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16 1 Commissioner Jacobs said there should be some cost benefit analysis. He said his own 2 cost analysis tends to be the natural environment versus standards; but others compare their 3 bottom line to standards. He said the Development Community, as well as the public, should 4 be included in the discussion. 5 Chair McKee said there is a road off of Route 70, called Poplar Ridge, which fits the 6 definition of what is being discussed here tonight. He said driving this road may be helpful in 7 visualizing the types of issues that fire trucks face. He said access is the key; if services cannot 8 get to the fire, houses and people cannot be saved. 9 Commissioner Price said she is not in favor of increasing the cost to the developer but 10 she feels that the safety of the responders must be heavily weighed. She said a price cannot 11 be placed on a person's life. 12 Jason Shepherd said Chapter 5 of the fire code allows him to require fire apparatus 13 access. He said a solution may be as simple as reviewing development plans prior to 14 construction, to see if access is possible. He said there may be many cases where a 12 foot 15 driveway would allow access, and exorbitant changes and cost would not be necessary. 16 Chair McKee said Class B roads could remain available for minor subdivisions. 17 Commissioner Jacobs said when this item comes back to change it from standards to 18 guidelines subject to approval by the Fire Marshal's office. 19 Commissioner Jacobs said he is more in favor of flexibility and would trust the Fire 20 Marshal to give an honest review. 21 Chair McKee said he is not sure the BOCC has given any clear direction with which staff 22 can proceed. 23 Abigaile Pittman said perhaps the Board could authorize staff to outline some 24 amendment options, and return to the Board for their consideration. 25 Chair McKee said this may be the best course of action, as summarizing the evening's 26 conversation may prove difficult. 27 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the idea of some type of public awareness campaign 28 could be pursued. 29 Commissioner Rich asked if the properties that are already known to be difficult to 30 access, have been notified of this information. 31 Jim Groves said the Fire Marshal has done this on one occasion, and that response was 32 favorable, and the problem corrected. 33 Commissioner Rich said arming people with knowledge about their property may be a 34 really good place to start. 35 Chair McKee said fire departments do proactively engage the public with troublesome 36 roads. 37 38 4. Educational Facility Impact Fee Ordinance and Age-Restricted Housing 39 Craig Benedict said there was a request from a developer in Chapel Hill for Orange 40 County to review the County's ordinance and to have an age restrictive housing exception. 41 He said this developer asked for age restrictive housing to be categorized into a multi-family 42 impact fee category. He said the assumption, that the age restrictions for development would 43 be similar to that of multi-family, may be a lot to ask. He said the approved age restrictions for 44 90 percent of the development state that one person within the household must be over the age 45 of 55. He said this age restriction does not exclude people under the age of 55 also living in the 46 properties. He said the remaining 10 percent of the development does not have age 47 restrictions. 48 He said in the abstract is some background information (below) and some possible 49 options for the Board's consideration. He said they looked at some projects throughout the