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Appoint Members to a Rural Land Use Plan Stakeholders Committee
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bjorn E. Hansen, Planning, Senior Planner - Long Range Planning, 704-283-3690
ACTION REQUESTED:
Appoint members to committee.
PRIOR BOARD ACTIONS:
1) February 5, 2024, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 24-090 - Open Space in Rural Areas Committee Recommendations Adoption
2) May 6, 2024, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 24-289 - Authorizing staff to apply for Green Growth grant
3) July 15, 2024, Regular Meeting, Agenda Item # 24-429 - Create a Rural Land Use Plan Stakeholders Committee
BACKGROUND:
Open Space in Rural Areas is one of the six issues studied in the Union County 2050 implementation process. The Board of Commissioners approved the strategies at its February 5, 2024, meeting. Union County has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to help implement the strategies approved to address this issue. This grant will allow the County to partner with Catawba Lands Conservancy to assess Union County streams, wetlands, and forests in the areas designated as rural in the adopted comprehensive plan to utilize in a rural land use plan, as well as develop a conservation easement evaluation process for the Soil and Water Conservation District, conservation subdivision informational brochure, and posting onto the County's web site. The plan will also evaluate appropriate lot sizes, commercial uses, and subdivision requirements in rural areas.
The project will begin in October 2024 and be complete by April 2026. The Board authorized recruitment for a seven-person stakeholders committee to oversee the development of the plan, anticipated to take 18 months. The committee would be authorized for up to 24 months to accommodate possibly delays in plan completion.
A total of nine residents applied to serve on the committee. One was deemed ineligible because they live in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction for Marshville. The applications a...
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