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2-0 PLANNING PROJECT PROPOSAL #7 - November 2008 Lead Department: Planning & inspections Primary Contact(s): Glenn Bowles (245-2577), Craig Benedict(245-2592) Department Interaction: Environmental & Resource Conservation Department (ERCD) and County Attorney Subject: Strategic Growth and Rural Conservation (SGRC) • BACKGROUND In June of 2004 the BOCC authorized an RFQ to develop a TIER program. In December 2004, the BOCC selected the Berger Group and the University of North Carolina —Charlotte Urban Institute to complete Phase I. By June 2005, the BOCC appointed the TOR Task Force and in June 2006, the BOCC received the Feasibility Study report (Background Research and Data Gathering -- Phase l and Feasibility Study and Concept Plan — Phase II) and affirmed the Task Force recommendation that the program continue. The BOCC gave formal notice to proceed with Phase Ill (Program Design and implementation Plan) in December 2006, but the terra of the contract was extended to allow sufficient time to adopt the Comprehensive Plan. SGRC Goals include the following: • Preserve the farm economy; • Protect drinking water resources; • Preserve environmental and cultural resources; • Preserve the character of-rural Orange County; and • Avoid excess public costs to provide water, sewer, and education services. The program objectives are to direct growth and development activities away from important natural and cultural resources by shifting those activities to areas better able to accommodate them. important study conclusions are as follows • The program shall be strictly voluntary, For now, only County-to-County transfers will be considered, • The County will not maintain a "Bank," • The program will be titled "Strategic Growth and Resource Conservation, • Use existing enabled ordinances, such as Zoning, Conditional Zoning, and Development Agreements. Below are summaries of planning principles, goals and objectives found in Phase II of the Comprehensive Plan Update, approved on November 18, 2008, which provide direction to SGRC concepts. Planning principles include the following: 1. Efficient and Fiscally Responsible Provision of Public Facilities and Services.