2024-623-E-Planning Dept-Clarion Associates-Develop a Comprehensive Land Use Plan

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7 Orange County Comprehensive Land Use Plan Summary of Phase 2: Identify New Issues and Opportunities • Planning Board (1) and Board of County Commissioner (2) Briefings Schedule Duration: Months 2-7 PHASE 3: EVALUATE PLANNING INFLUENCES Concurrent with Phase 2, Phase 3 will evaluate the planning influences facing Orange County, including documenta�on of how the community has changed since the 2030 Comprehensive Plan was developed and projec�ons for future popula�on and growth. This assessment will build off the analysis conducted for the Orange County Strategic Plan and other relevant County or partner agency analysis produced in the last few years. The product will be a compendium “Fact Book” that will address the full range of planning topics and can be used throughout the process. The Clarion Team and County Staff will work in partnership to develop the Fact Book. Clarion will prepare the annotated outline for the report, strategy for analysis, document dra�ing and forma�ng, and GIS analysis assistance as needed. County Staff will prepare GIS maps and GIS analyses as guided by the Clarion team and review the staff review dra�. The Staff Working Group will be briefed at monthly mee�ngs on the outcomes of these analyses. Finally, a community open house will share the findings of the Fact Book and solicit feedback on related policy ques�ons. Task 3.1 Develop the Fact Book This task documents the trends and condi�ons for a broad array of community planning topics along with analyzing future planning influences that are important considera�ons for developing plan policies. This “Fact Book” will include maps, charts, and tables of data that paint a complete picture of Orange County and will leverage recent analyses prepared by the County and regional partners, including the Triangle J Council of Governments. This Fact Book can either be prepared as a tradi�onal technical report with mul�ple sec�ons or built as an ESRI Storymap organized to be more accessible to the broader community. It will be presented to the Staff Working Group and made available to the public through the project website. This Fact Book will be developed as a series of specialized subtasks lead by Clarion team topic experts. Task 3.1.1: Analyze Sociodemographic Trends The Clarion team will work with County Staff to iden�fy and analyze the cri�cal sociodemographic trends that tell the story of the County’s residents over �me and will leverage other data analyses included in other County plans. Racial, ethnic, age, and na�onal origin diversity; household profiles including cost- burdened status, household income by census tract, and poverty levels; and other data will be assessed and depicted through easy to read charts and infographics. The H+T Index prepared by the Center for Neighborhood Technology will be leveraged to show the combined effects of housing and transporta�on costs on households in Orange County. A map of “equity opportunity areas” will be iden�fied that depict vulnerable communi�es that are low- income, communi�es of color, are cost-burdened or have other equity challenges. The U.S. Center for Disease Control’s Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) can be leveraged to iden�fy equity opportunity areas. This map can be used in other assessments to iden�fy overlapping condi�ons where equity plays a role in determining future policy direc�on. Issues related to providing services to an aging popula�on driven by re�rees and aging baby boomers will be addressed in this analysis. The Clarion team will prepare popula�on projec�ons by evalua�ng mul�ple projec�on sources and will coordinate with County Staff to ensure data used align with sta�s�cs provided in other County documents. Docusign Envelope ID: 2F54EEBA-6C13-43F3-887E-A6D71664C723