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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMNIISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 19, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X _ <br /> SUBJECT:REPORT FROM THE SHAPING ORANGE COUNTY'S FUTURE COMMITTEE: <br /> "THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY GROWTH <br /> STRATEGY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING PLAN FOR ORANGE COUNTY" <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _YES x NO <br /> ATTACIIMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Committee report Dave Stancil, Extension 2590 <br /> Proposed budget <br /> Committee resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the report of the "Shaping Orange County's Future" <br /> Committee on a quality growth and community building process. <br /> Orange County, along with the elected boards in Chapel Hill, <br /> Carrboro and Hillsborough, adopted a resolution in October 1993 <br /> authorizing this inter-governmental committee to develop <br /> recommendations on a process for a countywide comprehensive <br /> planning effort. <br /> BACKGROUND: On September 30, 1993, as part of an Assembly of Governments <br /> forum, a conference entitled Shaping Orange County's Future was <br /> held. The conference was planned by a steering committee <br /> comprised of representatives from all elected boards in the County, <br /> and the University of North Carolina, as well as citizen volunteers <br /> from the Rural Character Study Committee, Chapel Hill Southern <br /> Small Area Plan Work Group, and Sierra Club. During the <br /> conference, renowned Florida planning consultant Dr. John <br /> DeGrove outlined efforts in other counties, states and regions <br /> where countywide growth strategies have been developed. <br />