8-13D-9-5: EXISTING CONDITIONS OVERVIEW:

The predevelopment conditions section of this specific plan is a comprehensive overview of the existing conditions at Hidden Springs. This information has been compiled through the efforts of a team of planning and technical consultants that represent a wide range of expertise. Combining national experience with a strong local familiarity in their respective fields, these planners, landscape architects, engineers, archaeologists, geologists, economists, attorneys, and natural resource specialists have all integrated their work to develop the background reports, maps and diagrams included herein. Each piece of information was developed through extensive agency coordination, field review, public input, and background research by the individual team members.

As part of this process, much of the critical existing natural, cultural, and environmental components of Hidden Springs have been mapped and diagrammed through computer technology and a database available in geographic information systems (GIS). This material was subsequently overlaid and composited into an analysis that identified the opportunities and limitations at Hidden Springs, providing the foundation for many of the critical land use strategies for the planning and development of Hidden Springs.

(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)