Please contact your State Legislator and ask them to Support HF 488. The Land Management Planning Act is sponsored by Representatives Ed Fallon and Danny Carroll. Κ * Countywide strategic development plans are required in ten counties: Pottawatamie, Woodbury, Polk, Dallas, Warren, Blackhawk, Johnson, Linn, Scott and Dubuque. * Goals of the plans include: A.ΚΚΚ Encourage a pattern of compact development. B.ΚΚΚΚ Promote redevelopment of existing urban areas. C.ΚΚΚ Promote the economic health of the entire region. D.ΚΚΚ Provide for a variety of housing choices. E.ΚΚΚΚ Conserve natural resource areas and environmentally sensitive land. F.ΚΚΚΚ Preserve prime agricultural land. G.ΚΚΚ Protect private property rights. H.ΚΚΚ Provide municipal services concurrently with development. * HF 488 is modeled after legislation passed in Tennessee in 1998, which received national recognition as a progressive, visionary approach to controlling urban sprawl, protecting farmland and conserving natural areas. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]