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a <br />I Draft Goals <br />2 • 37 draft goals addressing 8 elements (objectives to be developed for each Goal in Phase <br />3 II) <br />4 • Advisory boards prepared draft goals using the following documents for reference: <br />5 <br />o 1981 Land Use Element (Plan) goals <br />6 <br />o 1999 BOCC goals <br />7 <br />o Report on Sustainability Indicators for Orange County (2000) <br />8 <br />o Shaping Orange County's Future (Aug. 2003 newspaper insert) <br />9 <br />o BOCC Guiding Principles for the Comprehensive Plan (2004, amended 2007) <br />10 <br />11 <br />BOCC Guiding Principles <br />12 <br />1. <br />Efficient and Fiscally Responsible Provision of Public Facilities and Services <br />13 <br />2. <br />Sustainable Growth and Development <br />14 <br />3. <br />Encouraging energy efficiency, lower energy consumption, and the use of non - polluting <br />15 <br />renewable energy resources while promoting both air quality protection and the <br />16 <br />development of an effective transportation system <br />17 <br />4. <br />Natural Area Resource Preservation <br />18 <br />5. <br />Preservation of rural land use patterns <br />19 <br />6. <br />Water Resource Preservation <br />20 <br />7. <br />Promotion of Economic Prosperity and Diversity <br />21 <br />8. <br />Preservation of Community Character <br />22 <br />23 <br />Draft County Profile Element Purpose <br />24 <br />• Source of information for population statistics and key conditions in the County <br />25 <br />. Common data source to help guide development of remaining Elements <br />26 <br />• Not designed to be an exhaustive resource for all information <br />27 <br />• Updated regularly following Plan completion <br />28 <br />29 <br />Draft County Profile Development <br />30 <br />1. <br />Planning Staff prepared draft Table of Contents (ToC) <br />31 <br />2. <br />ToC reviewed by Planning Board (PB) and Element Managers (EMs) and revised <br />32 <br />3. <br />1s` draft County Profile prepared from ToC, reviewed by Planning Board and EMs and <br />33 <br />revised <br />34 <br />4. <br />2nd draft County Profile reviewed by Element Lead Advisory Boards and EMs and revised <br />35 <br />5. <br />3`d draft County Profile presented at public input meetings and Public Hearing <br />36 <br />37 <br />Draft County Profile Element Contents <br />38 <br />. Charts, tables and graphs of Historic and Current Data for <br />39 <br />. Geographic Context <br />40 <br />. Population <br />41 <br />. Housing <br />42 <br />. Employment/Economy <br />43 <br />. Environment <br />44 <br />. Transportation <br />45 <br />46 <br />. Population Projections <br />47 <br />. Reference and Informational Maps <br />48 <br />. Appendix for <br />49 <br />Definitions <br />50 <br />Methodologies <br />