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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 11, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Consultant Presentation on Draft Orange County Land Use Plan 2050 <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> A. Memo from Clarion Associates Tom Altieri, 919-245-2579 <br /> B. Draft Public Review Draft of the LUP 2050 Cy Stober, 919-245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a presentation from Clarion Associates, LLC, on the Draft Land Use Plan <br /> 2050 for discussion and feedback. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its September 10, 2024 work session, the BOCC received a presentation <br /> with an update on project progress, preliminary outcomes of the second community engagement <br /> window, and initial recommendations for the draft Conservation and Growth Framework. <br /> County Planning staff, Staff Working Group, and Clarion Associates have been coordinating to <br /> prepare the draft Public Review Draft of the Land Use Plan 2050 for BOCC review and feedback. <br /> Feedback received from the Board will be used to edit the Public Review Draft, which will be the <br /> focus of the third community engagement window to be held May — July of this year. <br /> Additional information, including objectives for the March 11 and April 8, 2025 BOCC work <br /> sessions, is provided in Attachment A. A PowerPoint presentation will be provided at the meeting. <br /> Additional information about the project, including e-mail sign-up for project updates, are available <br /> on the project website: .https://www.orangecountVIanduseplan.com. <br /> Completed project deliverables, including Fact Book; outreach summaries; and more, are also <br /> available on the project website: https://www.orangecountylanduseplan.com/resources <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item. <br /> ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports: <br /> • GOAL 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CLIMATE ACTION <br /> OBJECTIVE 4. Incentivize and promote sustainable agriculture and local food systems <br /> development through supportive policy, funding, farmland protection and educational <br /> outreach. <br /> OBJECTIVE 5. Review land use policies to promote and connect Town, County, and <br /> private trails and open spaces. <br /> OBJECTIVE 6. Protect water supply/watersheds. <br /> OBJECTIVE 7. Conserve and protect high priority open space, including Natural Heritage <br /> sites, nature preserves, watershed riparian buffers, and prime/threatened farmland. <br />