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Planning Commission Minutes — April 27, 2006 <br />Page 3 <br />would maintain it for five years after maturity. The management preservation plans would be part of <br />the development documents. <br />Rosenquist asked if this plan would be made known to the homeowners up front. Thompson said it <br />would. <br />Schumann asked about future maintenance of the outlot. <br />Thompson agreed a lifelong plan was necessary. <br />Hoffbeck said the developer needed to put it into a conservation easement and have it filed. A trust <br />fund was important and the developer should put an endowment there. The program needed to be <br />funded indefinitely. <br />The CDD explained there was a management plan done by Critical Connections Ecological Services <br />who specialize in this type of work. The plan would be to establish restoration and a schedule for the <br />HOA to maintain it. The ordinance did not address indefinite endowments. <br />McRoberts questioned who was going to do it and how it was going to be funded. <br />Kleissler said she felt a trust should be established because it was hard to maintain a small HOA. She <br />also said that Rural Preservation should not be considered park property. <br />Schumann said the intent of the ordinance was to preserve the natural state of the open space. It has <br />been nothing but in its natural state and establishing a plan seemed almost unnatural. <br />Bailly was not too worried about the HOA but she questioned the density bonuses. She said it did not <br />seem like it was significant open space, was not impressed by the existing trails, and felt a trail to the <br />pond would be more appropriate. <br />McRoberts had issues with the homes being crammed into a corner and no access to the north open <br />space. <br />Kleissler said she did not think the plan reflected the intention of the ordinance. The septic area should <br />not be considered open space and she could not agree with three of the four density bonuses. There <br />were too many loose ends to move the plan forward. <br />Schumann said the items talked about were clearly in the ordinance and verified by City Council <br />interpretation. He did not have a problem with it. <br />Hoffbeck said the character of the open space would change when the public started using it. A trust <br />would ensure it remained open space. It would be enforced by someone outside the HOA. It was <br />complicated and needed to be done right. It would be setting precedence and it needed to be <br />guaranteed into perpetuity. <br />Rosenquist questioned whether there would be a liability issue with opening it to the public, and he did <br />not feel they met the density requirements. <br />McRoberts pointed out sections in the ordinance addressing open space, and felt requirements had not <br />