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21 <br /> 1 Hope Horton and Katy Ansardi of Hart's Mill Village made a PowerPoint presentation. <br /> 2 Hope Horton began by thanking the BOCC and reviewing the following slides: <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Hart's Mill Village and Farm <br /> 5 Presentation to the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 6 May 26, 2015 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Who We Are <br /> 9 • Local Triangle residents <br /> 10 • Singles, couples and families of all ages <br /> 11 • Professionals in education, business, health, technology, farming, city planning, and the <br /> 12 arts living independent and modern lives <br /> 13 • Our desire is to create an old-fashioned neighborhood where people actually know each <br /> 14 other and do things together <br /> 15 <br /> 16 This is Our Future Home <br /> 17 • We are creating Hart's Mill for ourselves; we are not commercial developers <br /> 18 • Currently we have about 45 members <br /> 19 • We have a very personal long-term interest in creating a livable community <br /> 20 • We want to be good neighbors <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Our Model <br /> 23 Hart's Mill is being designed and organized in a way that is different from a conventional <br /> 24 residential development, as distinguished by our: <br /> 25 • Guiding principles <br /> 26 • Legal structures <br /> 27 • Governance method <br /> 28 • Site plan design <br /> 29 • Guiding Principles <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Social: create a diverse and collaborative community <br /> 32 Environmental: restore and protect ecosystems <br /> 33 Economic: adopt simpler, less expensive lifestyles and enable income-generating activities <br /> 34 Service: become a model for others through example, education, and outreach <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Katy Ansardi continued the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 37 • Legal Structures <br /> 38 o Undivided ownership of all land & common facilities <br /> 39 o Active management by the community association <br /> 40 o At least 80% of homes will be owner occupied <br /> 41 o Common ownership of up to 20% of homes for transition housing <br /> 42 o Farm/forest operating agreements closely managed by the association <br /> 43 o Conservation &/or farm preservation easements <br /> 44 o Dynamic Self Governance <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Hope Horton resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 47 • Developed in a business context to promote transparency, equivalence and efficiency <br /> 48 • Increasingly being applied in cohousing communities <br />