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_..~.. .+~ ~ i.~KVrs. U 28 U .J U u V tJ U Creek at an oxbow near Turkey Farm Road. The 100-year floodplain on Old Field Creek and New Hope Creek is indicated on the Preliminary Plan. All three streams are included on the greenways strategy in the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan as well as being suggested wildlife corridors in the Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Orange County, North Carolina. The width for wildlife corridors recommended in the inventory is ] 00 meters (328 feet} on each side of a creek. Old Field Creek conned the Oosting Natural Area, 162 acres of Class 2 Research Project Land," with wildlife movement along New Hope Creek that also flows through the Korstian Division of Duke Forest extending from Turkey Farm Road to Erwin Road near the Durham County line. The Oosting Natural Area as defined in the Inventory of Natural Areas also includes a portion of the bottomland and adjacent slopes on the Creek Wood properCy. The zoning of the property is Rural Buffer (Flexible Development does not apply in the Rural Buffer). The applicant has coordinated with Triangle Land Conservancy to propose a cluster subdivision featuring 64 lots on 139.1 acres with 265.20 acres of open space. An additional 58.60 acres adjacent to Mt. Sinai Road are reserved for future development. The average lot size is 2 acres; the minimum lot size proposed is 1.1 acre. The lots will be served by individual septic systems and a community water system. Seven lots will have septic easements. The open space is approxunately 57 percent of the 462-acre tract. The minimum open space required is 92 acres (20% of 462 acres). Early in the design process, Triangle Land Conservancy identified the areas that were most critical to protecK. The 265 acres that will be owned and managed by Triangle Land Conservancy follow the stream valleys described above including floodplain and adjacent slopes. The proposed open space also adjoins the existing recreation area for Stoneridge Subdivision. The 139 acres to be developed for 641ots is located on the upland portion of the site. Access to the lots will be provided by a new public road system featuring a collector road with entrances on Whitfield Road and Turkey Farm Road. Approximately 371ots will access the collector road from four cul de sacs. The Planning Boatel unanimously approved the Concept Plan for this subdivision under the name of the Johnston Trust Property on September 2, 1998. Two lots have been deleted and lat lines have been adjusted at the request of the Triangle Land Conservancy and to obtain Heahh Department approval Otherwise, the subdivision layout is the same as approved on the Concept Plan. The Planning Staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plan for Creek Wood Subdivision per the Resolution of Approval (copy an attachment to these minutes on pages ). Katz, noting that the surrounding neighborhood also has community wells, asked if there had been any consideration to tap into a different acquifer so there would be no concern with the well going dry. Jack Smyre,