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18 <br /> 1 department needs, including setting aside land for stations, since insurance ratings depend on <br /> 2 proximity. <br /> 3 Chair Bedford expressed that every commissioner puts resident health and safety as the <br /> 4 primary consideration. She noted receiving emails from people out of state offering help if Director <br /> 5 Saunders needed anything, and that the Board's goal was to stay out of the way and let <br /> 6 responders do their jobs during the emergency. She mentioned ongoing partnerships post- <br /> 7 incident, with departments going to neighborhoods addressing water distribution concerns due to <br /> 8 water and sewage plant damage. She said DSS has reduced hotel placements from the storm to <br /> 9 six people, with recovery continuing three months later. <br /> 10 Chief Potter acknowledged those still displaced and working to recover and responders <br /> 11 are keeping them in their thoughts. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 BRIEF RECESS/Transition to Work Session <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Chair Bedford made a motion to recess the meeting for 7 minutes, seconded by <br /> 16 Commissioner McKee. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 19 <br /> 20 A motion was made by Chair Bedford, seconded by Vice-Chair Hamilton, to reconvene <br /> 21 the meeting at 8:24 pm. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 24 <br /> 25 2. Orange County Land Use Plan 2050 — Board Request for Additional Information <br /> 26 The Board received the second presentation in a series in response to the Board's request for <br /> 27 additional background information for the Land Use Plan 2050 process and to provide feedback <br /> 28 to staff on two scopes of services for meeting facilitation services, as requested by the BOCC at <br /> 29 the September 9, 2025 work session. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 BACKGROUND: At its April 8, 2025 work session, the Board reviewed a tentative schedule for <br /> 32 receiving presentations from County staff and in some cases, guest presenters, to provide <br /> 33 additional background information for better informing its direction on the Land Use Plan 2050 <br /> 34 process. The Board's calendar preference was for staff to schedule agenda items through mid- <br /> 35 November to receive the information. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Attachment A is Part A of the BOCC request for additional information grouped into six (6) topic <br /> 38 areas by subject. To cover all topic areas, presentations to the Board are scheduled for work <br /> 39 sessions on September 9, October 14, and November 11, 2025; and at half-day retreats, <br /> 40 scheduled for November 14 and November 21, 2025. The half-day retreats are needed to cover <br /> 41 Part B (Attachment B) of the Board's request for information and will include several guest <br /> 42 presenters. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Due to time constraints at the September 9 work session, Staff was unable to complete the entire <br /> 45 planned presentation; therefore, the October 14 work session will include completion of the <br /> 46 presentation on the Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) and the Water and Sewer <br /> 47 Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA). Additionally, staff from the <br /> 48 Town of Hillsborough will present information on the Towns' utility constraints. Specifically, the <br /> 49 BOCC requested the following information from the Town: <br /> 50 <br /> 51 <br />