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Meetings of 8 Element Lead Advisory Boards <br />Countywide Public Information Meetings <br />Open Houses <br />Public Hearings <br />Accessing Information: <br />Meetings, staff, advisory board members, Internet, mailing lists, County libraries, and press <br />releases <br />Availability of Public Hearing Documents -Draft Goals and County Profile Element <br />Website: <br />www.co.arange.nc.us/planninglcompre cpupdate.asp <br />• Handouts were available at July 31 Stand August 7th public input meetings <br />• Copies have been available for public review at County's libraries and Planning <br />Department <br />• Limited copies available tonight <br />Draft Goals <br />• 37 draft goals addressing 8 elements (objectives to be developed for each Goal in Phase <br />II) <br />• Advisory boards prepared draft goals using the following documents for reference: <br />0 1981 Land Use Element (Plan} goals <br />0 1999 BOCC goals <br />o Report on Sustainability Indicators for Orange County (2000} <br />o Shaping Orange County's Future (Aug. 2003 newspaper insert} <br />o BOCC Guiding Principles for the Comprehensive Plan (2004, amended 2007} <br />BOCC Guiding Principles <br />1. Efficient and Fiscally Responsible Provision of Public Facilities and Services <br />2. Sustainable Growth and Development <br />3. Encouraging energy efficiency, lower energy consumption, and the use of non-polluting <br />renewable energy resources while promoting both air quality protection and the <br />development of an effective transportation system <br />4. Natural Area Resource Preservation <br />5. Preservation of rural land use patterns <br />6. Water Resource Preservation <br />7. Promotion of Economic Prosperity and Diversity <br />8. Preservation of Community Character <br />Draft County Profile Element Purpose <br />• Source of information far population statistics and key conditions in the County <br />• Common data source to help guide development of remaining Elements <br />• Not designed to be an exhaustive resource for all information <br />• Updated regularly following Plan completion <br />Draft County Profile Development <br />1. Planning Staff prepared draft Table of Contents (ToC) <br />2. ToC reviewed by Planning Board {PB) and Element Managers (EMs) and revised <br />3. 1St draft County Profile prepared from ToC, reviewed by Planning Board and EMs and <br />revised <br />