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<br />(b) Serve as the basis for investment decisions the Metropolitan Council might make <br />regarding capital facilities and local support; <br /> <br />(c) Provide a context for the review of voluntary comprehensive plans and plan updates <br />undertaken by local governmental units; and <br /> <br />(d) Set forth information for local governmental units to use as they contemplate reviewing <br />and updating their local comprehensive plans for the 2008 cycle of plans. <br /> <br />2. User-Friendly Guide. The Metropolitan Council intends to adopt the Blueprint 2030 <br />consistent with the open, partnering process used to conceive the Blueprint. The Blueprint <br />2030 process will invite and incorporate input regarding regional policies and areas of <br />interest to local governments for voluntary comprehensive plan amendments and updates. <br />Providing new and updated information and guidance in the Blueprint format will articulate <br />the Metropolitan Council's policy perspective and will serve as a user-friendly guide for the <br />region's local planning partners. <br /> <br />3. Local Comprehensive Plans. Adoption of the Blueprint 2030 and related systems plans will <br />not trigger a requirement for local governmental units to revise and update their local <br />comprehensive plans. For any local comprehensive plan amendments submitted to the <br />Metropolitan Council, the Metropolitan Council will review those local comprehensive plan <br />amendments for conformance with metropolitan system plans in effect as of March 27, 2002, <br />as required by Minnesota Statutes section 473.175. In addition, the Metropolitan Council <br />will review applications for amendments to local comprehensive plans, or amendments <br />thereto, and provide advisory comments using any amended or revised non-system policy <br />plans or updated metropolitan system plans that have been adopted when the local <br />comprehensive plans are submitted, including Blueprint 2030. Requirements as to the <br />completeness of an application for review will be based upon the metropolitan system plans <br />and policies in effect as of March 27,2002. <br /> <br />4. Regional Systems. Any updates, modifications or revisions to metropolitan system plans <br />(highways, transportation and airports, regional wastewater treatment, and regional parks) <br />that might be made in conjunction with the adoption of the Blueprint 2030 will be used by <br />the Metropolitan Council to provide guidance to local governmental units as local <br />governmental units review, amend, and update their local comprehensive plans to address <br />their own local changing needs. Should the Metropolitan Council deem it necessary to issue <br />any formal system statements, the Metropolitan Council will do so within a time frame and in <br />a manner that is compatible with the decennial review process, including Minnesota Statutes <br />section 473.864, subd. 2, that requires metropolitan-area local governmental units to review <br />and amend their local comprehensive plans at least once every ten years. <br /> <br />5. Technical Assistance and Support. The Metropolitan Council will complement the <br />introduction of its Blueprint 2030 by providing technical support to local governmental units <br />to help facilitate the inclusion of Blueprint 2030 planning principles in local and subregional <br />planning activities undertaken in the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />6. Grants and Fundillg. The Metropolitan Council in evaluating local government requests for <br />grants and funding may assign a priority to applications from local governments that have <br /> <br />Page 2 of 3 Pages <br />