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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 17, 2001 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Proposed New Planning Projects Coordinator Position DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 1 - BOCC Planning Related Goals 2 -Planning Projects Coordinator Major Functions 3 -Planning Directors Activity List INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig N. Benedict, Planning Director Extension 2592 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 9fi8-4501 Durham fi88-7331 Mebane (336)227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider establishing one new permanent, full-time Planning Projects Coordinator (Planner II) position in the Planning and Inspections Department to address: • Planning related project and agenda coordination to respond to the Board of County Commissioners' progressive set of goals and projects, including work on subdivision and zoning codes. • Organization and development of visual and written presentations for various meetings, including research and technical analysis related to planning goals and projects. BACKGROUND: Each year the Board of Commissioners establishes or re-establishes countywide goals. As noted in Attachment 1, the Planning Department is responsible for 12 primary and nine secondary components of particular Board goals. These initiatives and planning projects are necessary to manage the increasing growth pressures currently being experienced in Orange County. As a result, the Planning Director is required to be extensively involved with various task forces, the community, other local governments, consultants and interdepartmental coordination. For the most part, these initiatives are not short-term projects but require a considerable revamping of the regulatory and technical environment. These activities require significant amounts of research to be conducted in conjunction with regular development activity such as land use amendments, rezonings, and a large number of subdivisions. The Planning Department has tried reassigning existing staff to cany the additional workload. However, this alternative has proven ineffective, because it simply shifts workload to other areas that already are maximized. The proposed Planning Projects Coordinator would be assigned project duties such as outlined in Attachment 2 of this abstract.