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EXHIBIT "A" Pilot Project to Develop a Comprehensive Planning Strategy for San Mateo County ship, was established to resolve sub-re- What are the Authorization gional problems through multi-agency Objectives of a coordination and collaboration. Current The Association of Bay Area Govern- C/CAG subregional planning efforts in- Comprehensive merits (ABAG) is offering $55,000 and dude preparing and administering the Planning Strategy for staff support to a Bay Area county to de- Countywide Transportation Plan, County- San Mateo County? velop a comprehensive planning strat- wide Congestion Management Prc~ egy pilot project which coordinates local gram, Countywide Stormwater ~. Develop a Countywide Policy Frame- planning at the subregional level to Management Plan, Countywide Airport work from existing and future subre- achieve regionw~de objectives. Land Use Plan, Countywide Integrated gional plans. Solid Waste Management Plan, and 2. Ensure that the Countywide Policy Why Developa Countywide Hazardous Waste Manage- Framework is consistent with ABAG's Re* Comprehensive ment Plan. gional Goals and Objectives, i.e. com- pact and bruited urban growth near Planning Strategy for These programs demonstrate substantial infrastructure and transit, increased hous- San Mateo County? subregional coordination and provide a significant effort toward bridging the ing supply, protected natural resources, and economic prosperiby. The quahty of life ~n the BayArea has gap between regional objectives and slowly deteriorated in recent years, local policy. C/CAG can more compre- 3. Ensure that the Countywide Policy Local elected officials have long been hensively close that gap by developing a Framework is consistent with C/CAG's seeking effective solutions to traffic con- Comprehensive Planning Strategy for Position Statement on Regional Gover- gestion, housing affordab~hty, a~r and San Mateo County. nance and Growth Management. water pollution, loss of farm and open C/CAG has the o[:)Dortuna3/to use the 4. Entrance the on-going preparation of corn Drenenslve planning strategy to co- the Count3/vv~de Transportation Plan by space tanc]s, eco- nomic stagnation, ordinate ex~sting and future sub- integrating the Count3/w~de Pohcy and other problems that reg~ona~ plans. In addition, the Framework into the land use and trans- cross local poht~cal iDounG- strategy could be used to en- portat~on alternative development and anes. nance the work of on going selection process. su~)reg~onat plans such as the To overcome these oroDlems - Count~vide Transportation 5. Effectively ~mDlement Countywide Poi- the region, ABAG has develoDeo a ~ Plan Specifically, a corn- Joy Framework at the local level. set of Bay Area reG~ona oDject',ves ~ prehensive planning that call for (1) :ompac[ urban ~i strategy could produce a What Existing growth near existing nfrastructure Countywide Policy Countywide Planning that encourages trans,[ use. 2 fixed Framework which Programs Provide the urban limit lines, (3) ~ncreasea hOUsing could then be used: supply, (4) sustainec natural resource (! } to guide the devel- Foundation for and enwronmen~al orotect~on, ano 5 opment of the land use and trans- Developing the economic jobs and tax base growth portation alternatives that will be The fragmented nature of local land use evaluated as part of the Countywide Planning Strategy? planning has been an obstacle to attain- Transportation Plan, and (2) as selec- lng these regional object~ves. ABAG pro- tion criteria for identifying the pre- motes local planning coordinated at the ferred alternatives. This process Cour~tywide subregional level to achieve these objec- would ensure that all candidate al- Transportation Programs ternatives, and the resultant general- rives, ized land use and transportation In San Mateo Counb/, much has already plan for the year 201 O. embody the '~. Countywide been ~one toward furthering the ODjeO Countywide Policy Framework, con- Transportation Plan (CTP) rives of subregional planning sistent with ABAG's regional goals In accordance with 1988 state law (AB in 1990. the City/Coun[~/Assooat~on of and objectives. 3705). the City/CountyAssociation of Governments of San Mateo County Governments ~s currently prepanng a (C/CAG), a Count}A,wdejo~nt [~owers au- Counb~wde Transportation Plan. The thon .ty w~[n full ob? and Coun~ member- plan wdl establish a comprehensive, sys- Why Develop a Comprehensive Planning Strategy for San Mate° County? I