If the Executive Director, in consultation with the Plan Implementation Committee, determines that the self-assessment and visioning process steps have been performed, or that a waiver of these requirements has been properly granted, and the terms and conditions of the Action Plan have been met to achieve initial consistency with these steps, then the petitioner shall work with the Office of Planning Advocacy in coordination with the Plan Implementation Committee to develop a draft Plan Implementation Agreement that outlines longer-term planning implementation mechanisms for the petitioner to undertake during the 10-year endorsement period to achieve and maintain consistency with the goals and vision described in the endorsement plan, the State Plan, and any additional procedures from the Plan Endorsement Guidelines and other support materials.

Within 60 days of satisfaction of action items in an Action Plan by the petitioner, and development of a draft Plan Implementation Agreement and associated State Planning Areas Map, the Executive Director shall prepare a recommendation report to the Plan Implementation Committee. The report shall either determine that the plan is consistent or not consistent with the State Plan.

Within 45 days after receipt of the Executive Director's recommendation report on consistency, the Plan Implementation Committee will consider the recommendation report at a regularly-scheduled meeting, occurring no sooner than 10 days following the provision of public notice of same. If the Plan Implementation Committee requests additional information from the petitioner to make its determination, it may add an additional 45 days after receipt of the requested information, before making a recommendation on the petition. The Plan Implementation Committee will recommend to the State Planning Commission that the petition be: considered for approval, considered for approval with revisions, or denied.