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PLAN ADOPTION, EVALUATION AND REVIEW Plan Adoption Official adoption of the Orange County Land Use Plan and Map as the long- : range planning framework and guide to development in the County would provide public policy decisions impacting on land use with the foundation necessary to prevent the arbitrary and uncoordinated application of such policies. Over a period of two years, sketch land use plans have been distributed Z2. for review and coment by the Board of Commissioners, Planning Board, Township Advisory Councils, Joint Planning Camnittee, other interested groups and individuals and the general community to insure the adcept- f ability of the concepts, goals and policies of the Plan and to fulfill the intent of the County's commitment to maximum public participation in the planning process. The Orange County Land Use Plan should be adopted by simple resolution of the full Board of Commissioners preceded by a formal public hearing. Copies of the Land Use Plan were distributed to the Hillsborough and Chapel Hill Public Libraries for review by County residents prior to the public hearing. Plan Evaluation Evaluation of the Land Use Plan should seek to access the effectiveness of the Plan and its continued relevance to Orange County. The evalua- tion process should involve the response of both the public and private sectors. The results of the evaluation process could provide guideposts for prioritizing programs affecting land use and development in the County. At a minimum, the criteria for evaluating the Orange County Land Use Plan will include questions of effectiveness, administrative effic- iency and political acceptability. Special evaluation criteria, will be formulated following the adoption of the Land Use Plan. Plan Review The Orange County Land Use Plan is not a static document. The information and data which it contains should be revised and updated as required to reflect the pace of changing conditions throughout the County. The con- stant revision and updating of baseline information regarding the planning environment will provide the means to analyze relevant factors contrib- uting to existing and potential land use patterns and problems. Only through this process will the Land Use Plan have continued relevance to land use and development in Orange County. Public officials and admini- , strators should be particularly aware of and responsive to this factor. These review activities should be complemented with a complete review of the Land Use Plan within no more than a two year period. This re- view will include the collection and analysis of land use and demogra- ; phic data, a progress report and citizen input and involvement to ev- aluate the effectiveness of the Plan in terms of the adopted goals and policies and to propose amendments to the Plan as required.