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t Metropolitan Council <br />Include policies and <br />objectives <br />Describe standards <br />and programs for <br />implementing the <br />plan <br />Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 2. Foundation of the Comprehensive Plan <br />Policies and objectives establish the municipality's direction and <br />guide general land use decisions. This chapter describes the <br />municipality's objectives and sets out the policies, standards and <br />programs that constitute the overall approach the municipality <br />intends to follow to reach those objectives. <br />The focus is on policies and objectives that guide land use, <br />development, redevelopment and preservation of land and water <br />within the municipality's jurisdiction. Specific policies relating to <br />particular systems and exact implementation strategies are included <br />in later chapters of the comprehensive plan. <br />The background chapter must include a description of standards and <br />programs to be used in implementing the comprehensive plan. These <br />standards provide broad direction for the municipality in establishing <br />its official controls. Programs, such as the capital improvement <br />program, are included here to the extent that they identify the <br />timing and financing mechanisms for implementing the <br />comprehensive plan. <br />Strategies for regional development relate directly to growth <br />patterns within the region. In the 2030 Regional Development <br />Framework, municipalities are identified according to their regional <br />planning area designation. Depending on that designation, a <br />municipality may choose within a range of strategies for <br />accommodating expected growth. <br />See the Framework's "Planning Areas" map of planning area <br />designations throughout the region. <br />The Metropolitan Council also provides a table that identifies each <br />municipality's planning area designation or designations. <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />ninq /framework/FWPlanningAre <br />as8x11. pdf <br />Table of municipalities' planning <br />designations <br />April 2008 2 -2 <br />