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22 <br /> Mr. Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br /> January 23, 1989 <br /> Page 3 <br /> Property, this geographic feature does not appear to present any <br /> major obstacle to the extension of water and sewer lines. <br /> Hydrology. This transition criterion provides that the <br /> Property should be located "outside of 100 year flood prone areas <br /> as identified by the Corps of Engineers. " The bulk of the Property <br /> qualifies under this consideration. However, the southeast <br /> boundary of the proposed transition area is Stony Creek. Any plan <br /> or development, however, will respect the boundaries of any 100 <br /> year flood prone area. <br /> In addition to the 100 year flood plain consideration, the <br /> Property also compares well to the other hydrology criteria, namely <br /> drainage patterns, water resources and stream systems. The <br /> Property drains into Stony Creek which, in turn, is part of the <br /> Neuse Basin. The Property is not located within any designated <br /> • ' protected watershed, such as Seven Mile Creek, Cane Creek or <br /> University Lake. <br /> Flora and Fauna. The Property should be "located away from <br /> sites that would, if developed, create a threat to unique or <br /> endangered species as identified by the State or Federal <br /> Government. " To the best of the Partnership's knowledge, there are <br /> no known biological or geological features on the Property which <br /> make conservation and protection of those features important. For <br /> example, the Partnership knows of no plant or animal sites which <br /> may be considered "endangered, " "threatened" or "special" as <br /> defined at 2.2-6 of the LUP. Nor is the Partnership aware of any <br /> plant communities which are either unique or of a particularly high <br /> quality, or of geologic formations of a particularly high quality <br /> or unknown to the area. <br /> • <br /> Appendix D of the LUP sets forth an inventory of, among other <br /> things, biologically or geologically important sites. No reference <br /> appears thereon to any site located within the Property. <br /> :kc7.7in:t1=1:Trfg7ttPTTIr1:17P.Doari=1"pric=:1!ri= <br /> buffers <br /> is also bisected by Stony Creek, and approximately 89 <br /> acres will have to be subjected to some form of conservation or <br /> dedicated to .open space. <br /> soil Condition. The subject property should be "located in <br /> areas where general soil conditions are suitable for urban uses <br /> because of good drainage characteristics in load baring capacity <br /> for site development. " The Property qualifies. A band of <br /> alluvial soils do border the Stony Creek flood plain. As mentioned <br /> above in conjunction with the hydrology criteria, this feature will <br /> be taken into account in the overall planning of the site. The <br />