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• Encourage a variety of social opportunities for residents. 2. Maintain the unique rural quality and small town feel of the community through thoughtful planning. Strategies: • Encourage development that preserves open spaces and creates connections to natural areas. • Develop Downtown Hugo as a livable, pedestrian -friendly town center within the City of Hugo. • Maintain and enhance the quality of development through the design and performance standards. • Encourage a sense of community by maintaining and creating distinct neighborhoods. • Identify areas within the community that could benefit from special plans or more study. • Identify areas that have conflicting land uses and develop solutions to mitigate current and future problems. • Develop and create safe road patterns and traffic calming measures to establish safety for all modes of transportation. • Maximize public service efficiencies through effective planning and management practices at the local level. • Encourage and utilize citizen participation in the local decision-making processes. • Maintain open spaces, natural resources and viewsheds that contribute to the character of the community. LAND USE AND GROWTH 3. Maintain a diversity of land uses that allows for urban development while preserving rural and agricultural lands. Strategies: • Promote urban development in areas where public infrastructure is available to support such development. • Prepare and adopt a land use plan that designates compatible land uses to minimize conflicts as development occurs. • Provide transitions between rural and urban areas through zoning and other performance standards. • Promote continued commercial -agricultural use of the land and prevent the decline of agriculture in the City's economy. • Maintain options for agricultural landowners to develop their property. • Protect the ability for existing rural non-farm lifestyles to co -exist in an agricultural setting. • Create a land use plan that supports the preservation of natural resources and permanent open space. Chapter 3 3-2 Policy Plan C40"