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There were no questions from the Baard of Caunty Commissioners. Planning Baard member Barry Katz asked about the mixed-use plan and asked what the estimate was of the number of trips per day. Craig Benedict referred to a chart and said that it would include 98,000 cars, if the 800 acres were built out. Even with the base numbers, by promoting a lot of mixed use, that number would be reduced. Barry Katz asked if there were plans to preserve existing vegetation in the EDD areas. Craig Benedict said that one of the standards that will be part of the abridged manual is that there will be a 50°~ impervious area maximum. There is strong emphasis for the preservation of natural features and natural buffers. Planning Board member Runyon Woods made reference to a chart, which shows the vehicles per day and asked how that number was generated. Craig Benedict said that they took an 800-acre area and took off a 20% environmental constraint. From the 560 remaining acres, they took footprint coverage in four area ratios that were indicative of different land uses. Runyon Woods asked how the gross number of square footage was figured to generate the number of vehicles per day. Craig Benedict said that the amount of gross floor area that would be allowed in the area would be 6.6 million square feet {535,000 for retail on 61 acres, 1.7 million square feet for affice flex an 160 acres, 4.4 million square feet far office park on 252 acres, and 600 units of median-density and high-density residential}. Public Comment Vic Knight owns property on Old NC 86 south of Hillsborough. He feels that the general public will not have any understanding of how to develop property in the EDD. He feels that it is a very complicated process and not simple. He feels the process is not straightforward. With reference to this item, he does not feel that the best approach is the legislative approach to approvals. He thinks that going through a legislative approval process leaves out all of the potential objective standards. Scott Radway said that he feels that the process that the EDD task force has gone through has been gratifying to see. The issue that is not addressed in the material is the concept of trying to deal with large properties and master plans. This was one major focus of the EDD task force. He made reference to the abridged EDD manual and asked about the statistical standards versus subjective standards. He asked for clarification on the abridged EDD manual and if it would be a guidebook or part of another ordinance. Craig Benedict said that the parts of the EDD design manual that are not highlighted would be an adopted ordinance. The unabridged EDD design manual is also an ordinance. The guidebook portion, or the shaded portions, are guides and subjective standards. A motion was made by Cammissianer Carey, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to accept the staff and public input into the public hearing record, and to refer item C1 a to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of County Commissioners na sooner than January 18, 2001. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Creation of an "EDD1Special Use Entranceway Overlay District." This district would include a set of general and specific standards for development to be Commissioner Jacobs said that a couple of the issues that came up with discussions with Hillsborough was (1) limiting the floor area of big box retail, and (2} limiting or eliminating drive-in windows for air quality reasons. Also, he asked Craig Benedict that clear-cutting be covered in the ordinance. Barry Katz asked if Craig Benedict could identify a 650-acre parcel in the County. Craig Benedict said that 6.6 million square feet is a build-out scenario and would not came online in 10, 15, or even 20 years. The new South Point Mall in Durham is about 1.2 million square feet. Barry Katz made reference to maintaining the character of Hillsborough and asked how that would be accomplished by putting development at this site. Craig Benedict said that traffic