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Attachment 4 ~ 4 Approved 10/5/11 1 MINUTES (EXCERPT) 2 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 3 SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 4 REGULAR MEETING 5 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Brian Crawford (Chair), Eno Township Representative; Larry Wright (Vice-Chair), At-Large, Cedar Grove 7 Township; Alan Campbell, Cedar Grove Township Representative; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Mark 8 Marcoplos, At-Large, Bingham Township; Andrea Rohrbacher, At-Large Chapel Hill Township; Peter Hallenbeck, Cheeks 9 Township Representative; Rachel Hawkins, Hillsborough Township Representative; Johnny Randall, At-Large Chapel Hill 10 Township; 11 12 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: Judith Wegner, Bingham Township Representative; Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; 14 Maxecine Mitchell, At-Large Bingham Township; 15 16 17 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Tom Alfieri, Comprehensive 18 Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems Coordinator; Glenn Bowles, Planner II; Tina Love, Administrative 19 Assistant II 20 21 22 OTHERS PRESENT: Sarah Lee, NCDOT; Randy Marshall; Chad Abbott, Summit Consulting; Susan Levy, Habitat for Humanity; 23 George Whiffed; Robert and Elvira Mebane; Annie Whiffed; 24 25 26 27 AGENDA ITEM 12: EFLAND-BUCKHORN-MEBANE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN: To review the proposed Efland-Buckhorn- 28 Mebane Access Management Plan and make a recommendation to the BOCC on the plan. 29 Presenter: Craig Benedict, Planning Director 30 31 Craig Benedict: As we have been re-examining our Economic Development Zones and our Transition Areas, its not just 32 Economic Development along the corridor, 185 and 140, it is both our Urban Transition Areas too. It is areas where we expect 33 water and sewer. We want to bring back some of the aspects of why we are approving the. Michael Harvey has presented to 34 show how site plans should reflect access management plans. Some of the purposes for that is to ensure that as one project 35 comes in it will provide some connectivity to another adjacent project not just on the public roadway system but maybe a new 36 roadway system or even a private access area through our land development zones. When we look at these access 37 management systems, we are talking about how far driveways should be apart, how many curb cuts, what the turning 38 movements are, two lane or for lane section. I do have handouts for those who are interested. This is putting a lot of these 39 concepts directly on the land. Explanation of maps. 40 41 Alan Campbell: All the dotted lines that are potential roads, these are roads that developers would have to build? 42 43 Craig Benedict: The developer would have to build them. Example the Buckhorn Village Project. During a conditional rezoning 44 process, not general, you can add conditions. 45 46 Larry Wright: I know the West Ten Road, some of these roads just don't lend to this, but it would be nice if these proposed roads 47 were setup more on a grid matrix. 48 49 Craig Benedict: Some of these are historic roads. These are the quarter to half-mile connections. If we go to residential uses, 50 we are suggesting we create a more intense roadway network as you are suggesting. 51 52 Larry Wright: If one of these major coordinates, you can't go to the interstate but if there was a grid as an alternative. 53 54 Craig Benedict: These are going to be more of the backbone and there will be further branching of these roads. 55 56 Larry Wright: I think grids are good. There are a lot of books that talk about this. It would be nice to see more of a grid. 57 58 Craig Benedict: Explanation of maps and charts. 59