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13 ,1 Tracy Parrott: It is fully the intent in setting up or identifying these conversion factors to 2 establish a process by which specific land uses can be identified for the site and the 3 conversions be determined for them such that the overall development and makeup of 4 Buckhorn Village will stay consistent with the accesses that are being considered for the site 5 that you will see in the transportation section. A traffic impact analysis has been performed with 6 those land uses. So, by having the conversion factors, it allows for potential changes in land 7 use to keep the development consistent with the analysis that's been done on the trafl'sc side. 8 9 Mr. Hutchins then introduced Scott Murray, who presented on the landscape, signage, and 10 general design of the project. 11 12 Scott Murray: I have been sworn. My role in the Buckhorn development is that of landscape 13 architect. I've been practicing landscape architecture for 22 years in the state of North Carolina. 14 I'm also accredited by the U. S. Green Building Council. l've been asked to speak with you on 15 the open space, buffer plan, and landscape standards proposed for Buckhorn Village. The area 16 that comprises Buckhorn Village is identified in the EDD district as primary development area 17 with a maximum of 70% impervious surface. That is to say that the remaining 30% would either 18 be landscape buffers, open space, and other landscape features or islands. While merely a 19 third of this area is in the perimeter buffers identified in the landscape plan on the wall, the 20 remaining two-thirds would be in various landscape areas throughout the site, and it is 21 anticipated that it would be generally pretty evenly distributed among the three districts. The 22 landscape and buffer plan standards included in the PD text illustrates the buffer areas as well 23 as the NTC buffer along Interstate 85. It is proposed that the buffer along Interstate 85, which is 24 100 feet in width, would be subject to one of our alternate design solutions that are proposed 25 here. We are proposing up to 60% of a vegetated area would be allowed to be cleared to ~ ?6 accommodate the stormwater pond facility that is anticipated for that area. If you notice on the 27 site, the actual grade falls right along the boundary line between the Interstate property and the 28 site. This pond is designed for water quality, infiltration, and also for retention for irrigation 29 needs. Both aquatic vegetation as well as specimen trees and other types of landscaping that 30 is conducive to that type of facility are' proposed in that area. This is an important component of 31 our stormwater quality program for Buckhorn Village. 32 The plan on the wall also illustrates the various landscape standards that have been 33 developed to respond to design issues that are unique to the proposed development. 34 Specifically, the entrance drives, parking lot landscaping, building perimeter landscaping, 35 screen-in and_service areas, and landscaping for streets along shop-front areas are proposed 36 and are detailed: 37 These landscape standards, along with the proposed maximum floor areas and 38 building heights, are planned as an alternate design solution to the intensity standards that are 39 identified in the EDD Design Manual. The existing intensity standards include the building 40 volume ratio (BVR), the landscape volume ratio (LVR), and also the site volume ratio (SVR). 41 While those are more exacting in their measurement of development bulk, they do not easily 42 lend themselves to measuring development intensity in this stage of master planning, mainly 43 because we don't have the specific locations - dumpsters, building heights, parking lot layouts, 44 things of that nature. These standards are not easily understood in marketplace, primarily 45 because of the complexity of the mathematics that it takes to quantify all of the various ratios. 46 Most importantly, the existing intensity standards do not ensure a more attractive, necessarily 47 more sustainable development. For these reasons, our alternate design solution proposed 48 establishes the maximum floor area for Buckhorn Village of 23 and a maximum building height 49 of six stories. These measures of intensity represent a common language in the marketplace. ! Sp The following four slides represent various development patterns. Once specific tenants 51 are decided upon and their specific needs emerge, these four development patterns will be ~~