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15 1 Again, most folks know that Habitat builds homes using volunteer labor from the community. 2 We have churches, businesses, civic organizations, and student groups. that come together and 3 help us financially support the causes as well as physically help. This is a home in Richmond. 4 Hills, the homeowners have a landscape business and did a really wealthy job of landscaping 5 their home. 6 7 We are currently building in the Phoenix Place subdivision in Chapel Hill. It is a 50=home 8 subdivision and there are about 20 homes there now. It just gives you an idea of some of the 9 building plans of this style. We really worked hard over the years to make our homes as 10 attractive as we possibly can while also keeping them affordable. We've really identified some 11 things that are low maintenance over time. We've=also been building in the Fairview community 12 in Hillsborough for a number of years. We've been able to purchase lots and develop homes 13 there. We now have 38 homes in the Fairview community. We've had, I think, a really 14 significant impact in operating and revitalizing that community. 15- 16 We like to-think that we build a very high-quality home. Our construction director is a 17 perfectionist and over the years he has really contributed to the overall improvement of our 18 home and our home construction. Currently, all of our homes are built to bronze level 19 certification under the National Homebuilder's Association Rebuilding Certification Program. 20 We were actually on the Homebuilder's Green Tour this past weekend. As part of the green 21 building, all of our-homes are Energy Star certified and we've been doing that since 2002. Our 22 houses are very, very energy efficient, and on average, our homeowners are guaranteed a 23 monthly heating and cooling bill of $30 a month. 24 25 Some of the other features, I think Mr. Harvey mentioned that we install fire safety sprinklers in 26 all of our homes. That's a partnership of the local fire departments that donate their labor, which 27 makes our homes some of the safest homes in the County. We also use universal design 28 crystals so that homeowners can age in place. We try and make our homes as low 29 maintenance as possible with concrete porches, we use 20-year roof shingles, things like that, 30 so we really minimize the cost. 31 32 And, finally, I'll just mention that we're starting a new program called A Brush with Kindness that 33 works on existing homes for people that own their own homes that are unable to do exterior 34 maintenance and care, such as landscaping, to fixing a roof, to putting on a ramp. We'll be 35 extending that program to the Efland community and hopefully we can have an impact beyond 36 just building houses. 37 38 -Tracy Parrott: My name is Tracy Parrott with Summit Consulting. I'm here to present the 39 current site plan for the Tinnin Woods planned development in Efland. 40 41 We thank you for your time. Some of the first slides I have here are a bit repetitive given what 42 was already presented, but again an aerial view of the site and some of the surrounding 43 landmarks such as Efland-Cheeks Elementary School. Our site is located off Schoolhouse 44 Road and Tinnin Road right at the intersection. Through the process tonight, I asked Ms. Levy 45 to pass out one document for entrance into the public record and that is the impact analysis, the 46 property value impact analysis. Also, you've already received the revised application packet. 47 We're asking that these be entered into the public record. 48 T 49 he properties that we are proposing to develop, the Habitat property owner, are two individual 50 adjoining parcels that total about nine acres. They're outlined there on the screen. At the 51 western corner of the site, there is a jurisdictional stream at that corner of the property with a