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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />WORKSESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 8, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 3 <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Process — Natural and Cultural Systems Element of the <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT <br />1) Overview of Comprehensive Plan Elements <br />2) Proposed NCS Element Process/Timetable <br />3) Proposed Timetable by Month <br />4) 1/26/04 Staff Memorandum <br />5) Possible Outline of Parks Component <br />6) Marin County (CA) Countywide Plan Info <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 245 -2590 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336 - 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide an overview of a draft process to develop a Natural and Cultural <br />Systems Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Comprehensive Plan is in reality a series of individual <br />.'elements" that together comprise the overall plan and serve as the policy guidance <br />documents for County ordinances and policies. Orange County moved to this model in 1988, <br />known as the "California model" comprehensive plan. The California model plan features <br />individual elements that address different components of the overall quality of life, natural <br />resources and physical development of the jurisdiction. The model plan that was used for <br />Orange County in 1988 was Marin County, California, located just north of the San Francisco <br />bay area. <br />Over the past 24 years, some elements of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan have <br />been created, while others have been deferred. The Land Use Element (originally adopted <br />as the Land Use Plan in 1981) is the oldest and most widely- recognized element of the Plan, <br />but other elements have also been adopted over the years as County policy. For example, a <br />Master Recreation and Parks Element was adopted in 1988, and the Historic Preservation <br />Element was adopted in 1992. In some cases, provisional elements were adopted to serve <br />as interim plans until a more comprehensive plan could be developed (this is the case for the <br />Economic Development and Housing elements). <br />