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STRATEGIC GROWTH AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROGRAM Final (8.7.2009) Inquiries about the SGRC Program, may include meetings with developers; baseline reports prepared for Resource Conservation Area participants; or other contacts with potential participants. After the second performance report is issued to the Planning Board and Board of County Commissioners, this measure will be dropped, since the Program should have "legs" by then and recording inquiries can be time - consuming. 3.3 Monitoring Performance No performance measurement system works without some time dedicated to its maintenance and a process for implementing change to improve performance (and the performance monitoring system). The following sections describe how the performance of the SGRC Program works, and suggestions for making changes to the Program, if determined by the Board of County Commissioners and Planning Board. 3.3.1 Performance Reporting The only times that the Orange County Planning staff should make a record in the SGRC scorecard are when (A) an inquiry or contact is made about the SGRC Program (first two years only); (B) when a transfer credit is purchased or sold; or (C) when a transfer credit is actually applied during the (conditional use) development review / approval process. The general steps for monitoring performance are outlined below. Step 1. Collect Data. Orange County staff (Planning Department) should maintain records on inquiries (first two years only); when a transfer credit is purchased / sold; and, at the end of the development review process, note the number of credits extinguished and amount of development that occurred with the credits as opposed to the development that would have occurred without the SGRC Program in place. Step 2. Present to Planning Board. At the beginning of the new fiscal year (July), Orange County staff will submit the SGRC scorecard to the Planning Board for their review and comment. The Planning Board and staff will discussion options for modifying the existing SGRC Program based on the indications provided by the scorecard. Step 3. Present to Board of County Commissioners and Take Public Comments. The Board of County Commissioners should have one meeting to discuss the results of the SGRC Program for the previous year and receive public comments, and a second meeting (September) to present recommended changes to make the SGRC Program better serve the community. Step 4. Making Changes. Orange County Planning staff, county manager, land records, legal counsel, and other service divisions should have one coordination meeting to discuss changes. The Orange County Planning staff will follow -up to ensure that these changes are carried out by the end of the calendar year (December). Education materials and presentations may have to be modified; any changes to the code of ordinances may occur at a later time, but within the first three months of the new calendar year (January - March). This would require another pass through the Board review / adoption process, and review at a Quarterly Public Hearing. ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA