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- 3 - The Council will use its referral p~ocess and planning authori- ties to provide incentives to local governments that adopt, at an early date, comprehensive plans reviewed by the Council pur- suant to the MLPA. The Council will continue to follow its previous policy on using comprehensive plans in referral evaluations. All things being equal, the Council will give pref- erence to referral matters affecting local govern- ments with MLPA plans of record at the Council. In dealing with requests for changes to metropolitan system plans and in making amendments to metropoli- tan system plans, the Council will consider avail- able local comprehensive plans, and where local plans are not avaialble, metropolitan plans, policy, and forecasts will be substituted insofar as neces- sary and possible. Local governmental units which fail to submit comprehensive plans by the deadline established by statute or by the dead- line established by a grant extension will not receive further planning assistance funds, and subsequent A-95 and similar referral reviews will receive negative Council comments or low priority in those cases where a local plan would have con- tained factors with a substantive bearing on the merits of the referral item. As provided by statute, the Council may attach reasonable requirements or conditions to extensions. Conditions and requirements will be considered as appropriate for each extension request. Among those to be considered will be holding back any new or remaining planning assistance grants not yet disbursed; and requiring that the plans being sub- mitted after a long-term extension address the Metroplitan Development Guide and metropolitan system plans as they existed on the date the extension is granted. Handlin~ Procedure for Extentions of Six Months or Less Local governments should submit requests to the Metropolitan Council Chairman with the information required in item 3. e Local Planning Assistance staff will contact local officials to review the request as to its completeness and to clarify information. Staff will also notify the sponsor of meetings at which the Physical Development Committee or Metropolitan Council will act on the request. 10. The request will be forwarded directly to the Metropolitan Council for action via the Consent List unless there is a major issue.