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, REGL;LAR P�iE�TING OF THE ORONO COiJNCIL, JArIU�1RY 9 , 1978 Page 39 Mayor Van Nest reviewed the letter received from r1ETROPOLI`^AN COUNCIL the 1Retropolitan Council dated December 28, 1977, LAND PL1�INING ACT which states: As the chief local official of your community, you received a metropolitan system stater►ent frorl the P4etropolitan Council several r;ionths ago. We need now to bring you up to date on several recent changes in metropolitan plans that may affect preparation of your community' s comprehensive plan pursuant to the tZetropolitan Land Planning Act. The changes concern the airports system plan and population-household-employment forecasts for regional growth. This month the Council has adopted a new aviation policy plan and must amend the airports section of your community' s systeri statement to reflect revised . policies. You should substitute the enclosed section for the one originally received, and should use the information it contains when preparing your community' s cor.lprehensive plan. If your comr.munity has a serious problem with somet:�ing in this new section, please inform your contact person here at the Council imr.►ediately. He will discuss the problem with you and will try to reach a satisfactory agreement to resolve it. If such an agreement is not possible, then your community may appeal the new airports section of the system statement within 60 davs of its receipt, using the reconciliation procedure specif_ied in the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (the same procedure that applied to the original system stater,ient) . Proposed amendments to the Metropolitan Development Framework were sent to you in October. Following a sequence of public hearings which ended December 8, the Council has now adopted the amendrlents. The amendments dealing with population-household-employrient forecasts will directly affect your planning and are enclosed. There were no changes to the policies for urbanizing areas. The population-employment-household forecasts which are enclosed have also been adopted as Part o_f the r�etropolitan Development Framewor.k� v1e would advise that they be used as a base in the preparation of your comprehensive plan. Of the metropolitan systems plans, only the new aviation plan incorporates the new forecasts, however. The Council will be evaluating the other policy plans de�ling with water quality management, transportation and parks for any possible changes during the cor,ting year, but no r;lajor changes resulting from the revisions in the forecasts are anticipated at this time. (Continued)