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turn serves as the basic underpinning for future land <br />development and park and trail system planning <br />decisions throughout the city. Under this pretense, the <br />inherent structure of the city's ecological resources will <br />become a principle factor behind the ultimate form that <br />the city takes once development is complete. <br />Action Steps: <br />1) Establish and adopt the conceptual plan for an <br />interconnected greenway system that serves to link <br />key ecological communities together. <br />2) Utilize the greenway plan as the fundamental <br />underpinning for land use decisions, which includes <br />residential and commercial development as well as <br />parks and trails. <br />3) Routinely update the greenway system plan as more <br />detained information is gathered and inputted into <br />the GIS system.... <br />Section 4 — Environmental System <br />Framework <br />•.. This zone consists of largely upland <br />areas considered under various natural <br />vegetative cover types, such as oak <br />savannas, mesic forests, and prairie <br />remnants. <br />This zone refers to areas of the city that <br />fall outside the other two zones. <br />Greenway Zones and Their Interrelationship with <br />Community. Development <br />As the above map illustrates, three zones are identified within the <br />greenway <br />system. The following considers each of these. <br />Protected Zone: This zone largely consists of water bodies, wetlands and <br />parks that are protected from development under current regulatory <br />controls. <br />Under protected status, no development will occur. <br />High Ecological Value /Greenway Trail Corridor Zone: This zone consists of <br />largely upland areas as defined under various natural vegetative cover <br />types, <br />such as oak savannas, mesic forests, and prairie remnants. The zone <br />should be <br />viewed as an area where ecological protection opportunities are very high <br />and <br />that protection of these values should be a foremost consideration in the <br />development process. It is within this zone that protection strategies <br />such as <br />buffer systems, conservation easements, land trusts, and so forth can be <br />• <br />17apxc &J'sxpsanov_BoapS XtrLoglltvo_laKeo <br />