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11 <br /> The intent seems plain. Some municipalities have stated that their access to <br /> master plans has come only after the agency has adopted the plan, making subs- <br /> tantive change to meet their concerns improbable. If this has happened, it is <br /> not consistent with policy. <br /> From another point of view, some implementing agencies cite cases in which <br /> municipalities have delayed plan approval unduly in some cases insisting upon <br /> conditions which work against the agency or the regional interest. Some imple- <br /> menting agencies have been prevented from installing needed improvements, even <br /> developments for which the municipalities had given earlier concept approval . <br /> There are differences in the laws which control implementing agencies from one <br /> jurisdiction to another and some of these have, on occasion, blocked an <br /> implementing agency from going ahead with regional projects. <br /> One major effect some municipalities have exerted upon regional open space has <br /> been special assessments levied against parks. The Council , the commission and <br /> some of the implementing agencies have stated increasing concern over the pro- <br /> cess by which municipalities have made special assessments against regional <br /> parkland, questioning if they were based upon actual benefits to the park. <br /> Other concerns are about how assessments should be paid and when they should <br /> be set. <br /> One remedy suggested is that the municipality and the implementing agency <br /> could agree to treat the master plan as a conditional use permit, possibly <br /> meeting at once concerns on the part of the municipalities, the implementing <br /> agency and the Council about the current planning process. <br /> Related Questions: <br /> 1. How much control over regional park development should municipalities <br /> have? What happens if more than one municipality is involved? <br /> 2. Are the problems real and large enough to be worth bothering about? <br /> 3. If an implementing agency and municipality agreed to treat a regional park <br /> master plan for development as a conditional use permit, would it help <br /> resolve the problems cited? <br /> 4. Is there a simpler and, therefore, better way to deal with the concerns? <br /> 5. What are the "pluses and minuses" to a municipality from a regional park <br /> located within or adjacent to its boundaries? <br /> ISSUE 12. How much leadership does or should the Council -s recreation open <br /> space program provide in the area of affirmative action and minority usiness <br /> enterprises? <br /> Currently, the policy plan for recreation open space does not address this <br /> issue. <br /> In its recent contracts, the Council (May 1983) has inserted language as <br /> follows: <br /> The Council shall not discriminate. . .on the basis of race, color, creed, <br /> religion, national origin, sex, affectional or sexual preference, age, <br /> political affiliate, marital status, or status with regard to public <br />