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70 SU 'IT 919.732.3883 SIPPIrf-MINEER.COM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES 504 MeadovAand Drive, HIRsborough,NC 2727 8 October 1,2012 Mr. Michael Harvey Orange County Planning Department PO Box 8181 Hillsborough,NC 27278 Re: Responses to Trail Connection to TLC—Johnston Mill Nature Preserve Trail Mr. Harvey: On behalf of our client and the applicant,David Weekly Homes, Summit Design and Engineering Services is providing responses to email correspondence issued by TLC to the County Planning Staff and subsequently forwarded to Summit on Wednesday, September 26,2012. The applicant has express concerns over a trail connection to the Nature Preserve and at this time is not inclined to make this connection for several reasons as stated below: • Cost—It is very clear that the TLC has many requirements related to the construction,quality and future maintenance of any trail connection.These are additional cost that the applicant has not considered in the overall budget of the project and are cost that have no current real value as what the construction cost would be as well as the one-time endowment contribution have not been assessed and could preclude improvements proposed that would otherwise be feasible. • Safety—A distinct trail connection to the Dunhill Neighborhood would allow unmanaged foot traffic access to the proposed residential properties and could result in motorists using the shoulders and cul-de-sac of the sub-division as additional parking areas for trail access.This could also encourage the use of the Sub-Division road as an outlet to Mt. Sinai road where trail users would then be encouraged to proceed up Mt. Sinai road to the nearby parking area near Cascade Drive. • Findings of Fact—There have been no findings of fact required of the applicant that would necessitate a trail connection.