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CPPC 10-14-13 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK Department of Planning and Development 540/665-5651 FAX: 540/665-6395 TO: Comprehensive Plans and Programs Committee (CPPC) FROM: Michael T. Ruddy, AICP, Deputy Director RE: October 14, 2013 Meeting DATE: October 7. 2013 The Frederick County Comprehensive Plans and Programs Committee (CPPC) will be meeting on Monday, October 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the first floor conference room (purple room) of the County Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The CPPC will discuss the following agenda items: AGENDA 1. Discussion - Public Facilities and the 2030 Comprehensive Plan — The CPPC will take this opportunity to further discuss Public Facilities as a component of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. This is following the recently modified 2013-2014 CIP which was modified by the Board of Supervisors to include a new project which consists of a County/School Board Administration Building to be located generally in the County's Urban Development Area. 2. Southern Frederick Area Plan - The CPPC will be updated on the Southern Frederick Area Plan and efforts to form working groups following a Public Input Meeting September 25, 2013. 3. Other Access to this building is limited during the evening hours. Therefore, it will be necessary to enter the building through the rear door of the four-story wing Committee members and interested citizens are encouraged to park in the County parking lot located behind the Countv Office Building or in the joint Judicial Center parking lot and follow the sidewalk to the back door of the four-story• wing. M"I'R'dlw Attachments 107 North Kent Street, Suite 20.2 • Winchester, Virginia 22601-5000 Item I Discussion - Public Facilities and the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. As a result of the initial discussion of this subject at the August 26, 2013 CPPC meeting, the following language is offered as a potential addition to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The proposed addition would be inserted into the Plan within Chapter V1, Public Facilities — Creating Community with Public Facilities. FREDERICK COUNTY GOVERNMENT SERVICES FUTURE FOCUS Frederick County government shall continue to provide accessible, effective, and high quality government services to its citizens, business owners, and community partners. Community facilities providing administrative and judicial services shall be located in urban areas which may include the County's Urban Development Area and areas identified as future Urban Centers. Advances in technology shall be embraced as a means of further advancing government services to those citizens, business owners, and community partners. In addition, a variety of communication methods shall be used to engage the community and promote the accessibility of government services. In general, the County shall strive to improve access to government services through a variety of creative and proactive approaches. This may include, but is not limited to, physically building community facilities in urban areas and those locations identified in the Comprehensive Plan that are highly accessible, and also through the use of technology that connects the County with the community. Projects and proposals aimed at enhancing the County's ability to provide accessible, effective, and high quality government services, either by Frederick County or by private entities through allowable programs such as PPEA, should be considered as being consistent with the Comprehensive Plan of the County. Such community facilities shall generally also be included in the Capital Improvement Plan. The goal of any community facility is to allow for an improvement to general governmental facilities and services for the benefit of the residents of Frederick County, meeting their increasing needs for accessible government services in appropriate locations. POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION POLICY: IMPROVE SERVICES TO CITIZENS THROUGH THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES. IMPLEMENTATION: • County government services, including but not limited to County and School Administration facilities, should be provided as needed to provide citizens, business owners, and community partners with accessible government services. • Community facilities should generally be located within urban areas which may include the Urban Development Area County's Urban Development Area and areas identified as future Urban Centers. • The community facilities should further the goals of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan by creating community with public facilities and implementing those Neighborhood Design Principles expressed in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. • Community facilities should create a sense of community and serve as community focal points. • Collaboration between County agencies should continue to be a priority goal in order to ensure that the investment made in the County's community facilities will continue to provide the best possible environment for positive and vibrant community growth. • The development of community facilities should promote a visually unified, coordinated and identifiable area of particular significance to the community.