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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 9, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions —Annual Work Plan <br /> Summaries <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Listing of Annual Work Plan Summaries Clerk's Office, 919-245-2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide feedback and/or direction on the first group of boards and commissions' <br /> annual work plan summaries with their Chairs (or representatives) in attendance. (A second <br /> group of boards and commissions' annual work plan summaries is scheduled for the Board's April <br /> 22, 2021 work session.) <br /> BACKGROUND: In the past, as part of the Board of Commissioners' annual planning and goal <br /> setting retreats, the Board requested and reviewed/provided feedback on annual plan summaries <br /> from the County's internal advisory boards and commissions. This information provided the Board <br /> with a yearly overview of the boards and commissions and their projected goals for the upcoming <br /> year. This particular process ended in 2007. The Board decided at its April 13, 2010 meeting to <br /> reinstate this process independent of the Board's annual retreats. <br /> Advisory Boards and Commissions Represented at this meeting: <br /> Board Name Representative(s) Presenting <br /> Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau Anthony Carey <br /> Economic Development Advisory Commission Anthony Carey <br /> Orange County Planning Board Dave Blankfard <br /> Orange Unified Transportation Board Eric Broo <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with providing feedback and/or <br /> direction on the boards and commissions' annual work plan summaries. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br /> this item: <br /> • GOAL: ENABLE FULL CIVIC PARTICIPATION <br /> Ensure that Orange County residents are able to engage government through voting and <br /> volunteering by eliminating disparities in participation and barriers to participation. <br />