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} <br />ORANGE couNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. jQ- b <br />SUBJECT: Preview of Shaping Orange County's Future Provisional Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Conservation <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Provisional Report (previously provided <br />under separate cover) <br />Task Force cover memo to elected boards <br />Schedule of Activities - 2000 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dave Stancil, 245-2590 <br />Pam McIntosh, 245-2596 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 9fi8-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 33fi-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To preview the Shaping Orange County's Future Task Force "Provisional Report <br />and Recommendations," providing initial observations and first impressions, if desired. <br />BACKGROUND: In late .1996, a countywide initiative on quality growth and community building <br />kicked off with the formation of the Shaping Orange County's Future Task Force. The Task <br />Force was charged with using a 15-step process (previously adopted by the elected boards in <br />the County) to develop a set of recommendations that would serve as a policy base far all local <br />governments in the County. This plan was to be developed using a variety of means, including <br />citizen participation and committees on a wide range of topics. <br />On April 5, after 118 Task Force meetings, committee meetings, and community forums, the <br />Task Force agreed by consensus to the Provisional Report and Recommendations document. <br />The docum®nt bas been transmitted to all elected boards with a request fora "first <br />impressions" preview - an opportunity for initial informal review by each Board. This <br />preview will be followed by two Task Force meetings, at which the Task Force will review the <br />first impressions from the elected boards (and revise the report, if needed). The next step will <br />be a countywide public forum on May 18, at which time the recommendations will be presented. <br />Opportunities for the Task Force to revise and refine their report will continue through the <br />summer months, while staffs meanwhile prepare a report assessing the implications of the <br />recommendations far each jurisdiction's policies and plans. <br />Substantive comment from the Board will be solicited on several occasions in the next six <br />months, and a schedule of proposed activities is attached. The Shaping Orange County's <br />