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4110 _ <br /> DRAFT BINGHAM TOWNSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL, 4 NOVEMBER 1987 <br /> MINUTES <br /> Present: Murdock, Patterson, Johnson, Cohen, Heizer, <br /> Gustaveson <br /> Staff Present: Torgan <br /> Others Present: Harold Murdock, Jim Gerrard, Patrick Malkey <br /> 1. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA <br /> Torgan handed out two additions to the agenda packet, <br /> Planning Board minutes of 14 July 87 regarding Pat Davis' <br /> comments on sludge application and a TAC attendance record <br /> since May 1986. <br /> 1400 2. RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD ON THE BINGHAM <br /> TOWNSHIP LAND USE PLAN <br /> Torgan presented Planning Department recommendation to the <br /> TAC, noting that it took from all three alternatives <br /> presented the week before and that it did not require an up <br /> or down vote. The TAC could recommend a strategy of its own <br /> to the Planning Board. <br /> Torgan first explained the Land Use Categories used in the <br /> Plan, giving their definitions and outlining their locations <br /> on the map. The major categories were; <br /> A) Rural Buffer, encompassing the New Hope Creek and <br /> University Lake watersheds, boundaries which remained <br /> unchanged from the 1986 Joint Planning Area Land Use <br /> Plan; <br /> B) Agricultural Residential, predominantly agricultural with <br /> scattered low density residential; <br /> C) Rural Residential, predominantly low density residential <br /> with scattered agricultural uses; <br /> D) Resource Protection Areas, primarily steep slopes and <br /> floodplains; <br /> E) Protected Watershed/Water Quality Critical Area, which <br /> denotes drainage areas of watersheds that serve as public <br /> drinking water supplies, and; <br /> F) Rural Commercial Activity nodes, which identify areas <br /> most suitable for commercial development. The three nodes <br /> are at Adam and Eve, White Cross, and Oak Grove. <br /> Torgan then noted the major changes from the 1981 Bingham <br /> Township Component of the Orange County Land Use Plan. <br /> 410 <br /> Minutes <br /> page 1 <br />