AGENDA DATE: 10/16/2024
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AC44 Community Vision and Growth Management Policy
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Present draft AC44 outline, including document chapter rollout and request for Board feedback on provided draft text within Part 1 - Community Vision and Needs as well as Part 2 - Growth Management Framework, specifically the draft Growth Management Policy and Development Areas Utilization Review.
ITEM TYPE: Regular Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Wall, Filardo, Barnes, McDermott, Swartzendruber, Kanellopoulos, Holt
PRESENTER (S): Tonya Swartzendruber, Planning Manager
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County is updating the Comprehensive Plan through the Albemarle County 2044 (AC44) project. The project has recently moved into Phase 3, drafting language for the Comprehensive Plan document. The structure of the Comprehensive Plan will consist of four main components. Attachment A provides a high-level outline of this structure so that the Board can understand how the Plan fits together.
The following provides a brief overview of these four parts: Part I provides a high-level summary of why the County creates a Comprehensive Plan and how to use it. This section also identifies major trends affecting our county as well as the County's vision for responding to these trends. Finally, this section establishes the four guiding principles, which were developed in Phase 1 and have guided the development of the AC44 plan. Part II will define the County's Growth Management Policy and provide a general summary of how it is applied within the Rural Area and Development Area across the ten plan topic areas. This section also establishes an approach and schedule for Development Areas Utilization Reviews that will monitor the Development Area's capacity. Part III will use a short narrative section to define specific issues facing the County within ten plan topic areas. Then...
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