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7 • 2 that preserves a significant amount of open space. He briefly told of the historical background of this area beginning in 1938 . In 1966 a change begin to occur and although the north side of NC 10 is in farmland, the south side had changed completely and become forested. In 1985, most of the property was wooded. He presented several slides which showed the area as it exists today. One thing that characterizes the property is wetlands. Mr. Collins showed several slides on the condition of the land. He emphasized that the plan tonight is the revised plan. The plan presented in August had 1, 326 units located in a village to the south of the power line which runs through the middle of the property and scattered in cluster subdivisions to the south and northwest of the village and across NC 10 . In the August plan there was 54 to 55% open space being proposed. The revised plan has reduced the number of units from 1, 326 to 1, 094 . There are more wetland areas preserved and there is more open space and buffers provided in terms of the cluster subdivisions. The County park site 'has been expanded from 25 acres to 30 acres. The area on the north side of NC 10 has been left open from the eastern extent of the 'property to the western end. The village would have a day care center and a transit stop. In the center around a commons area, there would be a cluster of commercial and institutional uses as well as a community center and a church site. The golf course would be located on the north side of the village. There are many trees and vegetation that would need to be protected. He told about neotraditional villages. It does not mean that it is a Duarry village. Andres Duarry is the godfather of neotraditionalism because of his work around the United States. Mr. Collins showed some slides of Pinehurst which demonstrated a similar pattern to what the developer for University Station would like to do. He then showed some slides of what the applicant has in mind for the concept of University Station with a village commons surrounding by small scale commercial and institutional uses. It takes a very detailed plan to carry out the village character. One of the issues is the impact on public schools. The elementary school membership would grow 81 children over capacity or the equivalent of four classrooms. The impact on the middle school membership would be 40 over capacity in the first year only and the impact on the high school capacity would be 14 in the last year of project development. Another issue would be traffic impacts. The capacity of New Hope Church Road is 7760 vehicles a day which is based on a speed limit of 35 miles per hour and a pavement width of 20 feet. The projected growth on New Hope Church Road is 3% a year. The University Station project would generate 6, 194 cars a day which falls below the capacity of the road. He showed the same information for NC 10 which indicates that the long range impact falls within the capacity of the road. University Station Road would have lower impacts because of the traffic assigned to that road. He talked about water and sewer service to the area. The major water distribution lines would be 12-inch lines and would extend from a 16-inch line on US 70 and go down University Station Road, turn and go down Old NC 10 and then down New Hope Church Road to connect to the 12-inch line in front of New Hope Elementary School. In terms of the impact on the Hillsborough Water Treatment Plant, there will still be at the end of ten years one million gallons per day capacity. He showed how the lines would serve the development. The sewage treatment plant has a capacity of three million gallons per day. At the buildout of University Station, there will still be one million gallons left. Distribution lines and collection laterals associated with the sewer system will be installed by the developer. The developer would also be responsible