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~~ ~~~.~1' 1 ~.1~. V V 1 ~ ~ 10 1 be corning off the interstate, and what do we expect is going to come from major population 2 centers. Because that will affect the carbon footprint. If we're expecting people to come from ( \ 3 Mebane coming off the interstate and that sort of thing as opposed to expecting people to come 4 from places in Orange County, the Chapel HiIUCarrboro area, that would have a definite impact 5 on how this development would affect the carbon footprint. I guess my comments have to do 6 mainly with if we could spend a little bit more time trying to figure out not only the internal traffic 7 flow, but how public transit could figure into it, and what kind of carbon footprint do we expect to 8 be generated by this, where do we expect the customers to come from. 9 10 PLANNING BOARD: 11 12 Renee Price: I have some of the same concerns the Commissioners do. One of the things 1 13 wanted to ask Craig was, at the first part of the public hearing, you mentioned that we've 14 changed this area from Economic Development to Urbanizing. I was wondering when did all of 15 that happen? 16 17 Craig Benedict: The economic development areas and our transition areas are both 18 considered urbanizing. They have always been designated as a public water and sewer area, 19 which is that overall transition urbanizing category. There have not been any changes since the 20 1981 plan; this has always been designated as urbanizing. Prior to the EDD Land Use being 21 affixed in 1994, prior to that, it was designated as Commercial Industrial Node. For 13 years 22 prior to the EDD manual coming out it was still anon-residential use. 23 24 Renee Price: I thought we were saying that it was 'now more commercial as opposed to 25 industrial. r 26 ~` 27 Craig Benedict: No, there's a mixture of uses that are suggested in the EDD. 28 29 Renee Price: I was unclear about the widening of Buckhorn Road. Is it to be widened to four 30 lanes, six lanes, both, depending on where you are? 31 32 Jim Parker: Basically, the actual configuration of where those numbers of lanes are at this time 33 is somewhat vague. The plans have not been prepared to a level of specificity to fell you that. 34 But certainly, at strategic points, like the main entrance to the development would be two turns, 35 ~ probably two lanes in each direction, north and south, and probably an acceleration lane in the 36 northbound direction that may serve as a bus stop also. Across the bridge, more than likely it . 37 would be a minimum of five lanes once you get passed the termini of the ramps, then your lanes 38 are going to start to drop off as you go north and as you go'south past the main entrance to the 39 development. At this point, they are not as specific until, certainly, approval and we proceed to 40 a construction plan stage to determine those lanes. The TIA kind of addresses the capacities 41 and the number of lanes that are needed. 42 43 Renee Price: Are there residents along there now that would have to give up part of their 44 yards. 46 Jim Parker: Certainly no one would be asked to give up their property. if there was a need, 47 certainly there would be compensation to that land. The intent of.the developer is to try to 48 maintain everything within the existing right-of--way. 49 50 Renee Price: The other question that I had was the residential units and how many are you ~ 51 proposing?