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Page 2 Part II tells how your jurisdiction is affected by individual metropolitan system. plans: transportation, airports, waste management, and recreation open space. It describes existing and planned metropolitan facilities and conveys to you as much information as possible about them to help local planning. Part III lists those sections of a comprehensive 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 Planning Act. The Metropolitan Council suggests that local units of government compare their existing plans and programs with the Metropolitan 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 plan elements required by the Metropolitan Land Planning 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 subsequent to the reconciliation of any disagreement with the System Statement. The Council will review local comprehensive plans to determine compatibility with each other and conformity with the four metropolitan systems described in this System 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 Guide -- Development Framework, Housing, Water Resources, Protection Open Space, Health and Law and Justice. The law provides that the Council may amend System Statements. Amendments transmitted to you before January 1, 1978 must be considered in the plans of local governmental 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 Metropolitan Development Guide is also undergoing revision. Other amendments may be needed based upon community response to the System Statement. 0038