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2. Revision and/or adoption of ordinances used in regulating <br />the physical development of the community; and <br />3. Adoption of city procedures for a city-operated Williamson <br />Act program. <br />With reference to the above, only implementation program #1 need <br />be amended. Namely, to delete reference to a "Residential Allocation <br />Program." <br />The nine goals of the Element can be paraphrased as follows: <br />1. balanced land use; <br />2. efficient, logical, orderly development; <br />3. high standard of environmental quality; <br />4. guide residential development to ensure efficient <br />provision of community services (encourage development <br />which aids efficient provision); <br />5. adequate and diversified housing (age, income <br />ethnicity); <br />6. adequate public facilities <br />7. balanced, uncongested transportation system; <br />8. protect and improve environmental quality; and <br />9. protect residents from hazards. <br />None of the above need be modified in order to adopt a revised <br />growth management program. <br />The thirty-six policy statements relating to the goals outlined <br />above do contain references to local planning concepts that <br />have been altered or that should be altered at this time. Two <br />such statements relate to a constant growth rate: <br />Policy 8: To regulate residential growth yearly to <br />provide a constant growth rate approximately equivalent <br />to the "E-Zero" growth rate, roughly two percent per <br />year. <br />Policy 9: To <br />development <br />residential <br />to achieve <br />a manner as <br />adjust the amount of yearly residential <br />approvals to account for the actual <br />development in previous years in order <br />the population goals in as constant <br />possible. <br />The constancy of growth is one issue which the City has been facing <br />for some time. Currently, there is the feeling that constancy should <br />be disrupted if such action facilitates other goals. For example, <br />the adoption of a mortgage revenue bond program and/or the adoption <br />of an "affordable" housing program might warrant a surge in the <br />issuance of development permits in order to ensure the success of <br />such programs. Because of the existing population benchmarks which <br />-2- <br />