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M <br />In addition to the charge, the Work Group shall use the following Guiding <br />Principles in developing a Master Plan for the site: <br />• The park and school facility functions and uses should conform to the Pre- <br />Concept Plan reviewed and agreed to by the Board of Commissioners on <br />October 22, 2001 and November 13, 2001 <br />• The site should promote a pedestrian-friendly environment and work to <br />discourage automobile traffic between the different components of the site <br />• The protection of important stream corridors and natural areas should be a <br />foremost consideration, and active recreation facilities should be designed in <br />concert with the natural surroundings wherever possible. Grading and <br />alteration of the natural landscape should be minimized, with the <br />understanding that some portions of the active recreation area will require <br />grading for playing fields <br />• Generally, all portions of the site not identified for school facilities, playing <br />fields or ancillary uses should adhere to "Olmsteadian" park and open space <br />design principles, promoting open spaces, meadows, and fields that may <br />flexibly be used for a variety of public leisure purposes <br />• Efficiency opportunities in grouping of playing fields and related facilities <br />(lighting, restrooms) should be explored <br />• The open spaces, including trails, should be developed as both an internal <br />and external network, with leisure and pedestrian movement between school <br />facilities and the park addressed internally, and linkage to future Carrboro <br />greenways externally <br />• The plan should promote xeriscaping (native vegetation and minimal water <br />use) within the entire site <br />• The plan should address incorporating the farmstead structures and log cabin <br />into the overall park design <br />• Accordingly, the plan should reflect design that is sensitive to adjoining <br />landowners (particularly the "in-holding" parcel) <br />• The Master Plan should ensure that educational facilities and park amenities <br />are inter-twined based on access and commonality of use, with as seamless <br />of a transition between uses as possible <br />• As information regarding potential co-location of other facilities becomes <br />available, the Work Group may consider this information as directed by the <br />Board of Commissioners <br />• Additional basic operating principles may be developed by the <br />Intergovernmental Parks Work Group and approved by the Board of <br />Commissioners <br />