What Happened Between Phase Two and Three?

Since Phase 2 concluded, the AC44 project team has been coordinating with staff across Albemarle County and our partner agencies (such as the Albemarle County Service Authority, the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority, Albemarle County Public Schools, and others) to make updates to the goals and objectives based on input heard from the community, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Supervisors. Additionally, we have been drafting actions for each Plan topic to implement the objectives.

We received significant and thoughtful feedback from community engagement throughout Phases 1 and 2. The previously shared draft content is being carried forward with some adjustments and reorganization to improve Plan usability and to make sure the objectives and actions are at a consistent level of detail across Plan topics.

A summary of the updates so far includes:

  • Plan topics: Updated Plan topic names for some of the topics to reflect the cross-cutting nature of the Comprehensive Plan. For example, ‘Economic Development’ was updated to ‘Thriving Economy’, as there are many departments and entities responsible for implementation, not just the Economic Development Office.

  • Goals: Consolidated the multiple goals per topic into one unified goal statement for each Plan topic. This creates a more cohesive vision for each topic and reflects that the goals cover multiple objectives.

  • Objectives: Made refinements to the objectives. This includes updating some of the objectives to become actions. Objectives should be measuring Plan progress, and some of the previously shared objectives were more oriented toward Plan implementation. Other objectives were updated to use more measurable language (such as ‘increase’, ‘decrease’, or ‘maintain’) or to become Plan metrics to measure success.

  • Actions: Worked with topic teams to draft actions to implement the Plan objectives. Actions include recommendations for regulations/ordinance updates, programs and partnerships, plans and studies, capital improvements, and guidance for future land uses. Draft actions will be shared along with a draft Comprehensive Plan for community input.

  • Planning toolkits: Updated the planning toolkits based on community input and direction from the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. Updated recommendations for future land use and transportation will be shared for additional community input, including future land use designations/future land use map and a multimodal transportation plan.

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