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185 <br /> Information about resources related to health,faith practices,public events,and civic and <br /> community organizations will be disseminated within the community. <br /> Implicit in planning a community that will be able to meet the needs of an older population <br /> is that it has to have sufficient scale to provide the services. In other words, it must be large <br /> enough to support those services financially. In planning Fiddlehead Corner,a size of 150 <br /> residences and about 225 individuals was projected to be the minimum size required to <br /> make the needed amenities and services financially viable. <br /> It is impressive that H4D persisted after an extensive search for a satisfactory urban <br /> property was fruitless.The property H4D has acquired in rural Orange County could allow <br /> a community of the scale required for financial viability,and otherwise meet criteria that <br /> H4D has in terms of location and access to amenities. Input from consultants has provided <br /> solutions for access to water and wastewater treatment that are challenges for a sizable <br /> development in a rural location. Intelligent planning combines the compact development <br /> zone with preservation of the majority of the land in its natural state to address ecological <br /> and environmental aspects. <br /> The remaining hurdle is that the land must be rezoned for the purpose,and that is the <br /> objective of the 1-141) application. The Advisory Board on Aging urges you to carefully <br /> consider how well their plan addresses the objectives of the Orange County 2030 <br /> Comprehensive Plan and the Master Aging Plan as you make your decision. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> W�ev <br /> Colin Austin,Chair <br /> Orange County Advisory Board on Aging <br />