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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br />JOINT MEETING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 17, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 <br />SUBJECT: Update on Development Adjoining Twin Creeks <br />DEPARTMENT: Carrboro Planning, Orange PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) <br />County DEAPR <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />A) Approved CUP Amendment Trish McGuire, 919 - 918 -7324 <br />Document for Ballentine AIS David Stancil, 919 - 245 -2510 <br />B) Site Plan Rendering for Ballentine <br />AIS <br />PURPOSE: To update the Boards on the status of the Ballentine development by MI Homes, <br />located south of and adjacent to the County's Twin Creeks (Moniese Nomp) Park and <br />Educational Campus property. <br />BACKGROUND: In 2007, MI Homes received development approval from the Town of <br />Carrboro for the Ballentine development. Ballentine's conditional use permit (CUP) project <br />consists of 96 units (60 single - family homes and 36 townhomes) on a little more than 52 acres <br />of land. The property is located on the east side of Old NC 86, north of Lake Hogan Farms <br />subdivision and The Legends subdivision (old Harmony Farms Horse Farm site), and <br />immediately south of Orange County's Twin Creeks (Moniese Nomp) Park and Educational <br />Campus site. <br />The applicant subsequently sought and received PUD zoning designation (R -10 / B -3 PUD) for <br />the property. The applicant then began preparing a CUP application in accordance with the new <br />zoning designation. Meanwhile, construction of both townhomes and single - family homes in <br />Phase 1 began and is now nearing completion. Staff has met with the developer on several <br />occasions since that time, but the new CUP application and associated materials have not been <br />formally submitted to date. <br />A few issues were identified during the concept review for the new application, including <br />whether a stream crossing for a road will be required in the northeast corner of the site. Staff <br />and the applicant have met and discussed this particular issue on multiple occasions. Elected <br />officials, as well, discussed the matter during the October 2012 joint meeting. <br />During the October 2012 meeting, it was noted that Orange County had previously approved <br />$600,000 in capital funds to go toward a possible shared road project with MI Homes to be <br />constructed in June 2013. Work on the shared road agreement is now on hold pending the <br />