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e Y ~C''3~ `x. ~r / ~.StY'~ The Design Response, Ir2c. May 30, 2006 Eddie Kirk Orange County Planning Department 306F Revere Road Hillsborough, NC 27278 Re: Response to Carrboro's April 18a' Alternative Water Point for Westhampton Request Memo Dear Eddie: As we have discussed, in response to Deputy Chief Travis Crabtree's April 18a' memo to Mike Tapp, we have researched alternative water points for' the Westhampton subdivision and located the following sources of water within the requested 1.5 miles of distance from Westhampton: - there is an operable fire hydrant on the OWASA system located 0.6 miles from the Westhampton entrance, just west of Hatch Road's intersection with NC 54. - there is an existing pond that is accessible to Cazrboro's fire department as a water source within Carrboro's Hank Anderson Pazk, located 1.5 miles from Westhampton on the north side of NC 54, In a telephone conversation with Deputy Chief Travis Crabtree, some interest was also expressed in perhaps converting any stormwater ponds that Westhampton might have to be alternative water points, However, it was pointed out to Deputy Chief Crabtree that due to the extremely low impervious surface limit required within the University Lake watershed protection azea, that Westhampton does not have any stormwater ponds. Furthermore, stormwater ponds are usually required by state law to be designed to essentially drain dry within five days after a rainfall event, and were therefore not the type of permanent pond they were seeking. Sincerely, THE DESI/G~N RESPONSE, INC. ,Tack L, Smyre, PE, AICP Principal cc: Tom Heffner Mike Tapp, Orange County Fire Marshall Travis Crabtree, Deputy Fire Chief, Carrboro Fire Department ~~ 1014 High House Road, Suite 100, Cary, NC 27.513 office: (919) 4692080 /Fax (919) 469-66.33