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Attachment 1 5 <br />Land Use Overarching Goal: Coordination of the amount, location, pattern and <br />designation of future land uses, with availability of County services and facilities <br />sufficient to meet the needs of Orange County's population and economy consistent <br />with other Comprehensive Plan element goals and objectives. <br />• Services and Community Facilities Goal 7: Efficient and effective public <br />safety including, police, fire, telecommunications, emergency services, and <br />animal services. <br />• Objective PS -T -6: Develop a mechanism for cooperation with <br />telecommunication facilities stakeholders regarding the siting and design of <br />towers. <br />• Objective PS -T -7: Manage the number of future wireless telecommunication <br />facilities by identifying preferred locations capable of accommodating service <br />Countywide. <br />• Objective PS -T -8: Encourage the expansion of affordable, high -speed <br />Internet access, fiber -optic lines, and other high -speed communication <br />networks to rural and underserved areas. <br />• Objective PS -9: Maintain a radio communication system that ensures reliable <br />notification and oversight of emergency assets, such as personnel, vehicles, <br />and response equipment, throughout Orange County and inter - operability of <br />communication among jurisdictions. <br />• Objective LU -1.1: Coordinate the location of higher intensity / high density <br />residential and non - residential development with existing or planned locations <br />of public transportation, commercial and community services, and adequate <br />supporting infrastructure (i.e., water and sewer, high -speed internet access, <br />streets, and sidewalks), while avoiding areas with protected natural and <br />cultural resources. This could be achieved by increasing allowable densities <br />and creating new mixed -use zoning districts where adequate public services <br />are available. (See also Economic Development Objectives ED -2.1, ED -2.3, <br />ED -2.10, and Water and Wastewater Objective WW -2.) <br />4. New Statutes and Rules <br />N/A <br />3 <br />