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Comprehensive Plan Amendment Hardwood Creek LLC page 6 • There is more trail corridor than the park plan shows: this will facilitate walking and biking within the site and connect to future trails outside the site. • There is more open space than the park plan shows. • Open space includes several small parks for neighborhood play activities. • Implementation of other elements of park system plan: • Natural Resource Protection Area: preservation of wetland area along 20th Ave. • Natural Resource Conservation Area: will create a buffer around the wetland (also an important directive of the AUAR mitigation plan) • Natural Resource Enhancement Area: the new trail & open space corridor will create features which don't now exist, providing numerous ecological benefits: o creates "natural" open space by planting native species o native species promote filtration and infiltration of water, improving water quality and also o creates habitat for numerous species To ensure the long term health of these elements, we would require mechanisms similar to what we created for the Foxborough conservation development: • conservation easements over key ecological areas • long term stewardship plan including funding and specified responsibilities of the homeowner association(s), the commercial properties association(s), and the City It would be impossible to create such a large open space and trail network, and the funding and implementation mechanisms, if the area were to develop a piece at a time. A 40 -acre or 80 -acre development would not be able to supply such environmental and recreational amenities. This is one of the advantages of large scale, master -plan development. 4) General Location of Residential and Non - Residential Land Uses with Approximate Type and Intensities of Development. Single family and multi - family residential areas are shown on the concept plan. The early concept plan showed housing over approximately 150 to 170 acres. Commercial uses in the southeast portion of the site would comprise 55 to 70 acres. After city council discussions, a revised concept plan reduced the number of multi - family units and includes some "single- level" units (main floor living area with lower -level walkout). This reduced the total number of dwelling units to about 1150. The conditions of approval in the ordinance include a maximum number of dwelling units, a maximum residential density, and a minimum commercial acreage. The specifics of the development layout will be reviewed with a PUD application.