 Part 2: Community Design: Respect and Care for the Natural Environment Joe Duggan 1

2 Community Design: Environmentally sensitive development incorporates water quality and water quantity planning into development plans… From day 1.

Community Design: Respect and Care for our Natural Environment 3 4 Communities – situated around the sites natural features and drainage systems to minimize future impacts on the watershed and to utilize these areas as future recreation and open space amenities.

 Community’s 1, 2, and 3 are proposed to consist of a maximum of 818 single family detached homes on approximately 231 acres. Each residential Community will consist of several neighborhoods, with each neighborhood consisting of between homes.  Community 4 is proposed as a future mixed-use component of the Community consisting of neighborhood commercial, office, and 55+ housing – on approximately 115 acres.  20+ year build-out. 4 Community Design: Respect and Care for our Natural environment

Community Design… Respect and Care for our Natural Environment  The Land Plan uses the terrain’s natural land forms to shape the layout of the community. The site’s primary drainage areas will be preserved and enhanced to provide necessary filtering of storm water run-off. This system of greenways located within the site’s natural drainage areas will also provide the benefit of aesthetically pleasing open spaces in which to locate part of the trail system, combining water quality and quantity BMP’s with open space areas that support active uses.  At least 30% of site preserved as open space and public facilities (including future school and park sites). Additional neighborhood parks and open space areas within each community will be added to this 30% during the site design and planning processes. 5