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remain consistent, therefore remaining consistent with the TIA that has been submitted. In <br />addition to that, there are bus drop-off locations identified inside the project, and we welcome <br />input from committees or groups that are working with mass transit plans within the area to try <br />and coordinate with those strategic plans. <br />This is the main entrance here, this is a full access entrance -lefts in and out and rights <br />in and out - it is signalized, and it will be the main artery into the development. From that point, <br />we would anticipate that there will be a left or right movement into District II or District III. <br />Certainly, the size of this main road in is more than likely as depicted in the sections that are in <br />your report, afour-lane section with a median, bike lanes, and crossovers. At some point that <br />will probably be narrowed down to a two-lane facility as it reaches the back. We've shown a <br />proposed stub-out and connectivity to the next parcel there at the easternmost point of the <br />project. The drive just to the north of the main entrance at Buckhorn is a right in/right out. We <br />envision that there would be a divided median on Buckhorn Road for some distance from the <br />interchange. That right in/right out driveway will obviously only allow the outward movement to <br />the north or an inward to the site coming from the south. We anticipate connectivity or <br />alignment in some fashion with the Petro driveways, which we will investigate as we go forward. <br />The southernmost entrance is, like Tyson indicated earlier, left outright out and potentially just a <br />right in, no left in. That also is probably athree-lane section, which is in your report. As far as <br />further circulation, we're just showing driveways and streets that somewhat traverse throughout <br />each district to provide access. Those are things that I alluded to earlier that may or may not be <br />exactly in the same location as the site plan. <br />UTILITY PLAN <br />Mr. Hutchins introduced the letter from the City of Mebane earlier. We met with the City <br />of Mebane as well as County staff and the County Engineer. As I alluded to earlier, the master <br />plan for water and sewer infrastructure in this area, we are complying with the future buildout of <br />that infrastructure. We have a phased utility plan in respect to the potentially phased <br />development, which means that we will step into the full buildout of the water and sewer. We <br />will initially probably work off a temporary pump station for up to about 165-185,000 square feet. <br />That temporary pump station would pump to an outfall just west of Buckhorn Road. At some <br />point in time after that, upon development of the next stages, we would install the ten-inch <br />gravity main that crosses from the Buckhorn property cross-country to the Gravelly School <br />pump station. That is in compliance with the master plan that is referred to in the design <br />manual. That ten-inch line will be a gravity line that wilt serve the entire buildout of Buckhorn <br />Village. The Gravelly pump station will have moderate upgrades to allow that station to facilitate <br />what we anticipate being 180,000 to 200,000 gallons per day of wastewater. That full capacity <br />will be pumped up an existing six-inch force main that is along West Ten Road at this point in <br />time, and will be further extended from West Ten/Buckhorn to a regional pump station that is <br />just west of the site on Bowman Road. The City of Mebane is, I believe, finishing that project <br />within the next month or so. It is a large regional pump station that would handle this and much <br />more capacity. Water line service for predominantly fire flow is the problem with the site. We <br />need to have probably around 2,500 gallons per minute for fire flow service. In discussion with <br />Daryl Russell and the City of Mebane, we will extend an approximately 16-inch water line from <br />the northern side of I-85 coming from the Washington Street area, and it will be taken down <br />Buckhorn Road, crossing over I-85, and connecting in to an existing 12-inch line just adjacent to <br />the site. That should provide sufficient fire flow and water capacity. <br />Mr. Hutchins called Roger Perry to provide testimony on sustainability, site selection, etc. <br />