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District "courses of action" are not mandated by state statute or Charter. The present <br />General Plan lists "courses of action" for each district. Many district "courses of action" <br />are expressed in the General Plan objectives or policies (e.g., "Assist in the provision of <br />water in agricultural areas."), while other "courses of action" are stated in multiple <br />districts (e.g., "Expandfimprove facilities as necessary"). <br />Because the General Plan is implemented at the medium- and short-range levels, the <br />"courses of action" should be used as a springboard for preparing development plans. <br />The descriptive narrative of an area and the basic courses of action exist to make the <br />task much easier. Moreover, a community can immediately direct its attention to <br />developing a meaningful, comprehensive set of "courses of action" in a development <br />plan. <br />9. What happened to the rest of the descriptive narrative? <br />The remaining descriptive narrative in the 1989 General Plan -Exhibit C (Support <br />Document) will be edited and placed in a document entitled County Profile. The County <br />Profile will contain a wealth of historical, factual and commentary information about the <br />island and each geographical district, which is similar to the current and proposed <br />General Plan. The County Profile shall be used for information only and could be placed <br />on the County website. Due to the historical nature of the text, it should be updated by <br />the Planning Department when warranted, and may be used as previously mentioned to <br />launch development plans. Since the amount of information contained in the County <br />Profile would detract from review of Bill No. 163, Draft 2, the document has not been <br />transmitted. <br />10. Why have 'Goals' changed to 'Objectives'? <br />The Charter requires a statement of 'objectives'. A definition for'objective' that closely <br />describes the General Plan goals is being used: "Indicates a desired long-range goal or <br />direction." <br />11. What is a 'Standard' in the General Plan? <br />As stated previously, a 'standard' in Draft 2 generally does not reflect an existing or <br />proposed standard, law, rule regulation, or requirement of a County, State or Federal <br />agency. A'standard' may (1) identify desirable levels of service (e.g., police officers per <br />population, EMS response times); (2) define facility requirements (e.g., roadway <br />definitions and construction); or (3) specify land use processing requirements (e.g. <br />"floating zone" or the aspects of zoning request review). <br />A 'standard' is an indicator and is to be applied as a guideline. <br />12. Why are there 7 elements instead of the original 13 elements? <br />When we examined the goals, policies and standards of different elements, many were <br />overlapping or duplicative. This led to evaluating whether elements could be combined <br />without losing the integrity of the original element. We concluded that the policy -maker <br />and the general public would better understand the document if the elements were <br />