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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY SUBCOMMITTEE At the February 28 meeting of the Planning Group, a set of recommendations from the Implementation Strategies Subcommittee was distributed and discussed (those recommendations are an attachment to the minutes of that meeting and are included in this agenda packet). The Planning Group was unable to resolve some of the recommendations and referred them back to the subcommittee for further deliberations. Elio Soldi summarized these issues on pages 13 and 14 of the draft minutes. The Implementation Strategies Subcommittee convened on March 7 to review these items and makes the following recommendations: Provision of 70% Open Space in a Development At the meeting on the 28th, Meg McKean proposed this as a desirable option for which a developer should receive incentives to pursue. The subcommittee was supportive of the idea and suggested expedited review and approval as an incentive to get a developer to use this option. The subcommittee said they still needed to see the Rural Design Guidelines. Counting 50% of Active Recreation Space in the Lower Intensity Area Toward Open Space The Subcommittee discussed this item at length. General consensus was that 50% of active recreation space should not count toward open space in the lower intensity (yellow) plan area. This would not preclude active recreation uses in the louver intensity area, they just wouldn't be allowed to count toward open space. Active recreation uses would continue to count toward open space at the 50% rate in the intermediate (pumpkin) and higher intensity (rust) plan areas. Expedited Review and Approval The subcommittee was supportive of expedited review as an incentive for certain types of development. A prime example is the provision of 70% open space as mentioned above pending review of the Rural Design Guidelines. Another option mentioned was expedited review for developments that provide lot sizes of five acres and greater (this was a recommendation of the Rural Character Study Committee several years ago).