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Comprehensive Plan Intergovernmental Coordination Element PLAN IMPLEMENTATION An important part of any plan is its implementation. Implementation involves execution of the plan's policies. It involves taking actions and achieving results. For the Intergovernmental Coordination Element, implementation involves various activities. While some of these actions will be ongoing, others are activities that will be taken by certain points in time. For each policy in this element, Table 11.4 identifies the type of action required, the responsible entity for taking the action, the timing, and whether or not the policy necessitates a capital expenditure. To implement the Intergovernmental Coordination Element, several different types of actions must be taken. These include: working toward establishment of countywide level of service standards, coordination with the state, regional and local entities, adoption of land development regulations and ordinances, execution of interlocal agreements, coordination, and preparation of studies and evaluation and monitoring reports. Overall, plan implementation responsibility will rest with the planning department. Besides its responsibilities as identified in Table 11.5 the planning department has the additional responsibility of ensuring that other entities discharge their responsibilities. This will entail notifying other applicable departments of capital expenditures to be included in their budgets, notifying other departments and groups of actions that must be taken, and assisting other departments and agencies in their plan implementation responsibilities. EVALUATION & MONITORING PROCEDURES To be effective, a plan must not only provide a means for implementation; it must also provide a mechanism for assessing the plan's effectiveness. Generally a plan's effectiveness can be judged by the degree to which the plan's objectives have been met. Since objectives are structured, as much as possible, to be measurable and to have specific timeframes, the plan's objectives are the benchmarks used as a basis to evaluate the plan. Table 11.5 identifies each of the objectives of the Intergovernmental Coordination Element. It also identifies the measures to be used to evaluate progress in achieving these objectives. Most of these criteria are measurable, such as utilizing existing coordination mechanisms to ensure compatibility of the county Comprehensive Plan with other entities' plans, existence of adopted coordination mechanisms in order to coordinate the adopted level of service with municipalities and adjacent counties, and others. Besides the measures, Table 11.5 also identifies timeframes associated with meeting the objectives. The planning department staff will be responsible for monitoring and evaluating the Community Development Department Indian River County 59