ORD-2023-023-Approval of a Professional Services Contract with Clarion Associates to Develop a Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and Approval of Budget Amendment #9-A

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3 Key Principles and Components of the CLUP Project The Plan will be grounded in the principles of social equity, and synthesize and build upon previous outreach efforts and relevant aspects of recent County initiatives in the areas of transit, housing, climate, and strategic planning. The following key principles and components have informed the scope of services: • Public Engagement: A synthesis of information obtained through other recently completed County public outreach efforts, most specifically the Countywide Strategic Plan. That Plan's land use survey questions will be used to help inform Orange County's future land use goals. A project website will be used as a mechanism to keep the public informed during the process, which will include a series of outreach waves (See the "Summary of Project Scope and Approach" for additional information about outreach). • Social Equity: The Plan will approach components through a social equity lens, consistent with the One Orange County Racial Equity Plan. The lens will be specific to the needs, communities, and populations of Orange County, with focused efforts made to engage historically underserved or disenfranchised communities, and communities of color. • Graphics, Length, and User Friendly: The Plan will be of a length that is conducive to user- friendliness and written for the general public. Easy to read and informative charts, graphs, and maps will be used throughout the Plan. Visualization techniques that graphically and accurately depict pertinent information will be provided for each component of the Plan. • Identification of Potential Partnerships and Regionalism: Identification of partnerships, including other County departments, that may be leveraged more efficiently and effectively to help implement the Plan. As a County that does not own/operate/maintain a public water or sewer utility, partnerships with utility providers (municipal, water/sewer authority, and non-profit) will need to be identified through the planning process to achieve shared goals in the areas of social equity, housing affordability, and transit supportive development. • Plan Recommendations: To include land use policies, future Small Area Plan needs, and proposed Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) amendments that reflect a future land use vision balancing stated interests obtained through the planning process; identification of shared County and municipal goals (e.g. housing affordability); identification of land use goals and objectives that are shared with other adopted County plans; and an implementation strategy. Summary of Project Scope and Approach The project schedule spans a little over two years from kick-off to Plan adoption and includes the following phases: Phase 1: Launch Project Phase 2: Identify New Issues and Opportunities (1st Outreach Window) Phase 3: Evaluate Planning Influences Phase 4: Develop the Plan (2nd and 3rd Outreach Windows) Phase 5: Adopt the Plan (Public Hearing) Public Outreach: A cumulative approach to public outreach will be utilized consisting of three- waves: