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® HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN 6.10 COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES (CF -1) Consider this Harrisburg Area Land Use Plan in the creation and updating of all plans for community and facilities and services. ■ Meet with school board representatives to discuss the Harrisburg Area Plan, once adopted, so that this plan may serve as input into the next school facilities plan update(s). In public safety (i.e., police, fire and emergency medical service), maintaining or improving the response times (particularly for ISO ratings) is critical as growth continues. Update the service areas and facilities plans for public safety to ensure level of service needs are met. (CF -2) Encourage the integration of community facilities into existing and proposed development. ■ Thoughtfully integrate churches, schools and libraries into the built environment to complement other compatible uses and serve as a focal point in a neighborhood and the broader community. o Integrate smaller facilities that serve one neighborhood or several neighborhoods into a new or existing development so that walking and (W bicycling are the preferred methods of travel to the facility. The facility should be centrally located and accessible via several routes. o Direct larger facilities, serving multiple neighborhoods or the entire community, to be accessible from at least two collector streets as well as the non - motorized transportation network. Just as existing community facilities are the destinations of the conceptual system of greenways, multi -use trails, and pedestrian ways (See Appendix C.), proposed facilities should be located adjacent to segments of the network, or the proposal should include extensions of the non - motorized network to the site. Locate community facilities such that a full complement of public services and infrastructure is available to protect and support the facility upon opening, to the extent needed by the facility. Proposals for facilities that do not meet this standard should demonstrate plans in place to achieve it, or the proposing entity should be engaged by the Town and the County to achieve this standard. The Town and the County should engage community facility providers during the site selection process to the extent practicable. o Locate Town and County facilities on land well suited to the facility proposed to alleviate need to extensive clearing, grading, and filling that would disrupt or destroy natural and cultural resources. Athletic fields, for instance, should be located on flat lands with some capacity to permeate rainwater, and new structures should not be located in floodplains. PART VI: RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AUGUST 2010 Attachment number 1 G -1 Page 386