3.1 Comprehensive Planning Process

A comprehensive planning process shall form the foundation of all resource stewardship and.
allocation decisions made by the Watershed Authority. This process shail have the following.
major sieps: .
Appoiniment of steering committee made up of representative
citizen and Interest group sampis,

Statement of susialnable development goals,

Bloohysical Inventory and temain analysis,
Development/preservaiion sensitivily mapping,

Public consensus on places to be afforded protection and
values that will guide economic activity,
Development/preservation scenaries and Impact assessment,
Becision making,
Zoning of land base and prescripition description,

Monitoring and enforcement,

Plan revision.

The identification, allocation, use, and regeneration of natural resources must occur through
practice of a clearly understood planning structure. A comprehensive land use pianning
process does not currently exist in British Columbia.

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Steering Committee :
The Comprehensive Pian process shail be guided by a stesring commitiee that will be
empowered to set terms of reference for the Plan, and then execute the planning process from
start te finish. Broad cliizen representation on the comm ii'ee will insure that the pianning process
is ‘owned’ by the Watershed Authority community.

ifcornmunity members are involved from the initial stage of the planning process there is greater
chance that plan results will have broad community support. Currently, various resource
management agencies set terms of reference for limited planning stuaies in an isolated and ad

hoe manner.

3.3 la Development Goals

The Comprehensive Planning process shail abide by sustainable development guidelines as set
by the Province after broad consultation with local, regional, and global authorities. This
mechanism will insure that each Watershed Authority sets strategies of action that coincide with
values heid by the larger Briish Columbia community. Susiainchie development goals may
include such broad parameters as food and energy self-reliance, agriculiural land protection,
aggressive economic development within regional ecological carrying capacity, population
growth goals tor rural areas, population threshoids beyond which stricter levels of COZ emissions
are enforced, efc.