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14 <br /> 1 Slide #21 <br /> The MPD-CZ plan:about 30 residences,including some duplexes and ADUS;large <br /> ccmmunity septic field to the east;all to be cooperatively owned and built upfront <br /> i . <br /> Z <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #22 <br /> "The Dinosaur" <br /> Why the MPD-CZ is no longer sustainable <br /> We have not been able to achieve the numbers or the financial capacity to build such a large <br /> project.Building costs have skyrocketed due to COVID and other market and financial <br /> instabilities,discouraging or excluding many would-be member-builders.Our(extensive)efforts <br /> to obtain financing for the project did not come to fruition,and were taxing our limited capacity. <br /> With such pressing cost constraints and a vigorouslyexpanding farm,the community <br /> subsurface drip septic system planned to the east now seems unwIeldIy,too costly,and intrudes <br /> too much on a prime agricultural area. <br /> The MPD is designed as an organic whole that does not readily allow building in parts or phases <br /> (e.g.nearly the entire infrastructure must go in at the start) <br /> Flexible Development-Conservation Cluster zoning allows greater flexibility with individual <br /> design and timing as well as affordable housing support(such as from Community Home Trust) <br /> while hugely reducing upfront community costs. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 <br />