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Health Impact Assessment. These reports are ei ther prepared by City staff to better understand conditions within Auburn, or furnished by other government agencies that provide statewide or regional planning parameters. Policy Elements : Policy Elements are “outputs” of the Comprehensive Plan. Policy Elements provide guidance in specific areas such as land use, hous ing, transportation, and parks. These elements es tablish how the city should manage systems and resources today and into the future. With support from City staff, Policy Elements are developed and adopted by the City Council. Once adopted, Policy Elements become a manual for City staff in their implementation efforts to design and con struct capital projects, develop and maintain city programs, draft development regulations, pursue grant money, and carry out other typical tasks. Policy Elements are the principal planning and guidance documents for City staff. Where conflict or ambiguity exists between a Policy Element and a City regulation, the specific Policy Element will prevail. Where there is con flict or ambiguity between Policy Elements, and the Policy Elements themselves do not provide enough guidance to resolve the conflict or ambi guity, the vision, values, and overarching policies of the Comprehensive Plan will be used to arrive at a final decision.

U ser ’ s G uide The Comprehensive Plan comprises this Core Plan, a number of Contributing Reports (inputs), and a number of Policy Elements (outputs). The following is an overview of the types of docu ments included in the plan, how they are used, and their intended audiences: Comprehensive Plan : The Comprehensive Plan serves as the principal planning and guidance document used by City leadership in its efforts to implement the Community’s vision. It is a document intended to be used and consulted by city council and staff when evaluating city decisions, allocat ing city resources, reviewing Policy Elements, com mitting to new City endeavors, and making fiscal decisions. Every discussion and action by the City Council should start and end with the following: “Is this action true to our long-term City vision; does it align with our City values; and is it consistent with our adopted policies?” Contributing Reports : Contributing Reports are “inputs” to the Comprehensive Plan. Contributing Reports provide statutory rules or background analysis and data that are used to help develop vision, values, policies, and priorities. Examples of Contributing Reports include the Buildable Lands Analysis, the Imagine Auburn community vision ing report, the Growth Management Act, and the

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