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4u <br />rr r t Rl <br />To. John Link, County Manager <br />From:.. Planning Staff <br />Date November 16, 1.998 <br />Subject: Cane Creek Watershed Recommendation <br />On October 20,.the Planning staff presented a staff rep' on the Cane <br />Creek . 1Nafiershed Study and subsequent recommendations for <br />protecting water quality'by the. OWASA Board of Direcfiors� Staff would <br />like to take this opportunity to provide a recommended development <br />management option for Cane Creek watershed. <br />The October *20 staff report identified three management options that <br />were recommended for further evaluation: <br />1• Mandatory Flexible Development (with Large -Lot Zoning in the' <br />critical areal): <br />2: Creative Open Space Design, and <br />3• Large -Lot Zoning /Creative Open Space (the OWASA- <br />recommended approach). <br />As mentioned in the staff report, staff indicated that the. options, would <br />be discussed at a community meeting, in the watershed. These three <br />options .were presented to ' 25 citizens at a .community: meeting at <br />Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Department on October 29, 1998. In <br />addition.,. staff was to complete its research on these options and, make <br />a single recommendation by. the time of the public .'hearing on <br />November.23. <br />As You may .recall, the primary downside to the Mandatory Flexible <br />Development and Creative Open Space options ( #1 . and. #2) was <br />whether these options .could protect water quality given their use of <br />Cluster development pparent :requirements for using <br />. p (and the ..a <br />structural impoundments to do so): <br />Staff completed its research into this issue. 1n, late - October. We have <br />been' unable'. to find any examples of .communities that, have used <br />cluster development solely for water quality protection, 'with car without <br />relying on structural controls (detention basins) .or very large -lot base <br />