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JAN 281981 EXHIBIT 1 ELEMENT FORMAT DESCRIPTION BooK 45 PAGE x'64 All elements prepared in this work program will be organized according to a common format to facilitate proper understanding and use of the plan. A tentative format is outlined and described here as a means of generally indi- cating the planned scope and depth of materials to be presented in draft ele- ments. I. INTRODUCTION SECTION This section will describe: ° The purpose and scope of the element; ° The relationship of the element to other plan elements; ° Key conditions and assumptions that were observed when the element was prepared and that, therefore, became a basis for policies in the element. Information in this introduction section is not planning policy, but it can help users of the plan understand the uses and. limitations of the ele- ment's policy provisions. __One important function it serves is -to reveal the logic of the plan's design. Without this, many people, whose views of what a plan is or should be, would misinterpret this plan and therefore use it impro- perly. II. POLICY HIERARCHY This section will present plan proposals that, after the element is adopted, will become official statements of local government policy. Proposals will be grouped according to the functions they are to serve in guiding decision-making. The policy groups will form a hierarchy designed to allow the plan to offer maximum information to decision - makers without curtailing the flexibility of the COUNTY'S continuing deci- sion-making process by committing it to carry out specific actions that were drawn up based largely on general information and prediction. Pro- posed components will include: