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29 Assesses Capacity of D-O LRT Corridor* • Office — 10 to 15 million square feet • Retail —3 to 4.5 million square feet • Hotel — 5,100 to 7,800 rooms • Residential —20,400 to 30,700 units October 2017: Advisory Board Review Commissioner Rich asked if there is a plan to keep Orange County informed at each of these steps. Bonnie Hammersley said there is a disconnect, and there should be a representative from each funding source at every meeting. She said she will be talking with Jeff Mann tomorrow. Commissioner Rich said that sounds like a good idea. Bonnie Hammersley said that representative will be responsible for keeping the Board informed. Commissioner Jacobs said he would hope that person would be a participant in the meetings, and not just an observer. He said part of the negotiation with Durham was to move the Gateway project further into Orange County, as well as building affordable housing near the stations. Commissioner Jacobs said he thought the consultants would come back to speak to all elected officials in January, who could get some background materials ahead of time. Patrick McDonough said he was unsure how much information to bring this evening, and he is happy to provide more detail. He said it would be beneficial to have the elected officials together in January. He said there is a tentative plan to have a day long summit about Durham Orange Light Rail and station area neighborhood planning on February 6th Commissioner McKee said he is an employee of Summit Engineering, who may be working on this project at some future point. He said he and his division has no connection to this project, but he wants to be clear and offer full disclosure. Commissioner McKee asked to go back to the slide of the Gateway station. He said it would be helpful to see the County line on the map, as it appears that only a sliver of this proposed project will be in Orange County. He asked if the County line could be clearly identified. Patrick McDonough pointed out the County line, and discussed some of the details of the area. He said his staff looked at the original station as well as the newly proposed one today. He said within the quarter mile, it was originally 1.1 acres, and under the new location it is 29.4 acres. He said at the half mile radius level, the old station was 107 acres, and the new location is 182 acres. Commissioner McKee asked if the amount of actual developable land in Orange County is known. Patrick McDonough said he would have to get this information, but the key is the intensity with which the developable areas are developed. Commissioner Marcoplos referred to Eastowne Office Park, and how the location of the station will affect it. Patrick McDonough said the consultants have envisioned some type of high quality bicycle and pedestrian connection across from the new station location to Eastowne. He said there is an OWASA pump station, an historic property, and an intermittent stream near the old station location. He said the newer location is favorable. Patrick McDonough resumed the PowerPoint presentation: