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July 20, 2015 (Regular Meeting) Page 2489 Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. This grant can provide up to $10,000.00 in funding to update county and municipal land use plans and planning ordinances to incorporate green growth tools. Municipalities within Cabarrus County are being invited to participate in the initiative. Projects must provide an in -kind, non - federal match and those that can provide a 25 to 50 percent in -kind match from non - federal sources are preferred. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Shue, seconded by Commissioner Honeycutt and unanimously carried, the Board approved the grant application contingent upon sufficient in -kind match being provided by participating partners and to approve the resolution supporting the protection of Cabarrus County's Significant Natural Heritage Areas. Resolution No. 2015 -15 RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CONSERVATION OF SIGNIFICANT NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS WHEREAS, the Yadkin Pee - Dee River Basinwide Water Quality Plan was revised by the State of North Carolina in 2008; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Action Plan was published by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission in 2005; and WHEREAS, An Inventory of the Significant Natural Areas of Cabarrus County, North Carolina was published in 2002 with funding by Cabarrus County and the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, the Upper Rocky River Local Watershed Plan released by the State of North Carolina in 2004; and WHEREAS, Soil Survey of Cabarrus County, North Carolina was published in 1988 with local, state and federal funding; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has developed land use planning tools collectively known as the Green Growth Toolbox for use by local planning officials and staff in addition to the development of a Wildlife Friendly Development certification program for residential subdivisions; and WHEREAS, respondents in the Cabarrus County 2010 and 2014 community surveys documented that protecting water quality and the environment was one of their top four priorities for community issues that community leaders must address. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners: 1. That the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners joins the Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District Board in calling on all municipal councils in the county to adopt similar resolutions; and 2. That the county will work collaboratively with municipalities to establish conservation overlay districts to protect state - designated Significant Natural Heritage Areas prior to making any further decisions on annexations, rezonings, and /or plan approvals; and 3. That county planners will encourage developers to grant un- fragmented, permanent conservation easements to Cabarrus SWCD to protect riparian /wetland /wildlife habitat buffers surround the natural areas and waterbodies; 4. That county planners encourage developers to incorporate low impact development measures and other best practices; and 5. That county planners encourage developers to work with designers on projects that result in Wildlife Friendly Development certifications by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission 6. That the County joins with Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District in applying for grant funding from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to update local land use plans and ordinances to incorporate Green Growth Tools. Adopted this the 20th day of July, 2015. /s/ Stephen M. Morris Stephen M. Morris, Chairman