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84 <br /> Joe Lyle: On Friday one of the consultants, Michelle Kimpenski, spoke with Jeff Masten with <br /> the Triangle Land Conservancy. There was a question about trail access through this property. <br /> This is the statement that was made, if they certainly prefer one point of an access into the <br /> Triangle Land Conservancy property, so that they can not only control that point of access but <br /> also control the hours of when that access is, and if there was a second point of access, they <br /> would listen to that opportunity, but they don't prefer that opportunity. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs: So, it's the situation that the Attorney mentioned before, if you could <br /> get that in writing. <br /> Michael Harvey: The TLC property is this property right here (pointed out on the map). <br /> Commissioner Jacobs: I also had a question about the 25-foot access easement. This is <br /> between 16 and 18, and that's specifically to allow members of the community to get to the <br /> open space areas, is that why it's there? <br /> Michael Harvey: Correct, yes sir. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs: And the homeowner's association is supposed to maintain that, is that <br /> correct? <br /> Michael Harvey: The homeowner's association will be maintaining it. That information that <br /> was not provided will have to be provided. Unfortunately,the previous engineer with Summit, <br /> who was working on this project, is no longer part of the company so there has been some <br /> information lost in the transition. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs: Let me go back to a question that Commissioner Pelissier had. I'm <br /> very uncomfortable with the homeowner's association agreement that's been provided that <br /> doesn't specifically respond to this development. Let me give you two specifics. We've had <br /> these issues before with homeowner's association agreements. One is on page 102 at the <br /> bottom,Waste. It sounds to me that you can't have a compost bin on your property, based on <br /> this scripture. On page 103,#13, Landscaping, it sounds like you have to put in sod. We are, <br /> believe it or not, in a period where the climate is changing,and we don't have as much water <br /> and there are some grasses that are actually more drought resistant than others. I would hate <br /> to see us require people to put in grasses that are not drought resistant. We need to <br /> understand that the developer may be phased out of the decision-making process. So, what's <br /> in these documents......and we have seen in the legislature that one of the big issues in <br /> homeowner's associations is that people can be pretty intolerant of difference. I just don't want <br /> to keep bringing that into Orange County neighborhoods at the same time that we're trying to <br /> promote certain kinds of energy conservation and natural resource preservation. <br /> Michael Harvey: Commissioner Jacobs, can I just interject and say that Article 6 of our Unified <br /> Development Ordinance,the land use buffer,the street and interior lot landscaping, existing <br /> regulations require the installation of drought-resistant indigenous foliage and grass. Individual <br /> lot owners would be addressing this requirement with the builder in terms of the installation of <br /> required foliage. There needs to be some modifications to this document to make it specific as <br /> it has been submitted but will remind all here the ordinance does not require the submission of <br /> the documents in the first place. I believe the applicant wanted to provide the Board with a feel <br /> for the types of local development limitations they typically impose on their projects. <br /> I =J <br />