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~~ PRESENTATION TO ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, MAY 19, 2008 At the previous public hearing on the update to the Comprehensive Plan, 1 requested the Board of Commissioners to explore the idea of establishing another Element in the Comprehensive Plan to address Planning Principle No. 8, Preservation of Community Character . My proposed Element read: Maintenance of Community and Preservation of Community Character This request was forwarded to the Planning Board. In the fall of 2007, the Board formed a subcommittee consisting of members Renee Price, Judith Wegner, Bernadette Pelissier and myself to examine the idea that had been proposed. In March of 2008, the Subcommittee submitted a report to the Planning Board. The. report consisted of a history of community building efforts in the County, including a detailed discussion of the report of Shaping Orange County's Future Task Force, and the subcommittee's recommendations concerning the establishment of a new Element and attending goals and objectives. The Planning Board discussed the report briefly at its monthly meeting in March. There was no consensus or vote on the recommendations although there was some concern expressed about how such an idea might slow down the overall process for updating the Plan. Tonight, on my own, I am asking that instead of establishing a new Element for community building and maintenance, certain Objectives be included in the Land Use Element. These Objectives are attached to your copy of my remarks as Exhibit A. Also is attached a copy of most of the recommendations of the Shaping Orange's Future Task Force regarding Community Building. Goal 6 of the proposed Land Use Element entitled, "Aland use planning process that is transparent, fair, open, efficient and responsive", would be one possible location for some or all of these objectives. I believe there are also other goals under which these objectives may fit. In summary, 1 strongly believe that the ten principles of community building listed in the Task Force's final Report provide the glue and accountability that bind together each of the Comprehensive Plan's Elements and their goals and objectives. The Task Force's overarching goal ofcommunity-building connects the Comprehensive Plan's individual Elements to each other to create interdependency. This goal ,coupled with the attached Objectives, also transcends each Element and serves as a broad- spectrumvision by which the goals and objectives of the Elements, as well as those of the social, economic and environmental sectors of the County, can be better accomplished. Thank you. Jay Bryan