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SITE DEVELOPMENT The program calls for the site to serve a dual function. The Headquarters Building relate directly to the public: adminstration, membership relations, billing, accounting, and data processing. The Operations Center incorporates the service functions and is not related to the public: warehousing, yard storage, line and service crews, operations management, engineering, and monitoring/disp .tching. The character of the site delimits these functional relationships naturally and well. The "public" side of the property occurs on the southwestern quadrant of the site, relating directly to N.C. 86. Visual glimpses up the slope introduces the building. A sign, of maximum allowable proportions, anchors the public entrance at N.C. 86 and identifies the corporation. The "service" side of the property is to the north and east, protected and screened off from the public by natural barriers . A sign of lesser proportions designates this entrance as private. The "public" side is open and inviting. The "service" side is visuall closed and protected by a security fence. Public access an'd service access has been separated. The road gently leads one p $ y into the site anld to the crest of the property where the building appears to rise up out of the ground. The road is designed to move naturally across the landscape, respecting the subtleties of the site that occur along the way. The service access occurs at the northern end of the property where the land is flatter. Theroad moves through a natural setting to a point where it enters into and becomes a part of the storage yard. From that point it continues around the eastern side of the property and into the warehousing yard. Public and personnel parking occurs on the "public" side of the property, being sited with respect to the contours and in a manner that retains as much of the natural character of the setting as possible. The building and land- scape are used t? physically separate and screen off the service side of the Operations Center. All service vehicles park in the warehouse yard. Power and teleph.ne lines enter the site from N.C. 86 and are installed under- ground to the building. The public drive, parking, and building will have night lighting that provides visual accessiblity and security, and will harmonize with the natural landscape. The service road, yard and warehousing area will have security lighting oriented to focus into the site. A 200' to 300' high radio antenna limited to PEMC's operation will be located on the highest point of the site, near the erehouse yard. Closed circuit television monitoring of the site is being considered. The building has been situated on the site in such a way as to take maximum ad- vantage of orientation and view. From N.C. 86, the view presents a low structure that appears to 8e an extension of the hilltop. The drives and parking have been slightly carved out of the land, letting the landscape get back to its natural state as quickly as possible. Offices have been placed along the southern ex- posure, inviting the sun and view. The warehouse, yard, and service road are orientated to the east, turning their backs to the winter winds and inviting the warmth of the winter sun.