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� � �� � O J � � � � � 5inr.� thE industrial rev�lution, th,;rc has bo�n an incre�sing tendency for economic activities to center in urban cfusters and in m�re recent years, thc:sc c lusters have grewn larger and fc�1-, r in nurnb� -, There has been a gen�ral migration af populati�an from rural areas to u�c�n centers with th�ir concentrated economic opp�rtuniti�s. ?hc; :nost rapidly growing urban centers havc b�en tht iarge m�tropol�tan ccni-ers of the Unit�d States; smaller urban c�nt:;rs have cifih;:r los� population or shown only moderate in�rcascs in p�pulation and econo�-nic activity. It has be�:n noted in prior planning rcports that th� Viliage o�f Shorcview doe� not ��avc; a privafia econumic 5asc: a��quat` fio emp(oy a major portion of thc lucal r�sidents. Th� justiFicaticn of Shoreview as a resid�ntial community is ba;ed upon economic a�tivity throughout th� Twin C+ties Metrcpolitan /'1rea. �1r the pr�scnt time, th� major arca of cor;cern is that of public finance 4vitn the tax sifivation bEing of prirne imporiance. As the population irlcreases, th`re will ��; a need for morc: publie facilities and servic�s anc� consequent increasc:s in public expenditures. So {ong as ther�: is primary relianc:� upon thc; prop�;r�y tax as a means to finance local public improv�ments, it is es5�ntial that the Village Plan be, among other things, a"bala��ce� tax plan," This means that future land uso allccati�ns havu �een made on thc basis or providing a sound property tax bcase as well as g��nc�ral planning critcria for f�cl,�ing to assure a suitable living environm�nt. SUGGESTED CG:'�irv+,UNITY C�EVELOF,��iEf�iT G�;;LS HND POLICY For the Comprch�:ns�ve D�v�:l`�Pm�nt Plan t�. validly function, it rnust b:� based on an understandi�g of thG aspirations h;:ld by th� citiz�:�ns for their communify, The community guals ar� pr�.f�;rcnces as to_ (+) th;: genera! typc of community that future phy;ical d�vclepmcnt should h� Ip �rocJuce; and (2) the characfier and Iecation of th� �aj,�r �hysical �I�ments formi;�g th�: urban anvironment. Before th� Compr�hensiv� Dev`lopm�:nt i lan can h�: carried intn cffect, thesc community goals must h�:; stafi�d c I�arly and ��ncral agreement on them must be � reac ht ' d. Otn;�r�vis�, fih�: plan canr,�; b,: conc�;iv::d �f as the comrnunity's policy conc�rning physical d;:v�:�l��prn�nt. Invcsti�ofi�ig ccmmunity attitudes and for- � mulating a pub'+cly c�cc�:��tabl,� stat��mcn� ��f broac' community goals is a basic part of the planning ��-:.c�:ss. n �