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• <br /> PREFACE <br /> This planning report is designed to assist Village officials <br /> in making the day-to-day decisions required for proper long- <br /> range maintenance and development of the Community environment. <br /> The State Legislature has found that communities are faced <br /> with mounting problems in providing means of guiding future <br /> development of land so as to insure a safer , more pleasant, <br /> and more economical environment. Further , the Legislature ' s <br /> planning and development policy states - "Municipal planning <br /> by providing public guides to future municipal action , enables <br /> other public and private agencies to plan their activities in <br /> harmony with the municipality' s plans . Municipal planning <br /> will assist in developing lands more wisely to serve citizens <br /> more effectively , will make the provision of public services <br /> less costly , and will achieve a more secure tax base. " It <br /> is the purposeof the Municipal Planning Act to provide • <br /> municipalities with the necessary powers and a uniform procedure <br /> for adequately conducting and implementing municipal planning . <br /> V <br />