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Comprehensive Plan Intergovernmental Coordination Element responsibilities In some cases, a delay in informing local governments of recent changes in regulations and criteria Interiurisdictional Impacts Although h t1he county has many written intergovernmental coordination agreements with municipalities and other entities (see attachment 1)3_ Included among those agreements is an Interlocal AjZreement (ILA) for Coordinated School Planning and School Concurrency and an impact fee interlocal agreement. With execution of' the Interlocal A(Ureement for Coordinated Planning and School Concurrcncv betwecn the Countt'. the School Board, the <'itv ofFellsinere, the City of Sebastian. t17e City of Vero Beacli aid tli _I'own of 1_ndian. River ,'pores, lss for iinplementing,5clipol coiicurren_c.y was establ ished. The ILA establishes the school concurrency process for coordinated planning) of school facilities, outlines the responsibilities of all partes. and provides mechanisms for monitorin« and dispute resolution. tThere are no formal agreements with municipalities on planning related issues such as maintaining established non -school level of service standards, addressing extra jurisdictional development impacts, providing up front coordination on land use amendments and rezonings, and establishing a dispute resolution process. Formal intergovernmental coordination agreements could clearly identify issues, responsibilities, and important resources and facilities; define significant extra jurisdictional impacts; establish quantitative, qualitative, and locational criteria to measure significant impacts; develop measures to mitigate impacts; and establish a formal process to resolve disputes if an issue arises. There are advantages and disadvantages to having a formal intergovernmental coordination process. It would be easier and less time consuming if each local government could approve all development projects, rezoning requests, and land use amendments within its jurisdiction without considering extra jurisdictional impacts and without coordination with other jurisdictions. Since actions of one local government often affect other governments, however, it is important for local governments to coordinate with one another to ensure that one jurisdiction does not negatively affect another. Coordination could be done informally on a case by case basis; however, this type of coordination is highly subjective and largely depends on the people doing the coordination. At this time, most staff level coordination efforts are done informally. On the other hand, a formal intergovernmental coordination process which clearly defines what issues should be considered; which resources and facilities must be protected; which jurisdiction has the responsibility to notify others of development projects or land use amendment requests; which jurisdiction has review responsibility; and to what extent the comments must be addressed would be Community Development Department Indian River County 23