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12 <br />For the period July 1, 2001 — June 30, 2002 <br />Introduction <br />The Lands Legacy program, adopted by Orange County in April 2000, is activated <br />through an Annual Action Plan process. For the initial year of the program, the Board <br />approved on May 3, 2000 an Interim Action Plan to guide Lands Legacy resource land <br />purchases from May 2000 through the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2001. <br />The 2001 -2002 fiscal year will be the first full year Annual Action Plan. The process <br />begins in August of each year with a staff- generated draft reviewed initially by the Board <br />of Commissioners and then sent to relevant advisory boards for further development of <br />priorities for the coming fiscal year. Using the advisory board recommendations, a draft <br />Annual Action Plan is prepared for distribution to the Board of Commissioners at the <br />December goal - setting retreat. The Annual Action Plan is to be finalized concurrent with <br />the CIP process in the spring of each year. <br />The following sections constitute the draft Annual Action Plan for fiscal year 2001 -2002. <br />The plan incorporates comments from advisory boards, coupled with the continuation <br />and completion of goals and objectives from the current action plan. <br />NOTE: The 2001 -2002 Annual Action Plan does not include priorities that will <br />be candidates for the proposed November 2001 Parks and Open Space bond. <br />Potential bond candidate projects may be found within the new Lands Legacy <br />Long -Term Priorities 2002 -2010 document, <br />The draft Plan contains goals, a summary of advisory board comments, specific action <br />objectives, and a priority list of land acquisition and protection projects for the coming <br />year. There is also a brief list of accomplishments from the first half of the current fiscal <br />year (2000- 2001). A full Performance Report for 2000 -01 will be completed by <br />December 2001. <br />(Note: the following goals implicitly include continuing to aggressively <br />pursue grant funding for many of the County's proposed projects.) <br />1. Purchase additional parklands for both active and low- impact <br />recreation that meet current needs and to "land bank" for future <br />parks and possible co- location with future schools, in conjunction <br />with the proposed Parks and Open Space bond projects. <br />