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• 37 GOAL 2: PRESERVE AND PROTECT NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. Orange County is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, including clear streams and rivers, a wide variety of plant species, and wildlife habitats of significant animal species, including some which are rare and endangered. Many of these resources have been identified, while others have yet to be discovered. Protection of these resources often eenfliets rivate P Property rights. OCi'. !"'> e'': 90 tot dpi+?4'�#jOEw��' #>�E#iF'':>:;>;:.:>:E;( BalaIICing eaVlronmeatal P rotection with Prepe -�igks through voluntary programs and incentives is encouraged as an effective approach to insure the continued existence of Orange County's natural resources. ACTION STRATEGIES Strategies recommended for the preservation of natural and cultural resources include the following: 1. Create Flexible Development options that can protect identified natural resource sites by placing them within open space. Such options should use the resource as an opportunity for innovative development rather than as a means of penalizing landowners for having sites on their property. 2. To facilitate natural resource protection, a Comprehensive Resources Map should be compiled to identify and overlay critical environmental, natural, wildlife, cultural, historic, archaeological, biological, and geological resources. The map should be used tom show landowners and developers the location of sites on their Property #'> t ..:.:. `. s?'# '`::1 J i ; and (b) encourage the volunta protection of such sites through , iaeludin the use of conservation easements which allow seeh--sites t to remain in private ownership. Arendt Comment: Recommend highlighted changes above. Using available data, maps have been prepared to identify the location of natural and cultural resources referenced above. These maps have been combined into a composite map to serve as an interim Comprehensive Resources Map until data collection concerning potential archaeological sites, woodlands, and scenic roads and views is complete. 3. During the development approval process, facilitate the protection of natural and wildlife habitats by continuing current County policy of initiating dialogue between developers and land conservancy organizations. While such dialogue provides an opportunity for mutual protection of such sites, continued discussion should be at the discretion of the developer and conservancy. 4. Prepare a Rural Orange Design Guidebook to provide written and illustrative guidelines to show property owners and developers how to voluntarily develop sites in an environmentally-sensitive manner. A draft outline for a Rural Design Guidebook is provided at the end of this section. Preparation of the Guidebook should involve the County staff, design professionals, citizens,citizens,and advisory board representatives. The Guidebook should provide examples of how innovative site designs Goals & Action Strategies 3