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4 <br />RESOLUTION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION <br />ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES BY WHICH TO ADDRESS <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTERS <br />OF MUTUAL INTEREST <br />WHEREAS the Planning Board was created for the purpose of developing <br />and recommending to the Board of Commissioners a Comprehensive Plan for <br />Orange County, including policies, ordinances, administrative <br />procedures, and other means for carrying out said plan in a <br />coordinated and efficient manner; and <br />WHEREAS a goal of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan is the <br />promotion of economic development which emphasizes local employment <br />needs yet preserves community character and protects the natural <br />environment; and <br />WHEREAS the Economic Development Commission was created for the nurnose <br />of increasing economic development. through clear, effective strategies <br />and policies which stimulate balanced development at appropriate rates <br />in suitable locations; and <br />WHEREAS the parties to this_a=reement pledge their best faith efforts <br />to deal responsibly with issues of mutual interes4, and acknowledge and <br />respect each other's responsibilities and obligations in this regard; <br />and <br />WHEREAS the parties" to- this_acreement pledge, consistent with legal <br />limitations, to work cooioeratively to balance economic, <br />environmental, and comumu:ni ty cor.sideratians in developing plans, <br />policies, regulations, and /or other similar documents tha- are in the <br />best interests of the citizens c; Orange Cou-:t y: <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by --he JrGngo Co u itv F Ian r'nG _ Board <br />and the Orange Comity Economic'Deveiopment Cormriss?on the-- they agree <br />to work cooperatively in addressing the following mat-_ers of <br />mutual interest: <br />h. Identifying and applying appropriate locational criteria, land use <br />categories, and zoning designatiozs to promo -e business, including <br />but not limited to the following: <br />1. Economic development district; <br />2. Mixed -use development di and <br />3. gloat "ng land use plan /zoning dis-:�ric-:� designations. <br />B. <br />in conjunction with F above, develop performance standards and <br />roject size thresholds w^_�Ch measure the _'=3a= of land <br />