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importance of buffers in mitigating the impact of residential <br />development on wildlife inhabiting the significant natural area. The <br />Carolina darter found in the Clarke Creek wetland complex is <br />officially designated as a "species of special concern ". The National <br />Wildlife Federation has certified Concord as a Community Wildlife <br />Habitat on Earth Day 2015. The North Carolina Wildlife Federation, in <br />partnership with the City of Concord, formed the Concord Wildlife <br />Alliance in 2014. Remaining open space adjoining the Clarke Creek <br />Significant Natural Heritage Area is increasingly scarce. The North <br />Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has developed land use planning <br />tools collectively known as the Green Growth Toolbox for use by local <br />planning officials and staff. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources <br />Commission has developed a Wildlife Friendly Development certification <br />program for residential subdivisions; and <br />WHEREAS, respondents in the Cabarrus County 2010 and 2014 community <br />surveys documented that protecting water quality and the environment <br />was one of their top four priorities for community issues that <br />community leaders must address. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Cabarrus Soil and Water <br />Conservation District Board: <br />1. Request that the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners adopt <br />this resolution and join them in calling on the City of Concord <br />Council to adopt a similar resolution; and <br />2. That the city and county work collaboratively to establish a <br />conservation overlay district to protect the state - designated, <br />regionally- important Clarke Creek Heron Rookery Significant <br />Natural Heritage Area prior to making any further decisions on <br />annexations, rezoning's and /or plan approvals; and <br />3. That city and county planners encourage developers to grant un- <br />fragmented, permanent conservation easements to Cabarrus SWCD to <br />protect riparian /wetland /wildlife habitat buffers surrounding the <br />natural area; <br />4. That city and county planners encourage developers to incorporate <br />low impact development measures and other best practices called <br />for in the Upper Rocky River Local Watershed Plan; and <br />5. That city and county planners encourage developers to develop any <br />future parcels in ways that result in Wildlife Friendly <br />Development certification by the NC Wildlife Resources <br />Commission. <br />Adopted this 18th day of June, 2015. <br />F -8 Page 114 <br />_V4abXa <br />00CA4, <br />Vicky P. Porter, <br />Chair <br />Cabarrus Soil and <br />Water Conservation <br />District <br />ATTEST: <br />�61__ • <br />k � <br />Hannah L. Hursey, Clerk to <br />the Board <br />Attachment number 2 <br />F -8 Page 114 <br />