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3. If approved the applicant shall have one (1) year to prepare and file a Final Plat or to request a one -year extension from the Planning Director. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Fiscal Impact Analysis included as an attachment. RECOMMENDATION: Planning Staff Approval, subject to the conditions contained in the attached resolution of Approval. Davis pointed out a typo made on page 3 of the Resolution of Approval - D.3 - "100 meters" should be "100 feet ". He noted that if the wildlife corridor lot were dedicated to Orange County it would consist of 5 acres, but if payment were made in lieu of parkland dedication, the cost would be approximately $9500.00. Woods asked if the County wanted to own the wildlife corridor. Lincoln distributed a report from the Environment & Resource Conservation Department on the joint Recreation & Parks Plan. She noted that in the report there are different types of areas that the ERCD wants to protect and the criteria for choosing the wildlife corridors and woodland trails (copy attached to minutes). Lincoln stated that in this particular area, a small piece of the wildlife corridor is proposed for a woodland trail. Barrows expressed concern with people knowing about the trail. Kevin Huggins, applicant, stated that this is the first time he has heard about a trail. Lincoln stated that the proposed trail would be very narrow, would not be something that is used a lot and would not be a main part of the Recreation and Parks system. It will not be paved, just a possible access area. Huggins stated that dedicating the wildlife corridor to the county has just come up within the last week. He stated that they had talked about taking the conservation easement across the whole thing with the Environment and Resource Conservation Department and OWASA. He expressed concern with the wildlife corridor being a separate lot and giving it to Orange County. He stated that he would rather have the separate lot as a conservation easement where the landowners still owned the land with an easement across it This would give them the rules of what they can and cannot do on their land. He stated that this has not been discussed very much with staff but he is willing to do that to come up with a plan for the area. Lincoln stated that Bob Jones, Recreation & Parks Director, presented this before the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council and they wanted the money to build ballfields and parks instead of this piece of the corridor because they are not predominately interested in preserving floodplains and protected areas. She stated that Dave Stancil, ERCD Director, would be talking to the council about the importance of obtaining these proposed wildlife corridors. She stated that the corridors would be a vital part of the overall greenways system. She noted that the ERCD is working on accepting this type of land rather than the Recreation and Parks Department. She also noted that ERCD is working;