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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 6, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Board Annual Report / Work Plan for County Commissioners’ Annual <br />Planning Retreat <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Annual Report / Work Plan Form <br />2. Planning Board Interest Areas <br />(January 2013) <br />3. Small Area Plan Implementation <br />4. UDO Implementation Bridge Status <br />Spreadsheet <br />5. UDO Implementation Bridge Document <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: Provide an annual report and work plan input to the Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC) in preparation for its annual planning retreat. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Each year the County Clerk’s Office collects information from each of the <br />County’s advisory boards to prepare a report for the annual BOCC planning retreat in January. <br />The annual report informs the BOCC of the past year’s activities of advisory <br />boards/commissions, as well as proposed activities for the upcoming year. <br /> <br />Staff and advisory boards are asked to collaborate to complete the form that has been provided <br />by the Clerk’s Office and return by December 6. Proposed activities are to be consistent with <br />the goals of the BOCC. <br /> <br />The Annual Report / Work Plan form (Attachment 1) has been completed by staff for Planning <br />Board review and comment. Additionally, staff has updated the Small Area Plan <br />Implementation spreadsheet (Attachment 3) and the spreadsheet related to the UDO <br />Implementation Bridge “bucket list” (Attachment 4). Attachment 5 is the UDO Implementation <br />Bridge report prepared by Clarion Associates during the UDO adoption process in early 2011. <br />In January 2013, the Planning Board discussed members’ “areas of interest” and this list is <br />included as Attachment 2. <br /> <br />The Planning Board is involved with approximately 40 - 60% of the work Planning Department <br />staff is responsible for (the percentage varies by year, depending on specific work being <br />completed in a given year). For the upcoming year, Planning staff will be working on some <br />items for which other advisory boards have primary responsibility. Examples of these tasks are <br />transit issues, transportation planning, and economic development issues (not related to the <br />UDO) in partnership with the Economic Development Department. Some work items the <br />Planning staff is responsible for do not go to an advisory board for a recommendation (for <br />60