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Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources Committee November 7, 1998 Page 7 Zoning Committee must disregard the Village's written objections. Moreover, even if the Long Range Plan were applicable, the Plan provides for commercial zoning for this site. (See Item 1 above; Long Range Plan, at 43.) Significantly, the Village is not even sure if the proposed rezoning does conflict with the Long Range Plan. Notably, the Village's only comment is "(sleems to be in direct conflict . . . ." (Emphasis added.) The Long Range Plan is authorized to be used as a guide for future decisions by the Village, but not by other governmental jurisdictions and agencies. Long Range Plan, at 52; Reynolds v. Waukesha County Park and Planning Corn'n. As the Village Long Range Plan expressly contemplates, the Village has the opportunity to implement the goals and proposals set forth in the Plan for development in unincorporated territory through a separate and different process. Long Range Plan, at 53. The Village is empowered, via State Statutes to review land divisions within unincorporated territory up to 1 V2 miles from its corporate limits. Long Range Plan, at 53. The proper process and forum for applying the Long Range Plan is the Village's extraterritorial jurisdiction plat review. We have not reached that point yet. The Village's attempt to intervene and implement its Long Range Plan in this County zoning process is misplaced. In fact, the only reason the County notifies neighboring municipalities of a proposed rezoning is to elicit concerns respecting wellhead protection areas. Sec. 10.255(1)(e), DCO. Indeed, the Staff Comments recognize that the Village's policies simply are not relevant to this rezoning process. The Staff Comments include an analysis of the "relevant town/county policy," but there is no analogous analysis of"village policy." (See Regional Planning Staff Comments.) This is because village policies are not relevant here. B. The Town of Christiana Has Sole And Exclusive Jurisdiction Over What Public Improvements Are Necessary For The Proposed Use. The Village of Cambridge's reason of"there is no infrastructure in that area" cannot provide the Zoning Committee a basis for its zoning recommendation. In Rice v. City of Oshkosh, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that a municipality (i.e., village or city) did not have authority to impose its own