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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 4, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <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 /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 <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 for return by December 6. Proposed activities are to be consistent with the <br />goals of the BOCC. <br /> <br />The Annual Report / Work Plan form (Attachment 1) was reviewed by the Planning Board at its <br />November 6, 2013 meeting. The materials for the November 6 meeting are available at <br />http://orangecountync.gov/planning/documents/PBAgendaNov2013-web.pdf. Staff has <br />incorporated comments made at the November meeting into the form. <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 />example, water and sewer engineering and the annual report related to the Schools Adequate <br />Public Facilities Ordinance [SAPFO]). <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning Staff recommends the Planning Board: <br />1. Discuss the Annual Report and Work Plan as needed. <br />2. Approve the document in Attachment 1 so staff can submit the approved Annual <br />Report and Work Plan to the County Clerk prior to the December 6 deadline. <br />17