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~v~ <br />Both the Convention Plan and the Flexible Development Plan would help to protect the <br />stream that originates on the Orange County park properly located to the southwest and <br />then flows northeast to where it joins McGowan Creek. There are no other known significant <br />natural resource areas (e.g., natural heritage sites, proposed wildlife corridors, prime forest} <br />located on the property. Both plans appear consistent with the County's desire to minimize <br />adverse environmental impacts with respect to the protection of floo~lains wetlandsF <br />natural areas and wildlife habitat. <br />The Flexible Development Plan would provide slightly more Open Space (5 8 acres versus 5 2 <br />acres and more of that Open Space would be concentrated in a larger area of the <br />development. Unfortunately, the presence of three home sites within that Open Space <br />would reduce the options available to the rest of the community for using the Open Space <br />(because of the privacy issues). <br />As noted earlier, the Conventional Plan appears to provide a better opportunity to link the <br />residents of this proposed subdivision to the Efland-Cheeks School and Community Park. <br />Residents wanting to walk to the School/Park could do so by way of the Richmond Hills <br />subdivision, which has an existing community walkway and gate through the fence for <br />entering the School property. <br />Let me know if there are any questions. <br />cc: David Stancil, Lori Taft <br />d <br />Environment and Resource Conservation <br />PO Box 8181 /306-A Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245-2590 <br />