Consequently,theApplicationdoesnotprovideanyevidencetoconformtothe <br />requirementsofCriterionEC9.8320(1)PolicyA.20to“encourage”housing“ofalltypes” <br />especially“forlowincomehouseholds.”Therefore,theApplicationshouldbedenied. <br />EnvironmentalDesignElement <br />PolicyE.2Naturalvegetation,naturalwaterfeaturesanddrainage-waysshall <br />beprotectedandretainedtothemaximumextentpractical.Landscapingshall <br />beutilizedtoenhancethosenaturalfeatures.… <br />Applicationstates(p.22of67):“Approximately33%(onethird)ofthedevelopmentsiteis <br />protectedfromdirectimpactsofdevelopment,whileaccommodatingcompacturbangrowth <br />directlyadjacenttoexistingserviceswithintheUGB.”Wecontendthatnoneoftheclaims <br />linkedtogetherinthisstatementareaccurate. <br />(1)TheproposedCHPUDsiteofroughly13.6acrescontainswoodedareaswithsteep, <br />unbuildableslopes.TheApplicationvariouslyproposes“areas”or“zones”tobe“dedicatedto <br />openspace”and“conservation”or“preservation.”However,theexactamountsarevariously <br />statedas:“over30%”(p.15),“approximately33%(onethird)”(p.22),“over33%”(p.33,p. <br />62),“almost1/3”(p.36),“atleast1/3”(p.37),“athird”(p.57,p.58),“approximately30%.” <br />(p.66). <br />Regardlessoftheamount,thereisnoguaranteethattheseareaswouldnotbedirectlyimpacted <br />byinitialharvestingtreestoclearsiteforcutandfillforroadconstruction,utilities,lotsand <br />commonspaces;orsubsequentcuttingtreesonlotsforbuildingsandotherhabitablespace.But <br />notethatApplicationisdeceptivelylimitingitsresponseto“directimpacts.”Itignoresincreased <br />probabilitiesofindirectimpactsontheintegrityofremainingforestedareasduetoexposureto <br />winddamageandsoilinstabilityandonthegeologicalhazardsonandadjacenttothesite\[See <br />EC9.8320(2),p.18,(4),p.47,(10)(d),p.106,and 10(k),p.127,whichincludes EC9.8300 <br />(1)(e),andReportofForester,AttachmentH\]. <br />(2)TheproposedCHPUDisnot“directlyadjacenttoexistingserviceswithintheUGB.”Itis <br />notnearadequateexistingutilitiesandinfrastructure.EWEB’sfinalletter(January15,2018) <br />requiresa“RestrictiveCovenant”tobeissued“makingdevelopmentcontingentonthenew <br />infrastructurebeingfundedandoperational.”Anewpumpingstationisrequiredtoremedythe <br />insufficientcapacityforneeded“domesticandfireflows”fortheproposedCHPUD\[See EC <br />9.8320(1)PolicyA.10 and EC9.8300(1)(a)under EC9.8320(10)(k)\]. <br />(3)Ifby“services,”Applicationintends“employmentorcommercialservices,inproximityto <br />majortransportationsystems”\[asunder PolicyA.11\],itdoesnotsatisfythatcriterioneither. <br />Consequently,theApplicationdoesnotmeetCriterionEC9.8320(1)PolicyE.2and <br />shouldbedenied. <br />16 <br /> <br />