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17.5 ESEE Conclusions and Recommendations <br /> Sites E37 H (S Hills at Upper Owl Road); E37I (S Hills at St. Clair); E37J (S Hills at <br /> Lower Owl Road /Fox Hollow); E37K (S Hills at Canyon Drive /Fox Hollow), E37L (S <br /> Hills at Center Way); E37M (S Hills at Dillard); AMA -13 (Owl Road wetland) <br /> 17.5.1 Conclusions and Recommendations on Allowing /Limiting /Prohibiting Uses <br /> The OARs require local governments to determine whether to allow, limit, or prohibit <br /> identified conflicting uses for Goal 5 resource sites, based on the ESEE analysis. 660 -023- <br /> 0040 (5). A local government may decide that: 1) a site is of such importance that conflicting <br /> uses should be prohibited; or 2) that both the resource site and the conflicting uses are <br /> important relative to each other and, therefore, conflicting uses should be allowed in a limited <br /> way; or that 3) conflicting uses should be allowed fully. This section summarizes the <br /> conclusions and recommendations on the above sites. Additional conclusions and <br /> recommendations for the above sites are contained in Section 5, Conclusions and <br /> Recommendations. <br /> (1) South Hills at Upper Owl Road (E37H): <br /> Limiting conflicting uses recommended. Based on key resource characteristics, this site <br /> (E37H) is a relatively higher quality site. The riparian area is relatively intact, with primarily <br /> native species, and high vegetative and structural diversity. The steepness of the riparian area <br /> also makes it valuable for erosion control and protection of downstream water quality. The <br /> three segments of the stream make the site relatively lengthy, but it is no longer a continuous <br /> habitat to the Amazon. Based on these resource characteristics and the ESEE analysis above, <br /> limiting most conflicting uses is recommended for this site. The resource values provided by <br /> the site are more important to the community as a whole, than the conflicting uses that would <br /> occur here. The negative economic, social, environmental and energy consequences of fully <br /> allowing conflicting uses within these sites outweigh the positive consequences. The positive <br /> economic, social, environmental and energy consequences of prohibiting conflicting uses <br /> within this site outweigh the negative consequences. However, limiting most conflicting uses <br /> would adequately protect the resource while allowing for some uses with minimal impacts to <br /> the resource. Therefore, the positive economic, social, environmental and energy <br /> consequences of limiting conflicting uses within these sites outweigh the negative. The positive <br /> economic, social, environmental and energy consequences of limiting conflicting uses <br /> outweigh the positive consequences that would result if all conflicting uses were prohibited. <br /> Therefore, limiting conflicting uses is recommended for these sites. <br /> (2) South Hills at St. Clair (E37I): <br /> Limiting conflicting uses recommended. Although portions of the riparian area in this site <br /> (E37 I) have been disturbed by clearing and driveways, it provides viable riparian habitat, <br /> including a continuous canopy of native trees, a moderately intact riparian understory. The <br /> steepness of the surrounding slopes also makes this riparian area valuable for protecting <br /> downstream water quality in Amazon Creek from sedimentation. The site by itself is not <br /> lengthy, but it ends approximately 2 blocks from Amazon Creek, where the undeveloped <br /> portion of the school property extends down to the creek. Based on these key resource <br /> characteristics, this is a relatively higher quality site. Based on that, and the ESEE analysis <br /> above, the importance of the site is greater than the conflicting uses that would otherwise occur <br /> ESEE Analysis Page 12 <br />