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Site: Northside <br />Owner. Orange County <br />Acreage: 8.94 <br />Structures: Northside School, Orange County Pre- School <br />Topography: A 44 foot drop from east to west elevations, the site is already terraced with <br />prime buildable acreage to the east. <br />RCD: There is a resource conservation district on the western edge of the property, <br />no impact to the project would be expected. <br />Tax Value: $0 <br />This is the site of Northside School located between Caldwell and McMasters Street in the <br />middle of the Northside neighborhood. The site has served as a school location since being <br />built in 1924. Orange County. is the current owner of the property. Services now provided at <br />the site will be moving to other locations in the future freeing the site up for consideration. <br />The current Pre -K. operating on the site provided an addition to the school and currently <br />serves 50 -60 students. The immediate surrounding neighborhood has been changing over the <br />past years from a residential area to a UNC student housing area. There are currently 60 <br />elementary students living in the immediate area. <br />Pros <br />Challenges <br />If acquired from the County, land costs <br />Consideration for present Pre -K operation <br />would be minimal <br />would be required <br />Site is already terraced for construction <br />Careful consideration of attendance zones <br />would be required to meet Board <br />expectations for balance in SES and Free and <br />Reduced lunch <br />Utilities are already in place <br />Some demolition would probably be required <br />adding to construction costs <br />Entry from Caldwell and McMasters could <br />Consideration of historical nature of the <br />separate bus and walking traffic <br />building would be required. Lincoln Alumni <br />representative felt this could be accomplished <br />Natural walk zone exists with a complete • <br />In a Neighborhood Conservation District that <br />sidewalk network in place <br />would restrict the height of the buildings <br />This may be the only site in the central area <br />A prototype (Scruggs or Rashkis) would be <br />of either town that would ever be available <br />difficult to fit on the site <br />The SUP was approved on 12113/76 for <br />quasi - public use for institutional <br />or lions of an educational nature <br />School placement would be a positive to the <br />net borhood <br />C:\Documents and Settings\Adruinistrator \Desktop\04172008BoardAgenda\ .Site 3 <br />Selection. abstract.doc <br />