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90 <br /> Environment, Parks, Recreation, Hazard Mitigation Plan,Orange County <br /> and Resiliency Actions Climate Action Plan,and Eno-New Hope <br /> Landscape Conservation Plan. <br /> 26.Continue to utilize the County's Lands <br /> Legacy Program to conserve future 34.Continue to enforce appropriate tree <br /> parklands, in coordination with agricultural canopy regulations that offset impacts of <br /> development by establishing native shade <br /> preservation actions. <br /> trees. <br /> 27. Continue to promote partnerships <br /> with municipalities, INC State Parks, 35. Establish resiliency centers at County- <br /> schools and universities,and nonprofit owned facilities in each County township <br /> organizations to provide diverse for relief from extreme weather events, <br /> including extreme heat and cold, <br /> recreation options. hurricanes,and violent thunderstorms <br /> 28. Utilize the Centers for Disease Control with tornadoes. <br /> and Prevention (CDC)Social Vulnerability <br /> Index to address lack of recreational <br /> offerings in some of the most socially <br /> vulnerable unincorporated communities. <br /> 29. Explore ways to expand accessible <br /> recreation options and access to <br /> recreational facilities. <br /> 30.Promote the completion of the <br /> statewide Mountains-to-Sea Trail <br /> segments within Orange County. <br /> 31. Support an updated United States <br /> Geological Survey study to establish <br /> appropriate groundwater withdrawal <br /> regulations that preserve the capacity <br /> for groundwater recharge on properties <br /> developed for residential,commercial,and <br /> other uses. <br /> 32. Revise the Unified Development <br /> Ordinance's"flexible development" <br /> subdivision standards to better protect <br /> and connect environmental resources, <br /> open space,and agricultural lands while <br /> also allowing for new housing options on -a <br /> flexible lot sizes and increase in density if 0-%- F, <br /> more than 60%of the site is set aside for <br /> preservation. .� <br /> 33. Utilize the extensive existing <br /> community resiliency planning <br /> documents in action prioritization and <br /> decision making related to land use.These <br /> documents include the Eno-Haw River Cane Creek Resevoir <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LAND USE PLAN 2050 87 <br />