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I 5. Special planning considerations are required for those rural area located on Lake Minnetonka islands. It is impossible for the City to provide island residents with normal public services such as police, fire, ambulance, sanitation or transportation. Therefore, all of these needs must be met by the individual property owners who choose to develop land on the islands. Because of these physical limitations, the City has determined that private island development must be discouraged, and may be permitted only in strict compliance with all applicable performance standards. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STRATEGY PLANNING GOALS 1. To identify community characteristics, needs, issues and aspirations. 2. To formulate and maintain long-term goals for future community growth and management. 3.To formulate and maintain policies, ordinances and programs designed to implement the community goals. PLANNING POLICIES 1.The CMP is designed as a management tool for city officials, staff and citizens in the conduct of both public and private activity within the city. 2. The CMP is designed to encourage effective and coordinated implementation methods to properly balance private incentives and the protection of the public interest. 3. 4. The CMP is designed to help coordinate the various implementation tools such as regulations, ordinances, public procedures, public expenditures and property tax policies. The CMP b intended to be a living document to be used on a day to day basb. 5. The CMP b intended to be reviewed, and updated if necessary, on an annual basb. I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I