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<br /> i r.W ~ q~ ~ i I ~ ~ I11' 'r „ ,i,,f .~.I I' <br /> Mlondav. pebruarv 23.1998 2:59:50 Pfvt (8081 967-829 <br /> ' ~ ~ <br /> ~I~~ ~ ! t'~ ~ ~ 'I I' F~tutie C,ta+3ell ~ I <br /> 6a p- rammusez3'7,bss4~f'fanr~esa~,~~,~ - <br /> ~ ~ ~ Box 6, Volaann, H+~~~ NJ1 96T35 <br /> ar, <br /> r' <br /> fax (3C~~1 b7-895 { <br /> ~ emaplanlo~inr~~hpg -~.Et„~,- ; L'tf, ~ <br /> ~ <br /> ~ ~afY717~~5 ~ `t ~ i <br /> '1 ~ , <br /> , <br /> G <br /> DATE: 2/18/98 <br /> TO: Counri~ Council <br /> FROM: Bonnie Goodell <br /> RE: Resolution 228-98 Statement of ~`alues fot• Sr:~S,taluabllit~~ <br /> I support this Resolution. It is particularlj important. tal~trn tt~e are in the process of retietring ' <br /> the Count} General Plan• for the Count; Council to g,s direction. <br /> :tan}' communities all o~ er the counu'} are in the same ltrocess of attempting to apple <br /> sustainability goals to "what do n'e do on :r Ionda~~7' This Reso represents the beginning of a <br /> process that man}' communities and organizations t~~ill need to examine their ot~ n efforts. right <br /> dott•n to the neighborhood let el. flan}' of them are o;~~am~ing right note' to ~t~ork t~~ith the <br /> Planning Department injust this tta;'. <br /> I hay e attached The :~hn'ahnee Principles. tehich are hein~ used b;' man~• communities all across <br /> the county} as the starting point for their on'n general plans. I hate net er seen a better statement <br /> of what is reall~~ meant at the communit}' level b}' sus:ainabilir;. I request that the County of <br /> Hatt~aii consider. as a Wert step. adopting the .ahtsahne~ Principles right att a~~ to give direction <br /> to the General Plan process. <br /> THE AHWAHNEE P,~?~.hIC~PLES <br /> Thz .-~h~cahnez Pnnciplzs ~czrz first rntroduczd in 1991 at a Local ~:-o rrrmnznt Cotnnusston cottference for zlzetzd <br /> officials at the ."lficahnee Hotel in 5"oszmitz \ational Park Sm e then they hay z brcomz a natronall} recognized <br /> set of land use pnnetples adoptzd b} man}' local gorentmznts to euldc then local platvring Thzt «zre authorzd <br /> b}' Petzr Calthorpz. \hchazl Corbett..yndres Duan}. Ehzabzth \ioulr. F.bzabzth Platzr-Z} bzrk and Stzphanos <br /> Pol} zotdzs. and zdrted b}' Jud} Corbett and Step e ~.\"ztsman <br /> PRE.~tiIBLE ~9 ~ I <br /> Existing patterns of urban and suburban det elopmem ~~iousl~,~ impair our qualir of life. Theme, <br /> s;'mptoms are: more congestion and air pollution resu,~iu;_ from our increased dependence on <br /> automobiles, the loss of precious open space. the nce~_i fer costli~ improvements to roads and <br /> public services. the inequitable distribution of econonu~~ n~sources. and the loss of a sense of _ <br /> a <br /> 8 ~ ~ <br /> c-7x6. f¢ <br /> <br />