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Section 7. Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Re -zonings, and Development Approvals 7.1 The County and each of the Cities will appoint a School Board representative, designated and approved by the School Board, to serve as a nonvoting member on their local planning agency. The School Board representative will be provided with an agenda, and invited to attend meetings and/or provide comments to the County and City planning agencies. 7.2 As described in Section 4.4 of this Agreement,. the County and the Cities, agree to give the School Board notification of hearings for residential Comprehensive Plan amendments, residential rezoning requests, and residential development proposals (excluding 55 years and older projects) pending before them that may affect student enrollment, enrollment projections, or school facilities. Such notice will be provided pursuant to local notice procedures. This notice requirement applies to amendments to comprehensive plans, re -zonings, developments of regional impact, and other major residential or mixed-use development projects. 7.3 The School Board shall appoint a representative to serve on, or provide comments to, the County's Technical Review Committee (TRC). The School Board Representative will receive information packets in the same manner as other Technical Review Committee members. In addition, the School Board representative will be invited to participate in the Cities' development review committees when development and redevelopment proposals are submitted which could have a significant impact on student enrollment or school facilities. 7.4 After notification by the local government, the School Board Development Review Committee representative, typically within ten (10) working days, will advise the local government of the school enrollment impacts anticipated to result from proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments, rezoning requests, and development proposals. There shall be a determination of whether sufficient permanent school capacity exists, or is planned, to accommodate the impacts, based on the Five-year District Facilities Work Program. School capacity will be reported consistent with Department of Education criteria. 7.5 If sufficient school capacity is not available or planned to serve a development at the time of impact based on the Department of Education definition of adequate permanent capacity, the School Board shall specify how it proposes to meet the anticipated student enrollment demand; alternatively, the School Board, local government, and developer shall collaborate to find means to ensure sufficient permanent capacity will exist to accommodate the development. These means may include: developer contributions, project phasing, and required facility improvements. School Concurrency is not the intent of this policy or this interlocal Agreement as a whole. 7.6 In reviewing and approving Comprehensive Plan amendments and development proposals, the county and cities will consider the following issues, as applicable: a. The compatibility of land uses adjacent to existing schools and reserved school sites. b. The co -location of parks, recreation and community facilities in conjunction with school sites. C. The linking of schools, parks, libraries, and other public facilities with bikeways, trails, and sidewalks. d. The targeting of community development improvements in older and distressed neighborhoods near schools. e. The development of traffic circulation plans to serve schools and the surrounding neighborhood, including any needed access improvements, sidewalks to schools, off-site signalization or safety- related signage. f. The location of school bus stops and turnarounds in new developments. g. The consideration of private sector action to identify and implement creative solutions to developing adequate school facilities in residential developments. 12,