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t Metropolitan Council Local Planning Handbook 1 Section 3. Land Use Plan <br />Resources <br />Metropolitan Council staff are available to answer questions related <br />to land use, mapping, housing, natural resources and Critical Area <br />and Minnesota National River and Recreation Area plans. Planning <br />staff and their areas of expertise are listed on the Metropolitan <br />Council's website. <br />The Metropolitan Council encourages local units of government, staff <br />and local officials to contact their Metropolitan Council sector <br />representative with general questions regarding Metropolitan Council <br />land use policies. <br />To plan for regional infrastructure, the Metropolitan Council needs <br />accurate information about how each municipality allocates its land <br />for residential, commercial, industrial, public, parks and open space, <br />institutional and mixed uses. The land use inventory needs to map <br />and tabulate existing land use that shows both: <br />1. current land use and surface water <br />2. land use and surface water as previously planned in the <br />municipality's last comprehensive plan update. <br />Land uses should be described in terms of the standard land use <br />categories used by the Metropolitan Council. <br />Map existing surface This map identifies all surface water resources including lakes, <br />water and land uses wetlands, rivers, streams and drainage courses. It also shows <br />adjoining lands that affect these water resources. Mapping these <br />resources helps the municipality identify areas to be maintained for <br />less intense land uses or for public open space. Mapping may also <br />help planners to evaluate the effect of increased intensity on the <br />water resource. <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />nind/assistance/staff.htm <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plan <br />nind/assistance/sectorreps.htm <br />http://www.metrocouncil.orq/plann <br />inq /LPH /LandUseCategories.pdf <br />http://dis.metc.state.mn.us/landu <br />se2k/maps2000.asp <br />April 2008 3 -2 <br />