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20 <br /> <br />1 1. To improve clarity and reduce redundancy, re-arrange the text on pages 6-58 through 6-65 <br />2 so that the sections appear in the order shown below. <br />3 THIS CHANGE DOES NOT ADD ANYTHING NEW. <br />4 <br />5 2. Describe the Lands Legacy Program more completely. <br />6 It is surprising that Lands Legacy is not really described in the Comprehensive Plan, though <br />7 there are many references. <br />8 THIS CHANGE ADDS A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTION TO THE LANDS LEGACY SECTION. <br />9 <br />10 B. Outline of pages 6-58 through 6-65 showing the changes <br />11 <br />12 1st section: PREVIOUS INVENTORIES OF THE COUNTY'S NATURAL RESOURCES, PAGE <br />13 6-58 <br />14 <br />15 2nd section: CHANGE IN PRIME FOREST COVER, PAGE 6-60. Put this section next, with <br />16 Map 6-7 (page 6-61). Eliminate any redundancies. <br />17 <br />18 3rd section: STATUS OF RARE PLANTS AND ANIMALS -PAGE 6-62 (top of page) <br />19 Note: Correct grammar in second sentence ("The North Carolina Natural Heritage ...") <br />20 <br />21 4th section: LAND PROTECTION EFFORTS, PAGE 6-59 Use this text, but put the next to last <br />22 paragraph on Lands Legacy into a separate section. <br />23 <br />24 5th section: LANDS LEGACY PROGRAM, PAGE 6-59 <br />25 <br />26 In 2000 Orange County accelerated the pace of conservation by establishing the Lands Legacy <br />27 Program -the first comprehensive county land acquisition program in North Carolina. The <br />28 Lands Legacy Program was the first focus of the new Environment and Resource Conservation <br />29 Department, a department established in 1998 to make environmental protection a separate <br />30 function of county government. Through Lands Legacy the County collaborates with local land <br />31 trusts, OWASA, area universities, and other partners to protect some of the County's most <br />32 important natural and cultural resources before they are lost or irreparably damaged, The types <br />33 of land protected include natural areas and wildlife habitat, parkland, prime farmland, historic <br />34 and cultural sites, and stream buffers. The County also works with its advisory boards to help <br />35 guide its acquisition priorities, and sets those priorities every two years through the adoption of <br />36 the Lands Legacy Action Plan. To date, Lands Legacy has protected over (give #) acres, as <br />37 described in Appendix (give letter). <br />38 <br />39 Page 6-59 (top of page) -The paragraph on the Triangle Greenprint on page 6-59 should be <br />40 combined with the paragraph on the Triangle Greenprint that appears on the top of page 6-60, <br />41 and included as the last paragraph in the Lands Legacy section. <br />42 <br />43 6th section: CURRENT ESTIMATES OF PROTECTED LAND, PAGES 6-62 through 6-65. <br />44 <br />45 Chapter 9 -TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT <br />46 <br />47 As you know, a revised section for the transportation element was presented to the BOCC at <br />48 the last Comprehensive Plan work session on October 14. Most of that plan is included in the <br />49 material for November 6, as it was written, but a couple of sections have been changed. They <br />50 should be restored to the original or similar language as presented on October 14. That <br />