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I, <br /> 5 / 26 / 99 <br /> • Joint acquisition with the municipalities <br /> • Some have own sales taxes <br /> • Work also with the Trust with Public Lands , Nature <br /> Conservancy <br /> • Open Space Task Force made up of a people , <br /> I stakeholders , <br /> Decide where want to spend money preserving lands <br /> Focus of Acquisition : <br /> • Other categories to purchase <br /> • Prime agricultural land , which has good soil and <br /> irrigation <br /> • Rights to draw water off of, which makes the land more <br /> valuable <br /> 3 . Guilford County , NC (Roger Bardsley (336) 574 -3544) <br /> Note : All of the governments within Guilford County use some <br /> version of the county 's policy ( Flood Plain Dedication only ) , <br /> although some drift has occurred since 1992 when it was <br /> created . <br /> Methods of Acquiring Land . <br /> • Require dedication of field plain open space if the land <br /> falls within the 100 - year flood plain <br /> • Open space for watershed policy <br /> • Over past 15 years got 1000 acres <br /> t <br /> • Bonds - about 2000 acres through bonds <br /> • Have a greenway plan <br /> • Offer of dedication if Parks and Recreation Department <br /> wants <br /> • Some dedicated to the North Carolina Conservancy by <br /> the developer , then deeded over to the county <br /> ( No requirement for dedication if clustering ( RS - 20 ) . <br /> t - <br /> Could zone at a lower level ( RS12 though h and g <br /> dedicate about N15010 as open space <br /> Focus of Acquisition : <br /> • Dedication has to be connected to public interest <br /> • 100 Year Flood Plain easy to see that in - no <br /> development possibility for developers <br />