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STRATEGIC GROWTH AND RURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM <br />Draft (10.1.20071 <br />Chapter Z. SGRC Program and Administration <br />This chapter <br />2.1 SGRC Goals 8~ Objectives describes the core <br />Earl in the tannin process, Staff and Consultants sou ht goals and basic <br />Y P 9 g characteristics of <br />direction from the Board of County Commissioners as to the the SGRC Program, <br />primary goals for the program, which would then be used to breaking out r'ts <br />guide recommendations for program and administrative design. characteristics into <br />The resulting three goals were identified: Program Design and <br />Administrative <br />Goal # 1 Design. <br />ura reserv ion. ro <br />conservation easements on farms, water quality protection lands, historic <br />properties and wildlife habitat to preserve them in their farmed or undeveloped <br />state. <br />Goal # 2 <br />Strategic Urbanization. Provide incentives for increased' development in the <br />Economic Development zoning districts, and the Efland-Mebane and <br />Hillsborough transition areas and Rural Community Nodes as identified in the <br />Comprehensive Ptan. <br />-Goal # 3 <br />Monitor Program Performance. Identify and track appropriate, cost-effective <br />measures of the degree to which the program is meeting the rural preservation <br />and strategic urbanization goals. <br />The Commissioners also indicated an interest in promoting both residential and non- <br />residential development in the urbanizing areas of the County. Finally, they signaled a <br />willingness to allow the program to take several years to mature and establish a track <br />record of SGRC Program transactions. <br />Consultants and Staff identified these two additional objectives for success of the SGRC <br />Program: <br />Simplicity and Ease of Understanding. The program should be just nuanced <br />enough to accomplish the Goals while being easy to explain and straightforward <br />for participants. More complex features can be added to the program as it <br />matures. <br />Lega! Framework. The program should rest upon the existing legal framework of <br />planning and regulatory authority vested in the County by the State of North <br />Carolina. No new authority is to be requested from the General Assembly. <br />2.2 SGRC Program Design <br />2.2. l Planning Process for SGRC Program Design <br />Overview. Planning Department Staff and Consultants worked closely together to <br />conduct analyses and develop initial program design recommendations. A Working <br />Group of representatives from selected County Advisory Boards -dubbed the Joint <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />