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Even though the need for residential, industrial, agricultural and con~nercial land is recognized this policy indicates (implicitly) that the environment and the availability o~ services are more important than "market" demand in determining 1 and use, MDF Policy No. 2: Reinvestment required for replacement and maintenance of metropolitan systems serving existing development should have priority over investment for expansion except where analysis shows a shortage of land with urban services could'seriously affect housing costs. The Council's primary tools for regional planning are investments in the regional systems. Here, the priorities for reinvestment and maintenance of the systems should serve economic growth and development well (within the MUSA), because that is where the bulk of business growth takes place. However, the exception {at the end of the policy) moves concerns away from such development in favor of residential development on the edge of the MUSA. Two Metropolitan Investment Framework (MIF) policies also deal with investments in the regional systems. They belong more appropriately in the MDF than the MIF. MIF Policy No. 9: Within the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) and the Freestanding Growth Centers, priorities for capital projects for metropolitan systems will be based on the following hierarchy: ao Maintenance, replacement and achievement of minimum service standards identified in policy plans (by Metropolitan Development Framework policy areas, whenever possible); b. Extension of a metropolitan system where growth projected in the Metropolitan Development Framework is limited by a shortage in the service; c. Extension of a metropolitan system to a Metropolitan Development Framework sector/policy subarea where other public services are already planned or in place; d. Extension of the first metropolitan system to a Metropolitan Development Framework sector/policy subarea. MIF Policy No. 10: In reviewing proposals to expand the MUSA, the Council will consider: 1) the additional population that can be accon~odated by existng metroPolitan systems in the appropriate sector; 2) recent population trends in all sectors; 3) the least cost among sectors for providing a complete system of basic public services; and 4) the most recent estimates of developable land for urbanization in each sector. Even with the MIF policies, the emphasis is on maintaining the systems and responding to residential demand, without specific consideration given to busi ness demands, 28 m m m m ! l m mm ! I m ! m m m m m m