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high ecological value zone and the ecological enhancement zone are to become substantive parts of the greenway system. Conventional land eldevelopment practices, which respond to local zoning codes and ordinances, do not offer enough flexibility or incentives for developers to set aside lands for open space beyond that required through regulatory action, such as wetland ordinances and park dedications. Instead, a more ecologically sensitive approach to development will have to be adopted to achieve this end. Section 7 considers this issue in greater detail. The second point is that should these natural resource lands be set aside in a greenway system, the city and land owners will have a greater responsibility for their long -term stewardship At the city level, this will require a fundamental evaluation of the organization structure at the staff and political levels and the recognition that adequate resources (man power and funding) will have to be directed at resource restoration and management programs if a sustainable resource quality is to be achieved. Interrelationship of Greenways with Parks and Trails The conceptual idea of the greenway system as presented here is a natural outgrowth of the existing park and trail system plan for the city. The Alkexisting lOrplan makes numerous references to the development of a greenway system for its natural values as well as providing the conduit for a city -wide linear trail corridor system. In many respects, the existing park and trail plan was part of the community visioning process that manifested itself in the Integrating the Greenway System with the Park and Trail System Plan The defines the overall plan for the city's parks and trails and establishes the parameters for its implementation. The plan remains the basic underpinning for the park and trail system and should still be used as the basis for planning future parks and trails. As part of the planning process for this manual, the city -wide park and trail 411system plan was overlaid on the greenway system map shown in figure 4.2. This combination illustrates how the linear trail corridors and Hapxo_ &_Pczpearzov- Boap5_ Xzrz_o0 Azvo AaKecr 10