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August 12, 1992 <br />The Honorable Moses Carey <br />Orange County Commissioner <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Re: Featherwood Subdivision <br />Dear Commissioner Carey: <br />This past Monday night the Commissioners conducted <br />business with respect to my development, Featherwood. You and <br />the other Commissioners elected to require that we put in a <br />Department of Transportation standard road rather than the <br />private road that was approved by the Planning Board. Because I <br />was not notified by the Planning Department that this issue would <br />be taken up at this meeting, I was unable to present my side of <br />the issue for your consideration. I have, therefore, requested <br />that this issue be placed back on the agenda for your next <br />meeting so that I might have the opportunity to present some <br />information for you to consider before requiring the D.O.T. road. <br />I realize that it is difficult to re -open an issue after a <br />decision has been made, but I feel sure that when you are made <br />aware of all the facts you will agree that a private road really <br />does make more sense in this particular case. <br />I am not a professional developer. I am a wife and <br />mother who inherited 15 acres of family land a couple years ago. <br />I have consulted with the Planning Department each step of my <br />attempt to modestly develop this property in what I hope will be <br />an aesthetically pleasing, modestly priced and tasteful neighbor- <br />hood. In my preliminary plan I requested a private road to <br />access five lots, each over an acre in size. This private road <br />is 300 feet long and proceeds along an existing driveway that is <br />covered with a canopy of mature hardwood trees. On two occasions <br />I presented the Orange County Planning Board with this plan, and <br />on two occasions the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve <br />my plan in order to preserve the existing greenery. <br />The plan I have designed is supposed to be a minimum <br />impact development that respects the ambience and beautiful <br />natural surroundings of the existing property. This little road <br />is an old fashioned country lane that will never serve more than <br />the five lots of this development. The road connects to no other <br />roads, and never will. I would invite you, and encourage you, to <br />drive out to this neighborhood before the next Commissioner's <br />Meeting on August 18, 1992 to see for yourself what effect <br />