ATTACHMENT 2

MEMORANDUM

TO:	Mayor and Town Council
FROM:	Greenways Commission Glenn Parks, Chair
SUBJECT:	Recommendation to Adopt Changes to the Land Use Management Ordinance Regarding Provision of Recreation Requirements and Payments in Lieu
DATE:	February 25, 2009

The Commission voted unanimously (5-0) to recommend that the Council adopt the proposed changes to the Land Use Management Ordinance with the following suggested changes:

• Section 5.5.1: Insert language requiring Greenways Commission review if a development is located on or adjacent to a planned greenway.
• In Section 5.5.2(b)(2), Section 5.5.2(e)(3), and Section 5.5.2(g): Replace the words “Concept Plan” with “conceptual plan”.
• In Section 5.5.2(b)(3): Replace the first sentence with the following - Active Recreation areas and recreation spaces shall be conveniently accessible to all residents of the subdivision and, other than greenway pedestrian and non-motorized vehicle easements, shall have at least fifty (50) feet of frontage on at least one public street within the subdivision.
• Section 5.5.2(d)(3): Insert the word “greenway” in the list of items for which payments in lieu can be used.
• Section 5.5.2(e)(1): Retain the exemption, but remove the reasons.
• Section 5.5.2(h): Insert the word “greenway” in the list of items for which payments in lieu can be used.
• Definitions, Recreation Space: Add “Paved Greenway Trails” as an example of Recreation Space.
• Definitions, Recreation Space: Add “Unpaved Greenway Trails of a length that provides a meaningful recreation experience. Generally 3,000 linear feet or longer.” as an example of Recreation Space.

These recommendations are intended to strengthen the Town’s ability to provide for greenways through the recreation and payments in lieu provisions of the Town’s Land Use Management Ordinance.

Present:  Glenn Parks (Chair), Jim Earnhardt (Vice Chair) Christine Berndt, Mary Ann Freedman, and Sherry Graham. A quorum was present.  Absent: Mary Blake