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AREA -WIDE POLICIES Policies A through F are Metropolitan Development Framework policies and ' concepts reworked to more fully reflect economic development and business concerns. They show the Council"s general approach to the development of the Region. A. THE METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD CONSIST OF AN URBAN SERVICE AREA AND A RURAL SERVICE AREA. METROPOLITAN SYSTEMS AND URBAN SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED ONLY WITHIN THE URBAN SERVICE AREA. RURAL SERVICE STANDARDS WILL BE MAIN- TAINED IN THE RURAL SERVICE AREA, AND PERSONS CHOOSING A RURAL LOCATION SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE URBAN SERVICES. The first policy is taken from the Council-s existing Development Framework. Although not a new policy, it is included here for completeness. The concept of the urban/rural split sets the stage for how the Council goes about making decisions on investments in the regional systems and reviewing plans and projects for consistency with all of the Metropolitan Development Guide chapters. B. THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAND, THE EFFICIENT USE OF URBAN SERVICES AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC NEEDS WHEN DEVELOPING REGIONAL PLANS AND GUIDELINES AFFECTING LAND,USE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA. URBAN DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT IMPAIR THE FUNCTIONING OF VITAL NATURAL SYSTEMS. The Council guides land use planning in the Region by designing plans for the four regional systems (transportation, sewers, airports, and parks and open ' space) and reviewing local comprehensive plans of cities and townships. They need to consider economic development needs along with the demand for regional systems and environmental concerns. Policy B brings economic growth into the forefront--side-by-side with regional systems and the environment. The policy does not resolve conflicts that may arise between, for example, economic and environmental considerations. These will require more specific guidelines to be prepared later. The Council implements plans through regional system investments. The strategy is to have priorities for those investments. C. THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WILL SET PRIORITIES FOR INVESTMENTS IN EACH REGIONAL SYSTEM IN THE FOLLOWING WAY. PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FIRST. ALL REMAINING PROJECTS WILL THEN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: I SERVINGENTS OR DEVELOPMENTVWITHINTTHEOMETROPOLITAN URBANINTAIN OR OTHE SERVICEIAREAGMS (MUSA) AND FREESTANDING GROWTH LENTERS. 2. INVESTMENTS FOR EXPANDING THE MUSA WHERE ANALYSIS INDICATES A SHORTAGE IN THE FIVE-YEAR URBAN LAND SUPPLY FOR A SECTOR AS SHOWN IN THE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK. PROJECTS IN EACH CATEGORY WILL BE RANKED AND THE COUNCIL WILL THEN ALLOCATE FUNDS TO THE TWO CATEGORIES. THE COUNCIL MAY SHIFT ALLOCATED FUNDS FROM , ONE CATEGORY TO ANOTHER DEPENDING ON THE RELATIVE NEED FOR THE PROJECTS IN EACH CATEGORY.