COMMUNITY PLANNING
General Plan
Social Development Element
INTRODUCTION
The purposes of the Social section are to
define the role and responsibility of the City in the area of social planning and to
provide for planning and delivery of human services. It also represents a vehicle by which
social concerns brought directly into the planning process. Through the incorporation of
Social section in the General Plan, recognition is given to the importance of the social
environment in the community development process.
BACKGROUND
Issues and Problems
1. Bringing social
concerns into the planning process.
2. Lack of clear
understanding of the City's role and responsibility in planning and delivery of social
services.
3. Lack of adequate
information on assessing human needs and evaluating effectiveness of social service
programs.
4. Need for improvement in
coordination between agencies in the public and private sectors to insure that services
appropriate to community needs are developed.
Opportunities
1. To develop a truly
comprehensive planning process incorporating physical, economic, social and environmental
factors.
2. To increase
effectiveness of programs and services by focusing available resources on unmet needs and
reducing unnecessary duplication of effort.
3. Revenue sharing
programs provide resources to be utilized for social services in support of a
comprehensive community development program.
Goals and Objectives
Goal:
The alleviation of human problems
through sensitive planning and effective application of resources, on-going evaluation,
and continuing commitment to broadly-based and informed citizen participation.
Objectives:
1. A comprehensive
planning process which includes social needs and social impacts as integral components in
public decision-making,
2. Effective methods to
secure informed citizen participation at all points in planning resource allocation, and
evaluation process.
3. A coordinated human
services planning and delivery system that effectively uses all community resources.
4. Parameters and
priorities for the application of City resources in human services.
5. An evaluation mechanism
to determine the effectiveness of the human services planning and delivery system within
the City.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
AND POLICIES
STRATEGY:
The City to facilitate the
development of plans and the application of resources to meet human needs.
Policies:
1. As soon as the
necessary criteria and methods are developed and adopted, the City shall determine and
evaluate the social impacts of major physical, environmental, economic and social changes,
where the City has appropriate authority. The social impacts of such changes shall be
given at least equal standing with other factors in determining their acceptability.
2. The City of Pasadena
will provide necessary human services directly only when it is not Possible for other
community agencies to provide such services. or where it can be demonstrated that the City
can deliver such services in a more effective and economic manner.
3. In all cases where the
City is the prime sponsor of human services every effort will be made to contract with
appropriate community agencies for implementation of programs.
4. Broad representation
and community participation at all levels of planning, resource allocation and evaluation
are to be parts of all human service programs.
5. Human Services are to
be administered in a manner which respects the dignity of the individual and fosters
self-sufficiency and individual choice.
6. Coordination between
public and private agencies and various levels of government in human service field and
elimination of overlapping efforts shall have major priority.
7. The City will seek
maximum use of federal, state, regional and private resources to solve social problems
which are area-wide in nature.
Programs:
1. Design of evaluation
systems to ensure effectiveness of human service delivery programs.
2. Development of a method
for establishing community priorities in human services within the framework of an
overall, long-range plan for meeting human needs.
3. Development of
mechanisms for communication, joint planning and coordination with other levels of
government. public agencies and the private sector.
4. Development of criteria
and methods to enable the City to determine and evaluate the social impact of major
physical, environmental, economic and social changes; these criteria and methods to be
made available for public evaluation prior to adoption.
REFERENCES
"Human Service Resources
Inventory", Advance Planning Division. Community Development Department. City of
Pasadena, June, 1975.
"Resource Allocation Process".
City of Pasadena, Nov.,, 1973.
"Pasadena: Poverty in the City of
Roses." Pasadena Community Services Commission, Inc., (Pasadena. Calif. - Part 1.
October, 1973: Part 11, May, 1975).
"Planning for the Aging: Los Angeles
County, Region II." Community Planning
Forum, United Way (Arcadia, Calif. -
December, 1973).
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