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• <br />Amending Growth Management Policy <br />page 8 <br />4. If, at the discretion of the City Council, a development proposal does not demonstrate <br />that significant public values are being realized above and beyond those achievable <br />under a conventional development approach, then the provisions of Section 2 apply. <br />5. Recommendations to approve a development proposal by the Environmental Board, <br />Park Board, and Planning and Zoning Board will be part of demonstrating that <br />significant public values are being realized. <br />Amendment Option 2: <br />3. The growth management policy allows the City Council reasonable discretion to <br />approve housing units in any given year in excess of the stipulated growth limits of <br />Section 2, paragraphs 4, 5, and 7 of this ordinance in cases where a conservation <br />development proposal results in significant and discernable public values above and <br />beyond those achievable under conventional development. <br />The project must still have a phasing plan, but the final platting of lots /units can be <br />advanced by two years so that phases one, two and three could be final platted in year <br />one, phase four units then could be final platted in year two, and so on. The <br />maximum number of lots /units in the City for Stage 1 shall still apply. <br />• The public values include, but are not limited to: <br />• Preserving more natural open space than required under current ordinances and <br />development policies <br />• Reducing the extent of impervious surfaces and size of the development footprint <br />• Restoring /enhancing ecological systems on the site as part of the development <br />process <br />• Protecting off -site ecological systems through increased buffering <br />• Ensuring long -term natural resource stewardship through an endowment program <br />sponsored by the Developer <br />• Providing public park and trail opportunities consistent with or in excess of the <br />System Plan <br />• Managing stormwater (flow rates and quality) using natural infiltration and <br />ecologically -based approaches <br />• • Preserving the open space aesthetic to which community residences have become <br />accustomed <br />