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Land Use 5 <br /> • Land use and zoning amendments establishing Efland/Cheeks Highway 70 <br /> Overlay District. <br /> • Zoning amendment relating to the amount of development of non-residential <br /> land uses within certain watershed overlay districts. <br /> • Process to prepare a Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br /> • Process to implement Small Area Plans. <br /> • Process for the Planning Board to develop recommendations annually for <br /> Comprehensive Plan implementation work items. <br /> • First Comprehensive Plan status report to BOCC. <br /> Natural and Cultural Systems <br /> • Greenhouse Gas Emissions inventory completed in spring; co-sponsored w/ <br /> Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and UNC-Chapel Hill. <br /> • CFE completed 2009 State of the Environment Report in spring. <br /> • CFE and ERCD staff held Environmental Summit in September. <br /> • HPC sponsored first joint meeting of preservation/historical organizations in May. <br /> • Renewable energy stimulus project t(solar water heaters) submitted 9/21/09. <br /> Parks and Recreation <br /> • PR 1.4 Some alternative funding sources have been identified, and funds <br /> received for park operations purposes. <br /> • PR 2.4 The IPWG has developed and approved a "Guiding Principles Governing <br /> Community Use of Schools for Recreation" document for consideration by the <br /> municipal and school boards within Orange County. This has been adopted by all <br /> jurisdictions except Chapel Hill and Orange County (slated for BOCC <br /> consideration 11/5/09). <br /> • PR 3.2 Individual park master plans have been implemented (and park <br /> construction completed) at Efland/Cheeks Community/School Park, Little River <br /> Regional Park and Natural Area, Cedar Grove Park, Eurosport (West Ten) <br /> Soccer Center, and master plans completed for Blackwood Farm Park and <br /> Hollow Rock Access Area (New Hope Preserve). <br /> Services and Facilities <br /> • Annual Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Report. <br /> • Bioretention at Farmers' Market (Stormwater Management). <br /> • Library Services Strategic Plan. <br /> • Solid Waste Advisory Board report. <br /> Transportation <br /> • American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) grant application for transit <br /> vehicles and Twin Creeks Park Greenway (Authorization to Construct greenway <br /> approved by NCDOT. <br /> • Orange Unified Transportation Board developed work plan. <br /> 4 <br />