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12 Steps to Local CCMP Action

Santa Clara County has incorporated many CCMP elements into its General Plan (see below). Based on this experience, Santa Clara suggests the following 12 steps for furthering implementation in other local jurisdictions.

1. Acquaint the legislative body (board, council) with the CCMP and its aims and state interest in enhanced relationships and coordination at the local government level.
2. Determine which, if any, key elected officials have a political and/or personal interest in achieving coordination, between local planning and the CCMP.
3. Identify key members of a jurisdiction's environmental and comprehensive planning staff who are 1) interested in coordination and 2) able to influence decisionmaking and work priorities.
4. Offer external staff support to locality and help organize/mobilize supportive constituencies to demonstrate public backing for Bay-Delta environmental quality issues.
5. Appoint one or two interested individuals from CCMP implementation subcommittees to act as liaisons to key staff.
6. Maintain personal involvement and ongoing presence at relevant meetings and hearings with decisionmakers.
7. Prioritize CCMP issues and focus efforts on the types of coordination and enhanced local implementation measures with greatest potential effectiveness.
8. Begin with evaluation of policy in general plan or adopted guidelines and become acquainted through local staff of political climate in which current planning and development regulation operate.
9. Review and assess consistency or lack thereof between CCMP and a jurisdiction's existing general plan, zoning ordinance, other development regulations (design review, grading ordinances, etc.) and guidelines - propose amendments to general plan, if local staff feel revisions are warranted, and provide a firm policy basis for whatever else is proposed.
10. If existing regulations seem inadequate, determine the extent of relevant local ordinances and codes and use whichever offer greatest potential for enforceable, new regulations.
11. Promote cooperative, non-regulatory, educational endeavors that involve all significant stakeholders, if political climate is not conducive to regulatory approaches.
12. Consult local conservation districts, local and regional environmental organizations, landowner organizations, etc. to ensure general awareness of endeavors and keep central staff informed of ongoing efforts.

Contact: Bill Shoe, Santa Clara Planning Department (408)299-2521

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