Develop a project plan and provide project management, including a clear schedule of deliverables, resource allocation, and budget for: o Evaluation of the County’s existing Code, Comprehensive Plan, NC General Statutes, development documents, and data; o Identification of potential solutions and approaches to make the regulations and review process more responsive to current development practices and emerging trends; and o Development of a draft UDO for comments and endorsement, and adoption of a final UDO. Develop and provide a public engagement and communications plan, including goals and objectives, diverse platforms, public engagement summaries (themes of interviews and interactions, demographic representation and findings), a schedule of public engagement activities and suggested stakeholder and workgroup members. Provide minutes for all meetings held. Review the minutes and provide ongoing updates as needed/requested to keep all parties apprised of status on UDO topics and processes. Assist planning staff and be available and able to present, provide presentation materials and incorporate feedback as necessary during the formal adoption process with the Planning Board and County Commissioners. Provide monthly status reports on project progress for internal review and evaluation. Submit a draft UDO incorporating data and information generated over the course of the project and produce final documents in a file format the County has the ability to review and amend for preparation of a final UDO. The draft will include tracked edits to the UDO document and a summary of major edits to the UDO. Complete a final draft UDO through adoption: Final design files should include all sections of the ordinance and be simple to update over the life of the ordinance and not dependent on specialized software or third‐party platforms. This includes any text and graphic files (i.e. illustrations, graphics, flowcharts, dashboards, tables, etc.), which, at minimum, should be provided in the following formats: o Digital PDF version that is word searchable and able to be hosted on the County’s website. o Digital Microsoft Word document o Three printed copies, fully bound o Cumberland County shall be provided sole property rights to all manual and electronic originals. Assist staff with graphics and information for the County’s website to help inform the public of project process and timeline. The overall UDO process will be complete when it is adopted by the Board of Commissioners; however, if any edits are included with the adoption of the UDO, the process is complete when an updated version is provided to staff following UDO adoption.
