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LUEET-2. I•and Use, Planning, and Annexation. (A) In conducting a review of any proposal affecting land use, planning, development, or annexation, the league urges the Governor's Council on State. local Relations or the Legislature to consider that public policies which encourage substantial development in non -urban areas and which extend publi- _ services beyond existing jurisdictions and service areas are wasteful and counter -productive. Additionally, it should be accepted by all that ptice - agricultural land is a major natural and economic resource and any state land use strategy must include as a major objective the preservation of prime agricultural land. _ Particular attention should given to the problem of development and the delivery of governmental services to urbanizing fringe areas. Recommendations and proposals fur statutory change should be presented to the 1987 Legislature. Pending these recommendations, the League urges the Legislature to refrain from amending the state's planning and annexation statutes in any way in the 1987 session. State law should continue to encourage the preservation of prime agricultural land and discourage the development of such land outside designated growth areas to be served by a city. The state should also encourage local governments to adopt agricultural preservation policies and ordinances. It must also be considered that, even if these steps are taken, a great' deal of development will still occur in the fringe areas sutrounding cities. The League recommends as a long-term goal that state statutes regulating annexation be changed to make it easier for cities to annex this developed or developing land, in order to insure the integrity of our governmental systeue. It is unfair to city residents to have individuals avoid paying their fair share for municipal services provided by the city government by living in the fringe area around a city. -32-