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~6 <br />EXHIBIT A <br />OBJECTIVES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S LAND USE ELEMENT <br />a. Develop a process for using principles of community building (See p. 2, Report, of Shaping <br />Orange County's Future Task Force) as a checklist for evaluating the extent to which long and <br />short term planning and development builds and maintain community in Orange County. <br />b. Establish the use of mediation, conflict resolution, public participation and facilitation <br />practices among Orange County and municipal boards, elected and appointed (p. 25, Report of <br />Shaping Orange County's Future Task Force). <br />c. Establish collaborative initiatives with municipalities within the County to work together on a <br />plan for community building and maintenance and how to implement community-building <br />strategies into their policies and procedures (p. 25, Report of Shaping Orange County's Future <br />Task Force. <br />d. Create acommunity-building roundtable of County citizens to meet periodically and <br />discuss/evaluate the County's progress in building and maintaining community. <br />e. Create ways for fostering collaboration toward community building and maintenance between <br />County government and for-profit and non-profit sector leadership and members. <br />f. Develop opportunities for younger citizens to participate in the community building and <br />maintenance plan for future development of the County and State's leadership. <br />g. Explore the idea of a position of an "extension" agent for community building and maintenance. <br />h. Create a data base of community events and celebrations, both within the county and regionally, <br />that build community and preserve community character. <br />i. Establish an annual day to celebrate the County and its citizens and their efforts and initiatives to <br />build and maintain community. <br />i. Evaluate the recommendations of the Shaping Orange County's Future's Task Force regarding <br />"Put Community Building First" (other than any that akeady stated in Objectives) for <br />implementation. <br />j. Determine where principles of community building should be incorporated into other Elements <br />of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />