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BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOCC) <br />GOALS — 2015 UPDATE <br />FOR DISCUSSIONS PURPOSES <br />45 <br />GOALS/PRIORITIES <br />ONGOING EFFORTS <br />SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />to attract, retain, and grown `green' business <br />sustainable technologies to Orange County. <br />grant a Special Use Permit allowing local <br />firm Strata Solar to develop a 5- megawatt <br />solar farm on a 50 -acre site in the White <br />Cross community. <br />• In 2014, Strata Solar received BOCC <br />approval to build a similarly sized 5- <br />megawatt solar farm in the eastern edge of <br />the Buckhorn Economic Development <br />District, and that operation is also now <br />completed and operating. <br />Asset Management Services <br />Asset Management Services <br />• Focus on the energy plan development, <br />• Recruited and hired a County <br />sustainable energy policies, energy <br />Sustainability Coordinator to collaborate <br />conservation, and energy education. <br />within County departments as well as <br />outside agencies on energy issues <br />• The position will also work with the <br />DEAPR to assist in staffing the Orange <br />County Commission for the Environment <br />with regard to its work and priorities. <br />Planning Department <br />• Planning staff oversaw and coordinated the <br />successful processing of 2 solar public <br />utility projects through the Special Use <br />Permitting process. <br />Department on Environmental, Agricultural, Parks, <br />and Recreation ( DEAPR) <br />• UNC intern with DEAPR in winter 2010 -11 <br />evaluated Orange County government's energy <br />usage trends from 2009 — 2011, and provided <br />strategic recommendations for Asset <br />Management Services and DEAPR <br />consideration. This information was used in FY <br />2013 -14 budget preparation and annual energy <br />