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Mountain House Specific Plan III ........................................................................................................................................................................ Resource Conservation Minimize impact on sensitive environmental resources. • Preserve and enhance wetlands and riparian areas within the project including wetlands along Mountain House Creek and Dry Creek. • Incorporate effective and feasible energy and water conservation techniques and procedures into the development. Minimize and/or mitigate regional and site impacts to the extent possible by meeting the requirements of the Mitigation Monitoring Program. Protect sensitive environmental and visual resources at the community's edges by establishing effective buffers along the northern boundary with Old River, the southern boundary with I-205,and the eastern and western boundaries with agricultural lands. a • Maintain and enhance the habitat resources of Mountain House Creek as a park and wildlife corridor through the community. Minimise air quality impacts by providing for more efficient transportation systems and neighborhood design and services. Source for Sections 2.3 through 2.9: Mountain House Master Plan, 1994,as amended 2005,pages 2.2 to 2.7. 2.3 Specific Plan III Neighborhood Vision ` The neighborhood vision for Specific Plan III is unique within Mountain House. Specific Plan III combines the best aspects of master-planned development providing a mix of historic housing styles with the landscaping and open spaces of long established neighborhoods. The design character is also heavily influenced by the constraints created by the electrical and pipeline transmission corridors that crisscross the planning area, which also present the opportunity to use the corridors for an open space and trail system to serve residents of Specific Plan III (see Figure 7-1). r. The area south of Grant Line Road combines Neighborhoods A and B into a single neighborhood with a community college campus, community park, consolidated neighborhood center,and abundant open spaces. Neighborhood A/B has two open space corridors that cross near the center of the planning area linking its residential areas together with its schools,neighborhood parks and community park. This provides for an intricate system of pedestrian and bicycle trails providing safe access to schools and parks i with minimal street crossings. The area of Specific Plan III north of Grant Line Road in Neighborhood D is designed to be harmonious with the community character of both Neighborhood A/B and Neighborhood D which is partially within Draft 03114/05 2-5 ........................................................................................................................................................................... r