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1~3 <br /> .~ <br /> <br />the ~,, ~ . <br />.:~~ ~t ~:. <br /> <br />~ ~ <br />~~': ~ <br /> <br />Creating <br />Villa e <br />g ~- ~~ <br />. <br />;Y' _ : <br />^ <br />~ ~~ ~~ <br />wathab~e <br />~ <br />PrO~~Ct -wSL <br />~ <br />`~ . <br />~~ Communities <br /> ~ <br />, <br />~~~ <br />Comments on the May 6, 2008 version of the <br />Updated ®range County Comprehensive Plan <br />Listed in order by Element and page number <br />Prepared by The Village Project, Inc. <br />Global Comments <br />In general, it is often not clear when the Plan is talking about Orange County as a whole or just <br />unincorporated Orange County. We have highlighted a few of the more confusing instances below, but <br />this is a persistent clarity issue in the Plan. It is a particular problem for tables and figures throughout. <br />Chapter 3: Economic Development Element <br />p.3-1, Section 3.2 (Summary, Background) <br />It would be worth discussing at a broad level here any spatial mismatch between workers and <br />their jobs. For example, do residents of unincorporated Orange County work in unincorporated <br />Orange County, OC municipalities, and/or outside Orange County? In what proportions? How <br />many people generally are coming into the county to work? <br />p.3-2, 3.2 (Summary, Key Facts) <br />Include the following from Appendix A, p.6-2 (Economic Highlights section): <br />• In 2000, 60,860 Orange County residents were employed. Of those, 42.4% commuted to <br />another county for work. <br />• In 2000, 24,096 commuters worked in Orange County, representing 40% of the county's <br />workforce. <br />Include as well data about the types of jobs & median wages found in each cohort and any data on the <br />specific destinations, locality-wise, that are available. <br />p.3-3, line 27 (Summary, Key Facts) <br />This bullet is slightly misleading: not all agricultural land is taxed under a discount. It is our <br />understanding that a property must be registered under the Present Use-Value Taxation Program to <br />receive this benefit (but this should be verified). <br />p.3-5, Section 3.2 (Summary, Establishment of Economic Development Districts) <br />Including residential development in EDDs is critical to a sustainable local economy in which many if not <br />most employees can walk or bike to work, shopping, recreation, etc. Commercial and industrial <br />developments are not necessarily incompatible with residential uses. <br />The Village Project • PO Box 685 • Carrboro NC 27510 • 919-942-6114 • wwwthevillageproject.com <br />