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46 <br /> Attachment 6 Approved 11/4/15 <br /> 1 Excerpt of Minutes MINUTES <br /> 2 PLANNING BOARD <br /> 3 OCTOBER 7,2015 <br /> 4 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 5 <br /> 6 MEMBERS PRESENT: Peter Hallenbeck (Chair), Cheeks Township Representative; Lydia Wegman-At-Large Chapel <br /> 7 Hill Township (Vice Chair); Tony Blake, Bingham Township Representative; Paul Guthrie, At-Large Chapel Hill <br /> 8 Township; Buddy Hartley, Little River Township Representative; Laura Nicholson, Eno Township Representative; <br /> 9 Lisa Stuckey, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Maxecine Mitchell,At-Large Bingham Township; Herman Staats, <br /> 10 At-Large, Cedar Grove Township; James Lea, Cedar Grove Township Representative;Andrea Rohrbacher,At-Large <br /> 11 Chapel Hill Township; <br /> 12 <br /> 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br /> 14 <br /> 15 STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director; Michael Harvey, Current Planning Supervisor; Perdita Holtz, <br /> 16 Planning Systems Coordinator;Ashley Moncado, Special Projects Planner; Patrick Mallett, Planner II; <br /> 17 <br /> 18 OTHERS PRESENT: Phil Koch, PE Earth Centric Engineering, Inc.; Tom Heffner, Developer Heffner Properties, Inc.; <br /> 19 <br /> 20 <br /> 21 AGENDA ITEM 8: MAJOR SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT: To review and make a recommendation on a <br /> 22 Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat, Henderson Woods, located at the intersection on Erwin <br /> 23 Road and Whitfield Road in Chapel Hill Township. The Plat is consistent with the Concept <br /> 24 Plan Flexible Design Option reviewed and approved by the Planning Board in June 2015 <br /> 25 The Plat shows 19 single-family residential lots on a 48 acre parcel of property with 21.51 <br /> 26 acres (44.9%of the site) held in common open space. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Presenter: Patrick Mallett, Planner II <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Patrick Mallett reviewed the abstract and presentation. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Tony Blake: On page 34, is that table looking at the perc sites on those lots? <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Patrick Mallett:Yes the septic systems will all be contained on the lots; the wells may or may not. The goal is to have <br /> 35 every lot have an onsite septic and well. There are a few situations where that may not be the case. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Maxecine Mitchell: Will the access road from Erwin Road remain private?And will the landowners be able to use it? <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Patrick Mallett: The access road is private and has access agreements with the existing property owners. The <br /> 40 easement will continue as it is currently aligned with the gravel road and will become a paved road with a gate that <br /> 41 will allow access for the property owners to continue use. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Lydia Wegman: Is there any comments from the neighbors we should be aware of? <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Patrick Mallett: They have been resolved or were general questions regarding the nature of the request such as lot <br /> 46 size,density, rural buffer, and how does a cluster neighborhood work. There was one resident that had questions <br /> 47 about environmental sensitive areas so the applicant got the wetlands flagged and surveyed. The applicant is going <br /> 48 through the process for the wetlands permit with the state. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Paul Guthrie: I want to come back to septic and well. Looking at the preliminary sketch and the septic field areas and <br /> 51 wells, is everyone comfortable with the nature of the property and that there is sufficient separation to not overload <br /> 52 the groundwater areas around the wells? <br /> 53 <br /> 1 <br />