Sprawl, in general, is a problem. The major solution here is better land-use planning.

Any problem can be made clearer with a picture, and any picture can be created using the same set of tools and rules.

I see this as a win-win solution. First, we retain ownership which keeps the land permanently within the public domain and thus available for all future generations. Second, the Utopia Grist Mill Committee will have an opportunity to continue pursuing its vision of restoring the mill.

It's very difficult to see a solution until the illegal armed groups stop sowing these land mines. If this continues, we'll become a country of mutilated.

The basic result that is expected to come out of the place based process is land use planning.

In retrospect, basing (subdivision review) on lot size was not a very good idea. You shouldn't base land use planning on that. Now you have 20-acre tracts all over the place.