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... ,... , . � � :� • ' . Page 29 , . , . Paqe 2 .: . � " : _'.. .. . „ ._ � Part II tells h4w your �urisdiction is affected by �ndividual metropolitan system plans: transportation, airports,�waste management, and� recreation open space. It describes existinq and planned metropolitan facilities and conveys to you as_ �much information as possible about them to help locai planninq. Part III lists � - - - - _- - those sections of a comprehens�ve plan which legally may be excluded from your plan. Other than this exclusion, your local plan must include all of the mandatory � � elements of a comprehensive plan that�are identified .in Section 9 of the Metro- - - � politan Land Planninq Act. - The Metropolitan Council suggests that local units of government compare their existing plans and programs with the Metnopolitan Land Planning Act requirements and determine which parts of existing programs and plans can be used without preparing new ones. We strongly recommend that you submit a land use element to the Council for review and approval prior to preparation of the additional plaZ elements required by the Metropolitan Land Planninq Act. Plan content guidelines . will be available from the Council clarifying the level of detail and subjects that should be addressed in the comprehensive plan. These will be available subseGuent to the reconciliation of any disagreement with the S�stzm Statement. Th� Ccuncil will review local comprehensive plans to determine cor:zpatib+lity with each other and conformity with the four metropolitan systems described in this S�stem Statement. The Council is authorized to require a local governmental unit to modify any comprehensive plan which may have a substantial impact on or contain a substantial departure from these metropolitan system plans. The Act " also requires that the Metropolitan Council review and comment on the consistency of your local comprehensive plan with other chapters of the Metropolitan Development Gulde -- Development Frame�vork, Housing, Water Resources, Protection Open Space, Health and Law and justice. � The law prnvidss that the Council may amend System Statements. Amendments transmitted to you before January 1, 1978 must be considered in the plans of Iocal soverr_mental units prepared pursuant to the Planning Act. Amendments to the population, household and employment forecasts are being made this year and preliminary estimates were sent to each government on April 28, 1977. The letter accompanying those new forecasts tells the schedule for adoption of the new - forecasts and explains the importance of your participation in that process. The � Airports chapter of the Metnopolitan Development Guide is also undergoing revision. Other amendments may be needed based upon community response to the System Sta tement. ' � -