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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION AGENDA ITEM ABBTRACT Meeting Dale: November 13, 2007 Action Age~Ea Item No. '~. SUBJECT: Oranpe County Comprehensive Plan Develcpmen[ DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC NEARING: (TM) No ATTACHMENT(Sj: Comprehensive Plan Bchetlule Outline Comprehensive Plan Timeline Comprehensive Plan Land Use Plan CommiHee (proposal) INFORMATION CONTACT: Cmig N. Benedict, eat. 2592 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough ]32A187 Chapel Hill 968<501 Durham 688-]331 Mebane (338)22]-2011 PURPOSE: To provitle a schedule of important events antl aspects of the process leading to the Comprehensive Plan update. BACKGROUND: The Comprehensive Plan has not been thoroughly updatetl since 1981. Since early 2001, census data has been analyzetl to update base tlemogrephic inklmation. Susfainability goals as well as Shaping Orerge Count's FuNre report has been developed to help guitle [he direction of future lend use goal, objectives, end policies. The attached achetlule ou0ines milestones leading to further tlevalopmeM antl public outreach of the plan. Staff is investigating two software progrems that assist in long renge lantl use and policy implication. Products such as'Community Viz'and'Wha[iP tlevelop interactive scenarios that assist in decision making. As a separe[e subject, the Planner III who will anchor the comprehensive plan entleavor has not been hiretl since the hiring process is ongoing but hopefully nearing closure over the ne#few weeks. Background research is being done by Gene Bell, Planner III, Paron Cain, Planner II antl Cmig Benetlic[, Planning DireMOr, as preliminary work towards accelerating [he scenario creation progress. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None atthia time. RECOMMENDATION(Sj: The Manager recommends That the Boats receive the report.