4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE CONTROLS

As discussed in the previous sections, various measures have been taken in design preparation to avoid or minimize potential adverse environmental impacts. These measures are specifically addressed for individual resource items (i.e., water quality).

In general, the following steps have been taken in order to avoid or minimize adverse environmental impacts:

1. Utilization of public water and sewer facilities to service the proposed homes to protect water quality and minimize groundwater withdrawal impacts.
2. The small scale infiltration basins for recharge of runoff and filtering of stormwater runoff pollutants to minimize water quality and flood control impacts to ground water and surface waters.
3. As stated above, details of these steps are provided within the previous section.

5.0 COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS

The applicant and its consultants have made every effort possible to design and plan this residential community in concert with the existing and surrounding natural resources.

The project will require the following irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources as well as produce the following unavoidable impacts:

1. Increased utilization of municipal services such as solid waste disposal, recycling, water supply and schools by potential population increase.
2. Increased utilization of energy such as electricity and natural gas.
3. Decrease in air quality due to increased traffic.

Compliance with all state, local and municipal regulations shall be demonstrated by the necessity to obtain all required approvals prior to the commencement of construction.