MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1943

include in any contract for financial assistance with the
federal government such conditions imposed pursuant to
federal laws as it may deem reasonable and appropriate,
and which are not inconsistent with the purposes of this
section;

(6)    prepare a comprehensive regional plan
and functional plans for the guidance of the development
of the Region;

(7)    as hereinafter provided, review any
applications to agencies of the state or federal
government for loans or grants-in-aid for projects by
governmental subdivisions within the Region;

(8) review local plans, proposals for
projects, and ordinances having an impact outside the
boundaries of the local government, subdivisions and
within the Planning Region;

(9)    employ a director, engineers, attorneys,
planners, consultants and other employees, and prescribe
their powers and duties and fix their compensation;

(10)   prepare studies of the region's
resources with respect to existing and emerging problems
of industry, commerce, transportation, population,
housing, agriculture, public services, local governments,
and any other matters which are relevant to regional
planning;

(11)   collect, process, and analyze at regular
intervals the social and economic statistics for the
region which are necessary to planning studies and make
the results available to the general public;

(12)   participate with other government
agencies, educational institutions, and private
organizations in the coordination of the research
activities defined above;

(13)   cooperate with and provide planning
assistance to county, municipal, and other local
governments, instrumentalities, or planning agencies
within the region, and coordinate regional area planning
with planning activities of the state and of the
counties, municipalities, special districts, or other
local governmental units within the region as well as
neighboring regions and with the programs of federal
departments and agencies;

(14)   provide information to officials in
state departments, agencies, and instrumentalities; to
federal, and local governments, and to the public at
large, in order to foster public awareness and
understanding of the objectives of the comprehensive plan
and the functions of regional and local planning, and in
order to stimulate public interest and participation in