council of Minnesota covering parts of Carver and Scott counties.* **Metropolitan Council District 4** is one of the sixteen districts of the [[Metropolitan Council (Minnesota)]]. Minnesota Statutes § 473.123 constitutes the Council as "a public corporation and political subdivision of the state," placed "under the supervision and control of 17 members." Those members are sixteen district members and an at-large chair, all appointed by the [[governor]] with Senate confirmation.[^1] The current district plan, MC2023-2, was adopted on March 21, 2023.[^1] The Council's district page describes District 4 as covering ten Carver County cities and ten townships.[^2] The project's at-issue record, drawing on the Council's own district materials, states two further points. The district also takes in six Scott County cities and ten more townships. Chanhassen, which the record describes as Carver County's second-largest city, lies outside it.[^2][^3] Carver County is part of the statutory metropolitan area without exclusion.[^4] The record therefore pairs a district label with an appointed seat. The district members of the Council, including the member for District 4, hold their seats by gubernatorial appointment and Senate confirmation.[^1] The at-issue record describes the result as a planned jurisdiction that "does not correspond to any unit its residents elect."[^3] ## Where District 4 lies within the metropolitan area defined in Minnesota Statutes § 473.121, subdivision 2, which includes Carver County without exclusion.[^4] According to the Council's district page, it covers ten Carver County cities and ten townships.[^2] The at-issue record states that it also covers six Scott County cities and ten more townships. The same record states that Chanhassen is not within District 4, which leaves Carver County split between council districts.[^2][^3] ## Who Under § 473.123, the Council has 17 members: sixteen district members and an at-large chair. All are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.[^1] The record assembled here does not establish who currently holds the District 4 seat, or which governor appointed that member and when.[^1] ## In the at-issue record Item AI-Carver-060 (Carver package, rank 60) appears in *Block D — The Appointed Planner* of the project's at-issue catalogue. It states: "The county is split across council districts drawn by the body it is subject to."[^3] The item is anchored to the White House presidential action *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026). It gives as the anchor's relevance that the planned jurisdiction "does not correspond to any unit its residents elect."[^3] The record here does not establish that the presidential action itself refers to District 4 or to the Metropolitan Council.[^3] ## In the Minnesota record ### Where - Under § 473.123, the Metropolitan Council has sixteen district members and an at-large chair, all appointed by the governor with Senate confirmation. The current district plan is MC2023-2, adopted March 21, 2023.[^1] - The statutory metropolitan area under § 473.121, subd. 2, includes Carver County without exclusion.[^4] - According to the Council's district page, District 4 covers ten Carver County cities and ten townships.[^2] - The at-issue record states that District 4 also includes six Scott County cities and ten more townships.[^2][^3] - The at-issue record states that Chanhassen is not in District 4.[^2][^3] ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minnesota Statutes § 473.123* (current) — constitutes the Metropolitan Council as a public corporation and political subdivision of the state under 17 members (sixteen district members and an at-large chair), all appointed by the governor with Senate confirmation; current district plan MC2023-2, adopted March 21, 2023. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/473.123 [^2]: Metropolitan Council, *District 4* (Council Districts Map page, undated) — District 4 covers ten Carver County cities and ten townships. This is the metrocouncil.org record on which at-issue item AI-Carver-060 relies for its Scott County and Chanhassen statements. https://metrocouncil.org/About-Us/Who-We-Are/CouncilMembers/Council-Districts-Map/District-4.aspx [^3]: At-issue item AI-Carver-060 (Carver package; *Block D — The Appointed Planner*), anchored to White House, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026) — the item's statements of district composition, the exclusion of Chanhassen, the split of the county, and the anchor's stated relevance. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/ [^4]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minnesota Statutes § 473.121, subd. 2* (current) — defines the metropolitan area to include Carver County without exclusion. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/473.121