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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 19, 2007 <br />Agenda J ,� <br />Item No. �j f <br />SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Update Phase I <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1) Draft Minutes, Aug. 27th Public Hearing <br />2) Handouts Received from Public, Aug. 27th Tom Altied, Comprehensive Planning <br />Public Hearing Supervisor, 245 -2579 <br />3) Revised Draft Goals (changes "tracked ") - Karen Markovics, Planner 11, 245 -2583 <br />4) Revised Draft County Profile (Data) Element <br />(changes "tracked ") (Under Separate Cover) <br />PURPOSE: To recognize that the revised County Profile Element and draft goals, as <br />recommended by the Planning Board, are acceptable and should be used during Phase II to <br />guide the completion of the remaining Elements of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: On October 3, 2006, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a <br />process for updating the County's Comprehensive Plan in two phases as follows: <br />Phase I, to include the development of Comprehensive Plan goals and County Profile Element, <br />the first of eight Elements to be completed as part of the Update; and Phase 11, to include the <br />remaining Elements that will comprise the updated Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive <br />Plan will include the following eight Elements: 1) County Profile; 2) Economic Development; 3) <br />Housing; 4) Land Use; 5) Natural and Cultural Systems; 6) Recreation and Parks; 7) Services <br />(Utilities) and Community Facilities; and 8) Transportation. <br />a. Draft Goals <br />During May and June 2007, the following County advisory boards and supporting staff <br />worked to develop the draft goals for the Comprehensive Plan: Affordable Housing Advisory <br />Board, Agricultural Preservation Board, Commission for the Environment, Economic <br />Development Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Orange Unified <br />Transportation Board, Planning Board, and Recreation and Parks Advisory Council. <br />Goals express an ideal future end related to the public health, safety, and /or general welfare <br />and set a general direction. The draft goals have been developed in support of the Board <br />of County Commissioners Comprehensive Plan Guiding Principles adopted October 21, <br />2004 and amended on April 24, 2007. The draft goals will guide the completion of the <br />second phase of the Comprehensive Plan Update process and following adoption, future <br />legal and policy decisions. <br />