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31 <br />• <br />ERCD/Planning — Planner I <br />Measures* <br />97/98 <br />Actual <br />98/99 <br />Estimate <br />99 -00 <br />Projected <br />00 /01 <br />Projected <br />Site Inspections <br />General Zoning Compliance <br />Landscaping <br />Subdivision Open Space <br />0 <br />0 <br />950 <br />1000 <br />103 <br />220 <br />1 250 <br />300 <br />0 <br />3 <br />11 <br />20 <br />Meetings with HOA - <br />0 <br />8 <br />9 <br />11 <br />*Without the position reassignment, only the landscaping inspections would be <br />completed. <br />❑ The zoning permit process will be made more customer friendly and efficient with an <br />inspector familiar with field conditions and specializing in this process. <br />Financial Impact: <br />Additional Position <br />Cost (Salary/Benefits) <br />Offsetting <br />Revenue/Budget <br />Net Additional 99- <br />00 County Cost <br />$16,312 <br />$5,437 <br />$10,874 <br />Orange County presently funds 57 percent of the position. The Towns of Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro fund 43 percent. With the completion of the Shaping report, the Towns' funding <br />will end. With the continuation of the position and reassignment to Planning, the County <br />would assume the full cost of the position. The estimated annual additional County cost is <br />about $16,312. The chart above shows the net actual additional County cost for 1999 -00 and <br />takes account of the Towns' funding for part of 1999 -00. <br />Relation to Board Goal(s): <br />Rural Character Preservation: Regulations are only as good as inspections and long term <br />monitoring permit. Zoning inspector will conduct on going inspection and field oversight <br />duties. <br />Current Zoning Regulations Updating: The existing regulations are in need of updating and <br />clarification. The Planner I efforts along with Planner II staff efforts in the field and office <br />will permit the Current Planning Supervisor to work with the Planning Director to revise <br />regulations to meet new goals. <br />Shaping Orange County's Future: In response to the Shaping Orange County's Future <br />Reports, this also will help provide necessary staff support to free time to develop a list of <br />future activities that further rural character goals. <br />• I: \peg\report\planl.doc <br />April 17, 1999 <br />