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Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Tom Altieri and Planning Board Chair Jay <br />Bryan gave the PowerPoint presentation. <br />Orange County Draft Comprehensive Plan Update Process <br />Background: <br />- March 21, 2006 - BOCC requests Planning Board devise process for updating <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />- April 5 -Planning Board forms subgroup responsible for creating Draft Process: <br />o Jay Bryan {Chair} <br />o Brian Dobyns <br />o Craufurd Goodwin <br />o Michelle Kempinski <br />o Renee Price-Saunders <br />o Judith Wegner <br />- Subgroup met four times between April 19t" and June 29t" <br />- At two meetings, subgroup edited text in real time to create draft <br />- July 12 -subgroup presents Draft Process to Planning Board and Board unanimously <br />approves it for distribution to BOCC and advisory boards <br />- July 14 -Draft Process forwarded to the following advisory boards: <br />o Affordable Housing <br />oAgricultural Preservation <br />o Commission for the Environment <br />o Economic Development <br />o Board of Health <br />o Historic Preservation <br />o Orange Unified Transportation <br />General Process Framework: <br />Phase I: Stage set for writing the Plan <br />Review previous plans and studies <br />Develop table of contents <br />Identify responsible departments and advisory boards <br />Define outreach methods and public participation structure <br />Develop process/guidelines far implementation of action strategies <br />Determine relationships between Comprehensive Plan and other county <br />initiativeslprojects {i.e., small area plans, Comprehensive Housing Strategy, Economic <br />Development Commission Strategic Plan, etc.) <br />Interpret data and draft County Profile Element <br />Joint advisory board meeting{s) {meeting facilitator?) <br />Draft Goals and Objectives <br />Hold 1St Public Hearing - BOCC adopts County Profile Element, Evaluation of 1981 <br />Land Use Element/Plan, and Goals and Objectives <br />Phase II: Individual Elements take shape, completed <br />Advisory boards may review various staff and advisory board reports and other <br />pertinent documents <br />Advisory boards draft Elements, working independently but with Liaisons and Joint <br />Meetings <br />Advisory boards determine and provide for appropriate public access and awareness <br />