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Priority 6: Develop plan improve how County BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOCC) GOALS — 2015 UPDATE FOR DISCUSSIONS PURPOSES Staff holds community meetings with local property owners to address development /land use concerns. Most recently staff has held meetings with interested property owners to address concerns related to the discharge of fire arms and enforcement of impervious surface limitations. Department of Environmental, Agricultural, Parks, and Recreation (DEAPR) • Use social media and electronic communications to advise of upcoming events and solicit interactive thoughts about new programs, activities. and tools to I Animal Services and citizens I • communicate with each other; foster two - way exchange Staff works closely with the Animal Services Advisory Board to receive process and respond to resident concerns in coordination with the Board of County Commissioners. W The purpose of the meeting is to allow adjacent property owners to not only learn about the project but to also learn about the process associated with its review. Department of Environmental, Agricultural, Parks, and Recreation (DEAPR) • Used a variety of outreach techniques to solicit resident input into the new Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2030, including focus groups, youth surveys, random - sample surveys, online surveys, targeted minority group outreach, open houses and "road show" tables set up outside of popular local destinations. • The County, towns and both school systems adopted in 2014 a Community Use of School Facilities for Recreation resolution committing to work more closely to meet community recreation needs through the use of school facilities (when not in use by the schools). This led to revisions to schools facility use agreements that should enable more usage local recreation