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(cont.) Cumbersome processes for local approval of commercial projects (1,5) <br /> implications of land development on local taxes/budgets (5) <br /> Balance of residential and non-residential development (5) <br /> Provision of public services such as sewer, water, police, fire, etc. (5) <br /> Alternative transportation modes including pedestrian, rail, bus, bicycle, carpooling (3) <br /> Linking Transportation Planning and Land Use Patterns/Sense of community-(mixed use, transit oriented development, scenic roads) <br /> (3) <br /> Parks and Recreation issues including need for more facilities outside of towns, swimming pools, greenways in Rural Buffer, teen <br /> programs, parkland north of Hillsborough, a better means of funding, more park/school combinations, better (6) <br /> 3. Transportation <br /> Issues <br /> Alternative transportation modes including pedestrian, rail, bus, bicycle, carpooling (2) <br /> Local and regional coordination of transportation planning <br /> Linking Transportation Planning & Land Use Patterns/Sense of community(mixed use, transit oriented development, scenic roads, etc.) <br /> (2) <br /> Road congestion -specifically around downtown Hillsborough <br /> Transpo�tation concerns for special populations including the elderly, people with disabilities, and people with low income; linking <br /> people with jobs and services <br /> Air pollutants-cumulative impacts on public health; impact of heavy duty trucks and automobiles; indoor air pollution (4) <br /> 4. Environment <br /> , & Natural <br /> Resources <br /> Understanding of interrelationships of natural resources and their relationship to human activity, limits of these resources, and past, <br /> current, and projected status of these resources � <br /> Preservation, conservation and improvement of the environment and the resource base <br /> Full cost accounting of pollution and resource depletion <br /> Environmental awareness/ethic <br /> Local and regional coordination for environmental and resource protection planning <br /> Utilization of incentives vs. regulations to address environmental/resource problems <br /> Loss of natural areas, rare species, and natural corridors; decline in wildlife diversity and habitat; loss and fragmentation of forest, <br /> particularly hardwood forests <br /> Loss of open space (forests or fields) (2) <br />