Twin Creeks District Park and Educational Campus Master Plan - 5-3-2005, Item 9a

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7 Town staff has indicated a projected review and approval process of approximately 12 months once the application is submitted. However, the new CHCCS High School #3 appears to have been subject to an expedited review and approval process of 8-9 months The Board may wish to consider asking the Town to expedite the application for Phase I of Twin Creeks, in order to allow for quicker construction of the facilities 4. Breakdown of Water/Sewer Costs Between Park and Educational Campus The County Engineer has estimated the costs of extending water and sewer to the Twin Creeks site in memoranda of January 2005 and September 2004.. In summary, the total cost for extending water (from Old 86) and sewer(from Lake Hogan Fauns or a future subdivision to the south) is around$1.0 million(today's dollars). The County Engineer estimates that the park will represent only a small portion of the demand on and the capacity of OWASA service (perhaps 10-15%,and then only when the park fully is built out). As noted above,Phase I of the park is proposed to be built with well service for water and portable wastewater systems,at a greatly reduced cost,enabling more of the available funds to go toward facilities.The more-intensive future phases of the park will include a variety of additional facilities and restrooms,and at that time the park would need to be connected to OWASA service, As such,it is anticipated that the initial need for OWASA service and extension on the site will come at the time of construction of Elementary School#10,currently projected to begin construction in FY 2007-08 (tentatively opening in Fall .2009). At a more comprehensive scale,a new work group collaborating on possible new construction standards for schools may be able to address the mechanism for incorporating water/sewer costs and cost shares into future school construction estimates_ 5. Staff Review of Recommendations Submitted by an Area Citizen Jay Bryan, an area resident and Chair of the County Planning Board, has submitted a number of comments on Twin Creeks. These were received by the Twin Creeks Work Group and forwarded as part of the Aprill4th worksession agenda. The Board asked staff to review and respond to the comments Many of the comments address suggestions regarding the details of the CUP application process, future programming or facilities, and operational considerations. Most would be the subject of future discussions and decisions by the Board and/or the Town of Carrboro as application review and approval entity. Staff's initial review of these comments is provided as Attachment 1 to this memo.