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20 <br /> Slide #35 <br /> ' tel • ' <br /> Policies to Test: <br /> Lowering densities to protect priority agricultural, <br /> environmental, watershed, and rural lands <br /> Assumption that new affordable/denser housing is <br /> accommodated within the municipalities <br /> - Could also eliminate the Rural Community Activity <br /> ■�■ Nodes that are not currently developed <br /> Commissioner Hamilton asked for a definition of Rural Community Activity Node. <br /> Tom Altieri said that it is land focused on the designated road intersections that serve as <br /> a nodal crossroads for the surrounding rural community and is an appropriate location for any of <br /> the following uses: church, fire station, small post office, school, or other similar institutional uses <br /> and one or more commercial uses. <br /> Leigh Anne King said this is a very common thing they do when they work with counties. <br /> She said when they update older plans, the communities found the nodes and said it would be a <br /> great opportunity. She said that the market has not really met the plan and now the review is more <br /> about questioning if the nodes are still in an appropriate location. <br /> Tom Altieri said there are 5 of these nodes in the county. He said there are four in the <br /> northern portion and one in White Cross. He said that they area a half-mile radius around historic <br /> areas in the community with access to transportation. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked what would replace them if they are eliminated. <br /> Leigh Anne King said usually they revert to whatever is currently surrounding the node. <br /> Cy Stober said it would likely rural and agricultural residential. He said that there are also <br /> rural neighborhood activity nodes. <br /> Tom Altieri said there are about 10 of them. <br /> Cy Stober said that in these scenarios, they are pressing hard on levers to show different <br /> scenarios. He said that they will likely end up somewhere in between but this is a demonstration <br /> to prove a point. He said they are focused primarily on housing and jobs density and locations <br /> they would be fated to be over the next 20 years. <br /> Slide#36 <br /> Focus on creating conservation subdivisions that <br /> could include a mix of housing types and possibly <br /> neighborhood serving commercial areas <br /> - Protect key ecologically valuable areas of site <br /> - Will likely require municipal utility services or <br /> community systems to serve development <br /> Identify locations within County'sjurisdiction <br /> proximate to municipalities and outside of WSW <br /> critical areas <br /> �f - Potential testing of locations in Rural Buffer <br />