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5 18 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> Could zone at a lower level ( RS - 12 ) though and <br /> dedicate about N15016 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 />