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Drafted: 11/7/09 <br />STAFF UPDATES ON <br />BOCC IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES FOR 2009 -2010 BUDGET YEAR <br />Listed in Descending Order <br />1) Conserve high priority natural areas, wildlife habitat, and prime <br />forests (Goal 5, 6 votes) <br />ERCD <br />The BOCC recently approved land acquisition at the Seven Mile Creek Preserve <br />and also reviewed the NC Mountains -to -Sea Trail (MST) corridor, authorizing <br />staff to collaborate with O WASA and the Town of Hillsborough. Formal approval <br />of the MST corridor is scheduled for BOCC consideration on January 21, 2010, <br />The Board also considered the Agricultural Development and Farmland <br />Protection Plan at its November 5, 2009 regular meeting. <br />Staff is currently working on a proposed Land Conservation Seminar /Public <br />Workshop Series - 2010 for Board consideration and has begun work on an <br />objective to coordinate all land conservation, Natural Heritage and wildlife habitat <br />identification documents and plans into a single source document. <br />The development of Stewardship and Management Plans is also in process for <br />the remaining land - banked sites without plans, and negotiations are underway on <br />two Lands Legacy conservation priorities. <br />The ERCD, Planning and Parks and Recreation Directors will be meeting soon to <br />review the potential for a proposed update during FY 2010 -11 to the existing <br />payment -in -lieu /land dedication program for parks and open space. <br />Planning <br />The discussion of this priority focused on two avenues of land conservation: one <br />method through County acquisition (ERCD) and the other through the <br />development process (Planning). Planning is awaiting the Unified Development <br />Ordinance framework and afterward will examine open space percentages in <br />rural and urban development. <br />2) Implement Comprehensive Plan: Rewrite zoning and subdivision <br />regulations (Goal 3, 5 votes) <br />Updates on two areas of this effort are provided below - one addressing the <br />Unified Development Ordinance and the other summarizing efforts on Small Area <br />Plan implementation /Process for Implementation of Comprehensive Plan <br />Objectives by Annual Work Plan. <br />