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arediscussedbrieflybelowandreiteratedinspecificoptionsdiscussedundertheÒPlanningÓ,ÒStreetsÓ, <br />andÒParksandOpenSpaceÓchaptersofthisWhitePaper <br />-IntheRiverRoadandSantaClaracommunities,ÒgreenfrastructureÓ <br />OptionNo.1:StreetDrainage <br />surfacewatermanagementsolutionscanÒbackstopÓsomeoftheruralstreetscapepreservationideas <br />discussedelsewhereinthisWhitePaper.Oneoptionisretentionofopendrainageditches-re-constituted <br />asbio-swales-thatprovideformanywaterqualityandquantitybenefitsthatarelostorthathavetobe <br />engineeredinconventionalpipedsolutionstostormwaterrun-off.Adoptionofsuchstandardswould <br />complimentanychangesinstreetsectionstandardsthatpreserveruralstreetappearance. <br />-AnotheriterationofÒgreenfrastructureÓ <br />OptionNo.2:IntegrationwithOpenSpacePreservation <br />solutionsapproachesistoincorporatewaterquality/quantitytreatmentorretentionpondsdirectlyinto <br />openspaceandparkfacilities,helpingtocontrolwaterflowsandqualitywhilealsoprovidinganopen <br />spaceandvisualamenity.Thepreservationandrestorationofstreamsandothernaturalwaterfeatures, <br />riparianzones,wetlands,100-yearfloodplain,andnaturaldrainagesystemsalsocanmakesignificant <br />contributionstowaterqualityandfloodmanagementwithoutresortingtoÒengineeredÓsolutions. <br />RiverRoad/SantaClaraCommunityTransitionProject40 <br />TransitionandHeritageWhitePaperMay2006 <br /> <br />