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M <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Robin W. Blanton, PE, Manager of Engineering, Piedmont EMC <br />Robert Davis, Current Planning Supervisor <br />Glenn Bowles, Planner ff <br />From: Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager <br />Tina Moon, Land UWPreservation Planner <br />Date: August 25, 2006 <br />Re: Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation <br />Cell Tower Replacement <br />Thank you the opportunity to review and comment on your application to replace the existing <br />cellular tower at 2500 Highway 86 South (TMBL# 4.45..22), in Orange County with a taller unit. <br />As you know the 34 -acre parcel is located along a section of "new" NC 86 that is changing from <br />rural to low- and medium - density residential. <br />The attached map identifies properties included in our countywide inventory of historic <br />resources (50 years or older) that are located within a three - quarter mile and one and one -half <br />mile radius of the subject property. As you can, there are no identified sites within the three - <br />quarter mile radius.. There are two documented sites within the one and one -half mile radius — <br />Blackwelder Service Station (OR 1006) and Rigsbee's Rock House (OR 1b). Rigsbee's Rock <br />House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is one of only four properties <br />designated as an Orange County Local Landmark. It is likely, however, that both properties will <br />be somewhat visually shielded from the tower due to the I -85 corridor. <br />You should receive similar information through your environmental review process with the <br />State Historic Preservation Office ( hM2:// www .hpg.dcr.state.nc.us /er.htLn). The Environmental <br />Review contact for Orange County is Sarah McBride at (919) 733 -6545 ext. 225) or <br />sarah.mcbride@mail.net. <br />The proposed tower site is located adjacent to a 451 -acre property owned by Duke University <br />and managed as the Eno Division of Duke Forest. While it is unlikely that the proposed cellular <br />tower would pose significant adverse impacts to the forest itself, it would be prudent for the <br />applicant to consult with the Duke forest manager to make sure that the tower would not <br />interfere with any of the current or proposed research activities, nor with the public educational <br />and recreational activities planned for this section of the forest. The contact person is Judd <br />Edebum, Duke Forest Manager at (919) 613 -8014 or judebumOduke.edu. <br />Environment and Resource Conservation <br />PO Box 8181 / 306-A Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245 -2590 <br />