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2 Planning Board approved this subdivision unanimously and the administration is recommending approval. Commissioner Brown asked if the two large lots could be further subdivided. Craig Benedict said that he could see no reason why they could not be further subdivided. The areas adjacent to the community well would have to be protected. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the community well. He is concerned about leaving a multiple family water supply on private property and leaving it to individuals to protect other people's water supply. He asked about the restrictions that were in place to protect those areas. Craig Benedict said that the community wells would be part of an association and protected by covenants. A backup well site could be used if the first site is not sufficient. Commissioner Jacobs would like to know if there would be any restrictions on gardens and dog pens. Several questions were asked by the Commissioners and answered by Craig Benedict. Commissioner Halkiotis asked how big an area the staff would recommend to protect the primary well site and extended septic fields. Craig Benedict said that anywhere from four to five acres for the northern part of the 16-acre lot would be reasonable. Jack Smyer, from Kimley Horn and Associates, said that both lots referred to earlier were deed restricted against further division. The 10-acre lot at the end of the cul-de-sac has significant recreation amenities that occupy a large portion of the land. The 16-acre field will be the future home site of Tom Hefner. He said that the off site septic easements were more than sufficient for the area. The goal was to have conventional systems everywhere for Creekwood. Commissioner Jacobs asked how the community well sites would be protected. Jack Smyer said that state law spells out the protection measures and also the plats will address the restriction of uses 100 feet around the well by easement, deed restrictions, and homeowners association documents. Commissioner Brown asked about the advantages of a community well over individual wells. Jack Smyer said that the goal in Creekwood has been minimal land disturbance. When septic systems are separated, the location of the houses, septic systems, and wells are further restricted. Also, there is monthly testing of water that probably is not done on individual wells. Commissioner Brown asked about the end of the public road and the easement to connect to the New Hope Triangle Land Conservancy property. Jack Smyer said that there was a trail system planned that comes close to the overhead power lines. This easement was voluntarily given by Mr. Hefner. It was planned as a public access to the Triangle Land Conservancy. Commissioner Gordon pointed out the Planning Board minutes for this subdivision and said that the staff wanted to make it known that it was peculiar to have two lots not in the subdivision and that these two additional properties must become part of the homeowners association. She said that this was not in the resolution. Jack Smyer said that they have privately agreed that each of the two lots must become part of the homeowners association and that these two lots will use the community water source. Craig Benedict said that it was hard to put restrictions on exempt lots. Commissioner Jacobs said that, in the future, when there are other private documents, he would like to have them included in the information for the Commissioners. Commissioner Brown asked about the location of the access to the trail. Jack Smyer said that the trail was not intended to be a public access point. The trail would go along the edge of the woods in the field. The trail is intended only for the 12 lots as part of the homeowners association and an access point to the Triangle Land Conservancy area. The TLC is working on an entry point. Tom Hefner, one of the developers, said that he and his partner were paying for the construction of the two parking lots that the TLC will use. He has no objection to pedestrian traffic, but he does not want people parking on the street. Commissioner Brown said that she is uneasy about the public water supply. She thinks that public water supplies do not reassure, in the long term, the protection of the public interest. She would feel more comfortable if there was another site built into this project. Jack Smyer said that there were already two wells in Creekwood. He said that there was ample opportunity to find other well sites. The primary well site is the one on lot 10. The 100-foot radius of protection applies wherever the well is located. The homeowners association will contract with the 2