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1 l <br /> Defmihons <br /> Several terms relating to Conservation Design and ecological fieldwork will be used, <br /> throughout this document. The following definitions are provided to promote <br /> understanding. <br /> Conservation Desi�n: A two-phased approach to design and development that <br /> maintains or improves ecological assets,provides <br />� infrastructure that works with the land, and incorporates <br /> peoples' instinctive desire to experience nature. Some <br /> � Conservation Design strategies include: identifying and <br /> avoiding sensitive,natural features,planning roads along <br /> contours, allowing lots to border natural open space, . <br /> integrating ecoiogical stormwater management,using smaller <br /> lots, and educating developer and buyers about the ecological <br /> . values of the landscape. The first phase entails an inventory <br /> and analysis of the potential development sites natural <br /> features, existing land uses, and wetland delineation. The <br /> . second phase entails analyzing the design implications of the <br /> findings from the initial phase, alternative stormwater design, <br /> . . and a conceptual design for road and lot layouts. <br /> Minnesota Land Cover The Minnesota Land Cover Classification System (MLCCS) <br /> Classi cation Svstem displays data on natural/semi-natural and cultural cover types <br /> at the highest level of classification. The next four levels of <br /> MLCCS : classification each reveal further specifications such as plant <br /> types, soil hydrology, impervious surfaces and plant species. <br /> Using MLCCS data is the first step in producing a natural <br /> resource inventory of a development site. . <br /> Ecolo_gical. eldwork: The on-site work of an ecologist to deternune the types of <br /> conditions of natural resources in a specific area. <br /> Ecolo,gical character: Elements of the natural landscape unique to the City of <br /> . � Orono, Lake Minnetonka, and its environs -including <br /> wetlands,native vegetation, topography, etc. <br /> Ecolog�ical communities: Natural and semi-natural areas that provide a variable degree <br /> of wildlife habitat and ecological services/functions based on <br /> tlieir species composition, vegetation structure;and level of <br /> disturbance. <br /> City of Orono DSU, Inc <br /> Draft CPA 2 August, 2005 <br />