HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-12-2009 - Attachment 2ATTACHMENT 2. IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES FOR 2009-2010 BUDGET
Priority # Votes Priorities for FY 2009-10 (sorted in descending order)
P-1 6 Conserve high priority natural areas, wildlife habitat, and prime forests. (Goal 5)
P-2 5 Implement Comprehensive Land Use Plan (Goal 3)
a. Rewrite zoning and subdivision regulations
P-3 5 Develop economic plans for 3 districts (Goa13)
P-4 5 Review services to identify and protect `safety net' programs and services. (Goal 1)
P-5 4 Encourage for profit investments in affordable housing and review available tools. (Goal 1)
P-6 4 Develop plan and tools to improve the way county and citizens communicate with each
other; foster two-way exchange (Goal 2)
P-7 4 Improve intra-and intergovernmental coordination, cooperation, and collaboration.
(Goal 2)
a. Work with Town of Hillsborough on:
o Joint land use planning approaches, policies and ordinances and
annexation
o Economic Development Districts
b. Work with Durham on:
o Economic Development Districts
P-8 4 Examine advisory boards and commissions (Goal 2):
a. Ensure they are meeting their missions
b. Determine how boards relate to each other and how their work can be best
integrated with BOCC
c. Ensure sustainability goals
d. Ensure fit with overall county vision
e. Recognize (and be sensitive to) consistencies represented by boards, commissions
when framing this review
P-9 4 Update economic development plan for county (Goal 3):
a. Clarify Economic Development plan for each district
b. Identify spectrum of tools
c. Identify other stakeholders
d. Identify what county wants to see happen
P-10 4 Develop an energy plan that includes economic development strategies to attract, retain,
and grow "green" business
P-il 4 Invest in technology to increase worker efficiencies, e.g., web streaming, paperless
agendas, integrated tracking systems between field and office .(Goal 4)
P-12 4 Implement county's environmental responsibility goals (Goal 5)
P-13 4 Plan to provide `equitable' library services for OC residents. (Goal 5)
P-14 4 Fulfill remainder of bond issuance approved by voters in 2001 for soccer and Twin Creeks
.
(G- 5)
P-15 3 Complete stewardship and management plans for land legacy. (Goal 5)
P-16 2 Develop and accounting and assessment system of water and air pollution (Goal 5):
b. In conjunction with ICLEI; set emissions reduction target for 2030; conduct public
education campaign and link public with opportunities to improve energy
efficiency and use sustainable energy sources
c. Begin multi-year implementation of Observable Well Network
P-17 2 Review the Schools and Adequate Facilities Public Funding Ordinance. (Goal 2)
a. Is it doing what it was originally intended?
b. Does it have application for Durham and Mebane?
P-18 1 Address inequities between old and new schools. Older schools are in need of capital
improvements. Building new schools has been the funding priority (Goal 4)
P-19 0 Relations with UNC-Chapel Hill: Be actively involved and informed about UNC-CH
decisions and intentions (Goal 2)
P-20 0 Support transit, pedestrian, and bicycle facilities and other alternatives to the single
passenger automobile (Goal 3)
P-21 0 Amend county zoning to address and modernize airport and related issues (Goal 3)
P-22 0 Review and update county personnel and operational policies and procedures. (Goal 4)
P-23 0 Design and fund space for county attorney offices. Manager and board to discuss concept
and staffing. (Goal 4)
P-24 0 Plan to acquire/land bank for future park development. (Goal 5)
P-25 0 Develop apolicy/update current plan about how parks will be developed, appropriate
ratio of parks to population, length of time to develop, and incorporation of such into CIP.
(Goal 5)
P-26 0 Clarify and communicate to public how and why county funding is allocated the way it is.
(Goal 2)
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