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Draft <br /> 4/ 28/ 99 <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 irrigation <br /> • Rights to draw water off of, which makes the land more <br /> valuable <br /> Guilford County - Roger Bardsley (336) 574 -3544 <br /> Note : All of the governments within Guilford County use some version <br /> of the county 's policy ( Flood Plain Dedication only ) , although some drift <br /> has occurred since 1992 when it was created . <br /> Methods of Acquiring Land <br /> • Require dedication of field plain open space if the land falls <br /> within the 100 - year flood plain <br /> Open space for watershed policy <br /> • Over past 15 years got 1000 acres <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 the <br /> developer, then deeded over to the county <br /> • No requirement for dedication if clustering ( RS - 20 ) . Could <br /> zone at a lower level ( RS - 12 ) though and dedicate about <br /> N 15 % 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 development <br /> possibility for developers <br /> Charlotte - Mecklenburg County - Linda Beverly, Charlotte- <br /> Meck. Planning Dept, (704) 336-5719 <br /> Note : The policy is only for Charlotte and the unincorporated areas of <br /> Mecklenburg County . <br /> Methods of Acquiring Land <br /> No mandatory dedication for open space with any <br /> development <br /> Developers can elect in single family, subdivisions to do <br /> clustering that allows them to redraw the individual lots <br />