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<br />Some of the functions listed above presently exist within the State structure. The <br />State Land Use Agelley strengthens these functions, brings some together in a single <br />agency, provid~s for closer working relationships with others, assumes new powers in areas <br />and activities of State concern, and above all, focuses on tile great importance of land use <br />in Colorado. <br /> <br />The regional functions in land-use planning will initially be carried out in temporary <br />regional field offices staffed by State personnel from the Land Use Agency and other <br />Departments. Regional boards composed of PMD chairmen will preside over these offices, <br />with advice from a board of local government officials, <br /> <br />Local jurisdictions will continue to function as usual, with the exception of appoint-. <br />ing one official to screen permit requests. Projects having more than local significance <br />will be passed on to the regional office for review. <br /> <br />THE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS18 <br /> <br />Having described the programs and the organizational "delivery sYJ.t~m': for land- <br />use programming, the Commission also recommends strategies bi which .organizations <br />and programs come together in pursuit of goals and targets: Some of these. strategies <br />are interim or short-term, to be pursued during the first few years when tne land-use <br />program is in process of being set up and implemented. As experien'ce builds and <br />information on effectiveness is accumulated, needs for re-evaluation and-modification of <br />programs will become evident.and will form the basis for longer-term strategies. These <br />strategies will take cfred as soon as the capability to implement them exists. That <br />capability depends on the passage of enabling legislation. <br /> <br />1974. Certain key actions must be taken initially, to make possible building toward <br />a comprehensive and integrated land-use program. Thus, the initial action, early in 1974, <br />is dominated by legislation-to establish the organizational "delivery system" including <br />the State Land Use Agency and its regional components. to set up a coordinative <br />Interagency Council, to create a State Economic Deyelopment Corpor:ltion, to enhance <br />the power of State agencies to regulate intrastate bnd-sales activity, and to strengthen <br />various land-related and reclamation legislation such as planning, zoning. and subdivision- <br />control enabling statutes. The latter half of the year is taken up with setting the5e . <br />institutions in motion. <br /> <br />1975. The second year will5ee a few new initiatives; it focuses mainly on imple- <br />menting the permit system and land-use monitoring, establishing the Special Land . <br />Agency, and completing the regional and State comprehensive plans. <br /> <br />18For full discussion, s~c Ch:!pter X <br /> <br />xx <br /> <br />'3006 <br />