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Overview <br />Water features and drainage systems are essential components <br />of the Town Center Master Plan. The pot.ential mix of ponds, <br />streams, fountains and other water elements will prov!de focal <br />amenities and year round activities within the framework of an <br />environmentally responsible, visually pleasing strategy to <br />manage stormwater. Water element, s are not intended to be <br />separate stand alone features, but instead should be intecjrated <br />with the variety of parks, trails and public open space proposed <br />for t,he Town Center. Water and landscape should be designed <br />and utitized within multipurpose areas that accommodate both <br />active and passive recreational use. <br /> <br />Guideline Recommendations <br />Blue .System guidelines not only define the overall role and <br />character of pubtic space, but also encourage each <br />development parcel to address the following: <br />· Create signature water features (ponds, pools, fountains, <br /> waterfalls, etc.) as major visual amenities throughout the <br /> Town Center <br />· Promote high quality, creative and appealing aesthetics for all <br /> blue system elements <br />· Inte§rate stormwater management, components (meeting <br /> both water quality and quantity requirement.s) <br />A great deal of time and effort has gone into the calculation and <br />design of a 'wat.ershed-based' st.ormwater management plan to <br />support Town Center development. While this overall strategy <br />addresses the water quant.ity issue for the entire Town Center <br />by providing st.orage and conveyance facilities for storm <br />events, individual development projects (block-by-block) have <br />an equal responsibility to meet water quality standards as a <br />primary goal: Each project should integrate a variety of <br />techniques, materials and methods (listed in the example5 <br />below) to promote multiple use, maximum flexibility, improved <br />aesthetics for parking areas, park spaces, drainage swales and <br />other site features, <br /> <br />Examples <br />Integration of water and landscape, design creativity, use of <br />high quatit.y materials and safety concerns are the critical <br />objectives to be met- the following examples illustrate only a <br />few of many possibilities: <br />· Innovative new products, such as special soil systems <br /> (Netlon, structured soils) and porous pavement.s, should be <br /> used t.o improve infiltration and water quality <br />· 'Green archit.ecture', expressed through green roofs, gray <br /> water recycling and other techniques should be included to <br /> reduce the impact of new development on s[ormwater systems <br />· Wat.er feature design should include both formal elements <br /> (such as reflecting pools or fountains) and natural/informal <br /> forms (such as ponds, streams, waterfalls) and should <br /> explore creative ways to integrate wet.land/rain garden <br /> landscapes with active, urban spaces. <br /> <br /> <br />