Commenter:
Matt Simons, City of Norfolk Planning Department
Keep to core principles of ‘Coastal’ Master Planning Framework
It is not clearly understood by the following statement within the draft guidelines; “However, the principles of the Master Plan, even with the obvious geographic differences across the state, can for the most part be applied to the Commonwealth as a whole.”
If the intent of the Virginia Coastal Master Planning Framework is to incorporate the Framework’s guiding principles throughout all geographic areas of the Commonwealth, then the Framework would state such. It is inappropriate to interpret that the intent of the Framework is to re-program coastal resilience guiding principles, and subsequent funding, throughout all geographic regions of the state. Otherwise, the Framework might not have included “Coastal” in the title or Framework itself. Please amend the CFPF guidelines to align with the guiding principles of the Virginia ‘Coastal’ Master Planning Framework.
