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Attachment 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 WORK SESSION <br /> 5 November 9, 2023 <br /> 6 7:00 p.m. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Thursday, November <br /> 9 9, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Earl McKee, <br /> 12 and Commissioners Sally Greene, Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Phyllis Portie-Ascott, and Anna <br /> 13 Richards <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 17 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 18 appropriately below) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were present. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 1. Consultant Briefing on Orange County Land Use Plan 2050 <br /> 23 The Board received a briefing from Clarion Associates, LLC, on the Orange County Land Use <br /> 24 Plan (LUP) 2050 for discussion and feedback. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 BACKGROUND: At its September 12, 2023 work session, the BOCC received its first project <br /> 27 briefing from Clarion Associates. Outcomes of this work session were the confirmation of the <br /> 28 Project Name, "Orange County Land Use Plan 2050" and Project Tagline, "Guiding Our Future" <br /> 29 for the purpose of project branding. Following is a link to the agenda materials from that meeting: <br /> 30 http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/weblink/0/doc/70754/Page1.aspx <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Summary of Project Scope and Deliverables Completed <br /> 33 The project schedule spans a little over two years from kick-off to Plan adoption and includes the <br /> 34 following phases: <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Phase 1: Launch Project (COMPLETED) <br /> 37 Phase 2: Identify New Issues and Opportunities, including 1St Outreach Window(CURRENTLY <br /> 38 HERE) <br /> 39 Phase 3: Evaluate Planning Influences <br /> 40 Phase 4: Develop the Plan (2nd and 3rd Outreach Windows) <br /> 41 Phase 5: Adopt the Plan (Public Hearing) <br /> 42 <br /> 43 The following Phase 1 work, project launch and kickoff have been completed: <br /> 44 Planning Department Kickoff (context mapping and reconnaissance tour) <br /> 45 Staff Working Group Kickoff <br /> 46 Office of Equity and Inclusion and Community Relations Meeting (focus on public <br /> 47 engagement) <br /> 48 Virtual and in-person stakeholder interviews <br /> 49 Collection and inventory of relevant data, plans, and studies <br /> 50 Project branding and website https://www.orangecountylanduseplan.com/ <br /> 51 <br />