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000191 6 PART II: COORDINATION OF PLANNING IN MULTIJURISDICTIONAL AREAS 1. Policies and ob1ectives. a. To encourage and facilitate State and local initiative and responsibility in developing organizational and procedural arrange- ments for coordinating comprehensive and functional planning activities. b. To eliminate overlap. duplication. and competition in State and local planning activities assisted or required under Federal programs and to encourage the most effective use of State and local resources available for development planning. c. To minimize inconsistency among Federal administrative and approval requirements placed on State, regional. and metropolitan development planning activities. d. To encourage the States to exercise leadership in delineating and establishing a system of planning and development districts or regions in each State, which can provide a consistent geographic base for the coordination of Federal. State, and local development programs. , I' 2. Common or consistent plannin~ and development districts or re~ions. Prior to the designation (or approval of the designation) of any plan- ning and development district or region under any Federal program, Federal agency procedures will provide a period of thirty days for the Governor(s) of the State(s) in which the district or region will be located to review the boundaries thereof and comment upon its relationship to planning and development districts or regions established by the State. Where the State has established such planning and development districts, the boundaries of designated areas will conform to them unless there is clear justification for not doing so. Where the State has not estab- lished planning and development districts or regions which provide a basis for evaluation of the boundaries of the area proposed for desig- nation, major units of general local government and Federal agencies administering related programs in such area will also be consulted prior to designation of the area to assure consistency with districts established under interlocal agreement and under related Federal programs. 3. Common and consistentplannin~ bases and coordination of related activities in multi1urisdictional areas. Each agency will develop checkpoint procedures and requirements for applications for planning and development assistance under appropriate programs to assure the fullest consistency and coordination with related planning and develop- ment being carried on under other Federal programs or under State and local programs in any multijurisdictional area. (No. A-95)