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t Metropolitan Council <br />• Some municipalities <br />have more than one <br />designation <br />Planning area <br />designation guides <br />growth strategies <br />Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 2. Foundation of the Comprehensive Plan <br />The 2030 Regional Development Framework assigns some <br />municipalities on the developing edge of the metropolitan area more <br />than one planning area designation. The double designation reflects <br />a division within the municipality between areas planned for urban <br />growth and served by the regional sewer system and areas <br />maintained for either agricultural or rural land use and served by <br />septic systems. <br />Strategies to accommodate expected growth depend in great part <br />the growth patterns reflected in the community's planning area <br />designation. The Planning Areas Map in the 2030 Regional <br />Development Framework illustrates regional growth patterns by <br />planning area designation. The Framework also includes strategies <br />appropriate to each planning area designation. <br />The background chapter must include total population, household <br />and employment forecasts. These serve as the foundation for the <br />rest of the comprehensive plan. The 2030 Regional Development <br />Framework includes forecasts for household number, population and <br />employment for the years 2010, 2020 and 2030. The Metropolitan <br />Council, with input from municipalities, calculates these forecasts <br />using regional statistics. Forecasts are updated periodically as <br />new information becomes available. The Metropolitan Council's <br />website contains the most current version of the forecasts. <br />The Metropolitan Council's forecasting methodology considers <br />historic trends, 2000 census data, current demographic data, annual <br />monitoring of building permits and employment data and local <br />comprehensive plans. Appendix A of the 2030 Regional Development <br />Framework provides detailed information on the methodology used <br />in preparing the regional forecasts. <br />on http: / /www.metrocouncil.org /plan <br />ninq /framework/FWPlanningAre <br />as8x11. pdf <br />http://www.metrocouncil.org/plan <br />ninq /framework/Framework. pdf# <br />page =16 <br />http: / /www. metrocouncil.orq /planni <br />nq /framework/documents. htm #for <br />ecasts <br />April 2008 2 -4 <br />