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STRATEGIC GROWTH AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROGRAM <br />Final (8.7.2009) <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE <br />Chapter 1. Overview: Strategic Growth and Resource Conservation Program 2 <br />1. l SGRC Program Feasibility Study <br />1.2 SGRC Program Implementation Plan <br />Chapter 2. SGRC Program and Administration 5 <br />2.1 SGRC Goals & Objectives <br />2.2 SGRC Program Design <br />2.3 SGRC Administrative Design <br />Chapter 3. SGRC Performance: Measuring Success 25 <br />3.1 The Reason for Measuring Performance <br />3.2 Initial Benchmarks <br />3.3 Monitoring Performance <br />FIGURES AND TABLES PAGE <br />Table 1 -1. <br />Contracted Service Process <br />3 <br />Table 1 -2. <br />Program Development Process <br />3 <br />Table 2 -1. <br />Land Value Statistics for Near -Urban vs. Rural Areas <br />10 <br />Table 2 -2. <br />Cross - Correlation of Key Variables for Recently Developed Parcels <br />10 <br />Table 2 -3. <br />Unit Thresholds for Residential Subdivision Review Type <br />19 <br />Table 2 -4. <br />Residential Planning Flow Process <br />20 <br />Table 2 -5. <br />Commercial Planning Flow Process <br />23 <br />Figure 2 -1. <br />Recently Developed Parcels, by Land Value per Acre <br />9 <br />Figure 2 -2. <br />Average Land Value per Acre for Recent Development, by Density <br />11 <br />Figure 2 -3. <br />Density of Recent Development <br />12 <br />Figure 2 -4. <br />Land Value vs. Parcel Size for Recent Development <br />13 <br />Figure 2 -5. <br />Strategic Growth and Resource Conservation Program Map <br />16 <br />Figure 3 -1. <br />SGRC Scorecard <br />26 <br />APPENDICES <br />A. Draft SGRC Plan <br />B. Sample Development Agreements for SGRC Program <br />C. Ordinance Modifications for SGRC Program Implementation <br />D. Program and Administrative Design Options Pro's and Con's <br />E. Sample Conservation Easement Template for SGRC <br />F. Sample Reporting Figures (MS -Excel native format) <br />G. Summary of Public Engagement Process <br />H. SGRC Education and Marketing Plan (to be developed) <br />I. Program Manager Case Studies (Implementation Phase) <br />GLOSSARY OF TERMS <br />ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />