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2 <br />1, Environment Protection <br />2. Xeriscaping <br />3, Pedestrian Friendly <br />4. Bicycle plan <br />5. Public Transit <br />6, Internal Traffic Capture <br />7, Reduced Parking <br />8, Innovative Transportation and Traffic Systems <br />9, Community Use <br />10..1oint Use and Mixed Use <br />11.Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) <br />12, No Light Pollution <br />13. Recycling and Recycled Products <br />14. Compact Design and Open Space <br />15. Low Impact Design (E and SC) <br />The most recent discussions (November 22) have focused on the preservation of trees. A number <br />of options have been discussed, including shifting the building to preserve more trees and <br />modifying the slope to require less impact on the DTCC site. In the final analysis, shifting the <br />building would have only marginal benefit but would require substantial redesign work to be carried <br />out. Attachment 3 is an illustration of how the proposed developer's road construction impacts the <br />removal of trees on the DTCC site.. In order to address this concern, CRZ has suggested a <br />possible redesign of the slope from the current 3-to-1 to 2-to-1.. It is notable, however, that while <br />the steeper slope lessens the impact of the road development on the DTCC site by approximately <br />25' it may create future maintenance issues. <br />The DTCC campus is also the site for apark-and-ride lot, for which the County received grant <br />fianding to partially offset development costs. Park-and-ride issues are outlined in Attachment 4. <br />While there is a chance that additional grant funds may become available to the County for the <br />design fees, the assumption at this point is that design fees would serve as part of the County <br />match. CRZ would design the park-and-ride lot under the contract with DTCC as part of the project <br />scheduled to go out to bid in the spring 2006 and the County would reimburse DTCC up to $20,020 <br />for this work, <br />In summary: <br />The construction documents for this project must be completed by CRZ within the next few weeks <br />and submitted to the Town of Hillsborough by December 22, 2005, The plans as revised <br />incorporate smart growth principles as suggested by the County and discussed in Attachment 2, <br />The site is a heavily forested site, which regtaires that some tree removal will be required to <br />accommodate construction. Although some trees may be lost as a result of the construction, <br />several significant trees are being preserved and significant landscaping is being installed to help <br />offset the tree removah <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: County staff will explore additional grant opportunities or identify other <br />capital funds to address matching funds requirements of the grant at the appropriate time in the <br />future. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br />1) Approve the current site plan as it relates to the position of the building; and <br />2) Recommend to DTCC that they pursue the smart growth design attributes outlined on <br />Attachment 2 as determined to be appropriate by the County Commissioners; and <br />