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Buckeye Farm Specific Plan Town of Minden Meeting December 2, 2020 ---PAGE BREAK--- Buckeye Farm Location • 1,044 acres • Land Use is Receiving Area • Zoning is A-19 and RA-5 ---PAGE BREAK--- Highlights • Using Transferable Development Rights, the project will protect over 9,000 acres of land in South Douglas County using conservation easements. • Of the 1,044 acres within the Specific Plan: • 448 acres are dedicated to farming, ranching and pasture areas. • 35 acres are dedicated to neighborhood and regional parks. • 106 acres dedicated to Village Farm Green Ways, Trails and Buffer Areas. • Of the 1,044 acres approved for development, most (56%) will be used for farms, trails, parks, public uses and open space. • Total Residential Unit Count within the Plan area is 2,218, with an average density of 4.87 units per acre for the village area with an overall average density of 2.1 units per acre. ---PAGE BREAK--- The Buckeye Farm Vision ---PAGE BREAK--- Open Space Concept ---PAGE BREAK--- Community Farms ---PAGE BREAK--- Gateway Farm ---PAGE BREAK--- Village Center and Teaching Farms ---PAGE BREAK--- Parks and Community Areas ---PAGE BREAK--- Park and Community Facilities ---PAGE BREAK--- Buckeye Preserve Area ---PAGE BREAK--- Buckeye Preserve Area • The Regional Park is intended to be a regional destination serving the greater Douglas County community with large event spaces. • Buckeye Creek Preserve is also intended to be a regional destination serving as a primary trailhead for the proposed Buckeye Creek Trail. ---PAGE BREAK--- Pasture/Flood Plain Buffer Areas • Passive stormwater management. • Permeable open space • Provides an agricultural buffer from adjacent developments. • Will be actively ranched by the Park family as pasture and may provide other agricultural opportunities to introduce fruit tree orchards or perennial agriculture crops in this zone in select areas. ---PAGE BREAK--- Greenway Trails ---PAGE BREAK--- Multi-Use “Ag Meander” ---PAGE BREAK--- Development Areas • Five Separate Neighborhoods – Each to be entitled as a separate Planned Development. • Interconnected with an 80’ wide trail system. • 38 acres of NC • 10 acres of MUC • 1632 SFR lots 6-9K sf • 350 TND lots 4-5k sf • 136 MFR Units (50 dedicated to Affordable Housing) • 100 MUC units ---PAGE BREAK--- Neighborhood Commercial ---PAGE BREAK--- Neighborhood Commercial ---PAGE BREAK--- Neighborhood Commercial ---PAGE BREAK--- Mixed-Use Commercial ---PAGE BREAK--- Multifamily Residential ---PAGE BREAK--- Residential Single-Family ---PAGE BREAK--- Residential Single-Family TND ---PAGE BREAK--- Phasing Plan ---PAGE BREAK--- • Questions?