Playing Smart changelabsolutions.org | kaboom.org 14 County created a joint use task force (JUTF), which provides a comprehensive and coordinated picture of the community’s capital facilities. These resolutions endorsing joint facility planning and use were later adopted by the CharlotteMecklenburg Board of Education, the local community college board, and the county library board. Today, planning staff from more than two dozen government agencies, along with representatives from nonprofit organizations, meet monthly to develop collaborative joint use agreements and to coordinate long-term facility master plans.39 Many communities across the country address joint use in their official land use planning documents, known variously as general plans, comprehensive plans, development plans, land use plans, master plans, and urban plans. Some communities even have specific joint use elements in these plans. (For example, Florida requires that every comprehensive plan address intergovernmental coordination; Highlands County’s comprehensive plan requires that the county and the school board negotiate in good faith to enter and revise joint use agreements regarding the use of existing facilities for parks and recreation.40) General plans are public documents, which are typically available on a city or county’s website and are usually updated every ten years or so. Advocates for joint use and healthy built environment policies should get involved in their community’s general plan update as a way to influence the longterm vision and character of their community.41 Checklist: Practical Issues to Consider When Developing a Joint Use Agreement This checklist can serve as a starting point for agencies and community groups looking to enter into a joint use agreement. It focuses on agreements between cities and schools, but the same considerations apply to other entities that want to enter into these types of agreements. The checklist is included at this point in the toolkit to provide readers with an overview of the issues that can arise at each stage of the joint use agreement process. Many of the topics highlighted in this checklist are discussed in more detail in chapters 4, 5 and 6. Of course, not all of the issues will apply to all situations, and there may be issues unique to particular communities that are not included here.
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