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17 <br /> ■ Open space takes many forms apart from parks , greenways and natural areas , including <br /> farms , forests and working landscapes . <br /> ■ Protection of water- supplies and waterways is essential to the public ' s health and safety . <br /> ■ The State of North Carolina must take a leadership role in providing a greenspace safety net <br /> by providing planning , funding , oversight , and other support . <br /> ■ The Million Acres Initiative is a key component of the state ' s efforts to protect open space . <br /> ■ Preservation of farmland and open space requires mutually supportive partnership between <br /> citizens and state and local governments . <br /> ■ Dedicated funding sources are crucial to the success of all significant state programs that <br /> protect open space . <br /> ■ State policies should promote private land stewardship and respect private property rights . <br /> ■ Open space and farmland preservation policies should be consistent with rural prosperity and <br /> affordable housing goals . <br /> ■ The cost of- open space preservation should be shared broadly among the beneficiaries . <br /> 1 . THE STATE ROLE <br /> A . STATE POLICY <br /> Objective 1A . 1 : Protect floodways , 100 - year floodplains and waterways . <br /> ■ Limit contributing state assistance to state or local government construction located in <br /> floodways or 100 - year floodplains , except for transportation projects , trails , and water access <br /> and wastewater collection and treatment facilities . <br /> ■ Strictly limit impervious surface generated by state - funded transportation facilities in <br /> floodways or floodplains . <br /> ■ Locate state - funded projects in a manner that minimizes destruction of existing wetlands . <br /> ■ Adopt stormwater management plans for state - funded projects consistent with state and <br /> federal stormwater regulations . <br /> ■ Ban the selling of, leasing of, and granting of easements to state lands to private industrial <br /> development projects that are located in floodways or floodplains . <br /> ■ Ban the use of state funds , state tax credits , and state bond proceeds to private or public <br /> industrial development pojects located in floodways or floodplai r ns . <br /> 2 <br />