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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 /> 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 yearn 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 - 20J . - <br /> Could zone at a lower level ( RS- 12 ) though and <br /> dedicate about N15 % 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 />