§ 13–619

guide a coordinated, adjusted, efficient, and economic development of the region in a manner that will best promote the health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity, and welfare of the residents of the region in accordance with present and future needs and resources;

provide for patterns of urbanization and the uses of land and resources for trade, industry, recreation, forestry, agriculture, and tourism;

create conditions favorable to the development of human resources;

identify the public interest and the necessity for public action and intergovernmental cooperation and coordination in the region; and

coordinate with efforts of the private sector in the region.