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" `~ <br />SUMMIT <br />CONSULTING <br />ENGINEERING a ARCHITECTURE A SURVEYING <br />21. Becky Bollinger - Efland <br />Global Warming Mike Collin <br />Response: Buckhorn Road Associates will aggressively recruit existing <br />Orange County businesses that wish to expand and local residents who <br />wish to start new businesses. Mixed Use is the overall development <br />strategy for this project, which will promote a variety of opportunities for <br />local businesses. This application is in strict compliance with the current <br />Orange County Comprehensive Land Use Plan. <br />The Master Plan for Buckharn Village (Section 2-3-3 Environmental <br />Factors) addresses the applicant's commitment towards sustainability. It <br />identifies many design objectives established by the LEED-Retail Rating <br />System to serve as minimum standards along with others that will be <br />pursued with future tenants through the architectural review process. <br />22. Mike Swain -1 mile from site <br />Increase traffic, big box <br />Regional farmers market/Local Artist <br />Response: Buckhorn Associates will aggressively recruit existing Orange <br />County businesses that wish to expand and local residents who wish to <br />start new businesses. Mixed Use is the overall development strategy for <br />this project, which will promote a variety of opportunities for local <br />businesses. This certainly eQUld include a farmers' market and a venue for <br />local artists and crafts people to sell their works, if area farmers and artists <br />wish to pursue such ventures. Traffic from the development will increase <br />the traffic on Buckhorn Road, but the improvements to the offsite roadways <br />will be in accordance with the required Traffic Impact Analysis and will <br />improve the capacity of Buckhorn Road. This will create a level of service <br />superior to what is now experienced on Buckhorn Road during peak usage <br />times. <br />March 19, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br />~\ <br />