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5 <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE <br /> ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT <br /> MEMORANDUM : <br /> To: Bartylacobs,Cheir <br /> Board of Commisscoras <br /> Fiber: Roy Porinumn,Chair <br /> Commission for dre Snvvoummt <br /> Date: ApN 29,2002 <br /> Re: Triangle Greenprint Regional Open Space ASsessmmt <br /> On March 11, [be Commission for the Anvimnerent (CIF) reviewed the Triangle <br /> Creenprint Regional Open Space Asseaarrwu. The CM made the following points sent <br /> mmcrts about the Grcenprivt <br /> 1- The CM is supportive of G afrg nun goals of identifying critical open spaces in die <br /> region,areathe importance ofregiemwideplaming forprotecton of open since. <br /> 2. Aa Uange County reaolution of swpost should include language acting the <br /> werplislwents of the Lands Legacy program and how it meshes with the <br /> Grempriu concepts. <br /> 3. The resolution should also note the County's ongoing efforts to update the 1988 <br /> "Inventory of Natural Arnss and Wildlife Habitat" Using a grant labor the N.C. <br /> Natural Heritage program and County fiords, a biologist is reaeorching existing sites <br /> and working an idmafy new sites,In addition, the County has funded two follow-up <br /> studies on "A Landscape with Wildli @," positional in conjunction with Triangle <br /> Land Conservancy. <br /> 4, The Greenprint should highlight the emerging partnerships among local govatunents <br /> and land trusts —as exemplified by efforts in the New }lope Creek window aM the <br /> Little River Regional Padr aid Natural Are; and in patents] land protectm <br /> initiatives along the ono River andtheproposed Mountains-to-the-Sea Trail. <br /> 5. The Gremprint offers an opportunity for counties and the region to be cognizant of <br /> (and plan for) w rvaton across regional boundaries ry. Mur natural are and <br /> wildiJe cociders resume county lines and trod beyond the Triangle region, m <br /> Orange County's cue to points west and north. Coordinton with other region <br /> should be recognized sat ierponam by the Triangle 1 counties. <br /> 6. The CM currents;with points raised by the Agnmltmal Preservation Board regarding <br /> the invOIVmomt of a broader range of stakebablem in defmiag agricultural and <br /> frrestland priority areas <br /> Environment and Reaourv'e Conservation <br /> PO Box 816113p Revere RmaO <br /> HAborough,NC 27270 <br /> (918)246 2 59 7 <br />