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ATTACHMENT <br /> III Guldiii Principles <br /> In addttion to the charge. the Work Group shell use Me following Guiding <br /> Principles in developing a Master Plan for site sue: <br /> • The park and school facility functions and uses should conform to fits Pre. <br /> Concept Plan reviewed and agreed to by Me Board of Commissioners on <br /> October 22,2001 and November 13,2001 <br /> • The Bite should promote a pedestrian-friendly environment and work to <br /> discourage automobile traffic between the different components of the site <br /> • The protection of important stream whirl and natural areas Should be a <br /> foremost consideration. and active recreation facilities should be designed in <br /> concert with the natural surroundings wherever possible. Grading and <br /> alteration of the natural landscape should be minimized, with the <br /> understanding that some portions of the active recreation area will require <br /> grading for playing fields <br /> • Generally, all portions of the site net identified for school facilities, playing <br /> fields or ancillary uses should adhere to 'Olmsteadian' park and open space <br /> design principles, promoting open spaces, meadows, and fields that may <br /> flexibly be used for a variety of public leisure purposes <br /> • Efficiency opperiunities in grouping of playing fields and related facilities <br /> (lighting, restmoms)should be explored <br /> • The open spaces, including trails, should be developed as both an Internal <br /> and external network, with leisure and pedestrian movement between school <br /> facilities and the park addressed internally, and linkage to future Canhoro <br /> greenways externally <br /> • The plan should promote xeriscaping (native vegetation and minimal water <br /> se)within the entire site <br /> • The plan should address incorporating the farmstead structures and log cabin <br /> into the overall park design <br /> • AcwNinglg the plan should reflect design that is sensitive to adjoining <br /> landowners (parliculady the"in-holding" parwl) <br /> • The Master Plan should ensure that educational facilities and park amenities <br /> are inter-twined based on access and commonality of use, with as seamless <br /> of a transition between uses as possible <br />