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/ 'i88 Systems Information Statement Orono III. METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK (MOIF) A. Geographic Policy Areas The MOIF established policies for different geographic areas within the metropolitan urban and rural service areas. These geographic policy areas are the setting in which the Council and local governments prepare and carry out their plans. Part of Orono is located within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and part of it is located in a rural service area. The urban and rural service areas in Orono are separated by a MUSA line. A map of the MUSA in Orono is found in Section 0. Orono should refer to the policies in the MOIF for the MUSA and for the Rural Service Area as it prepares plan amendments in response to this systems statement. The MUSA is defined as that part of the region in which urban~scale development and investment should be located. It is that area where the Council ha$; made a commitment to providing metropolitan system service capacity, in accordance with the regional system plans and with local comprehensive plans that are mutually consistent. B. Forecasts of Population, Household and Employment The Council has prepared forecasts of year 2000 population, households and employment for each county, city and township in the region. The forecast data for Orono is listed on a data sheet that is contained in this part of the system info'"nation statement. It is important that you review the year 2000 forecasts for Orono, since the local comprehensive plan forecasts need to be consistent with Council forecasts. You should contact Council staff in the Comprehensive Planning Division if your community's plan anticipates a higher level of year 2000 population, households or employment than current Council forecasts. The Council uses the year 2000 forecasts as an indication of where growth is likely to occur, and thus where metropolitan system services will be needed. The forecasts are also used when the Council reviews a community's request to change its MUSA boundary and extend metropolitan services to new areas of development. The 2000 forecasts are reviewed when local development trends are found to vary substantially from Council forecasts, when unanticipated development is proposed, or as part of amending the local comprehensive plan. The Council revises its local forecasts every five years, using U.S. Census data as a base. The next revision of the forecasts will be made in 1992. At that time, the forecasts will be extended to the year 2010, and new estimates of local land supply and land demand relative to the MUSA wil! be prepared for each community and county in the region. I 11 - 1