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59 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> PLANNING BOARD <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 1, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8 <br /> SUBJECT: Planning Board Annual Report/Work Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br /> Annual Report / Work Plan Form Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide an annual report and work plan input to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners (BOCC). <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 /> 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 January 14. Proposed activities are to be consistent with the <br /> goals of the BOCC. <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 /> 1. 2030 Comprehensive Plan Review and Report, Including Presentation of 2020 Census <br /> data and County snapshots Buckhorn Area Growth Strategy Study <br /> 2. Several identified amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br /> 3. Affordable and Senior Housing <br /> These topics are accented on pages 3 and 4 of the attachment. <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 and <br /> collaborating on some items for which other advisory boards have primary responsibility. <br /> Examples of these tasks are transportation planning and economic development issues (not <br /> related to the UDO) in partnership with the Economic Development Department. Some work <br /> items the Planning staff is responsible for do not go to an advisory board for a recommendation <br /> (for example, water and sewer engineering, creation and implementation of a fiscal impact <br />