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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 7, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Board Annual Report / Work Plan <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Annual Report / Work Plan Form <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br /> Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To provide an annual report and work plan input to the Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC). <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 an early spring BOCC work session. The <br />annual report informs the BOCC of the past year’s activities of advisory boards/commissions, as <br />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 14. Proposed activities are to be consistent with <br />the goals of the BOCC. <br /> <br />The attached Annual Report / Work Plan form has been completed by staff for Planning Board <br />review and comment. Some topics of prime interest include: <br /> <br />1. Rezoning of Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node <br />(CITAN) for Economic Development Purposes <br />2. Tables of Permitted Uses Revisions <br />3. Analysis of and Revisions to the Economic Development Zoning Districts <br />4. Affordable and Senior Housing <br />5. Continue Training Sessions for Planning Board Members <br /> <br />These topics are accented on the final three pages of the attachment. Additionally, there may <br />be joint meetings with other advisory boards in 2019 to prepare for the findings of the 2020 U.S. <br />Census and a possible evaluation of the Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan. Adopted in <br />2008. <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 /> 10