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3 is. Further exacerbating the matter is that hand written notes denoting distances from intersection(s) are inconsistent with existing conditions. For example notes on the plan appear to indicate there will be a ‘stop sign’ and ‘u‐turn’ 300 ft. from Service Drive going south on Interstate 86. Using aerial photos/GIS and the Settlers Point submittal, the retail driveway is approximately 416 ft. south of Service Drive yet the revised schematic indicates the ‘stop sign’ and ‘u‐turn’ are beyond this entrance area. I am further concerned requiring the u‐turn will actually conflict with the Davis Road intersection if we follow the measurements as denoted on the revised drawings. Bottom line: I am not convinced there is a viable reason to deviate from the submitted TIA and I am continuing to find what I perceive to be conflict(s) with DOT’s Tuesday November 12, 2017 e‐mail on the reconfiguration of access along NC Highway 86 and the existing project/road layout. We are happy to meet and discuss but I am not comfortable maintaining an affirmative recommendation on this project given the facts that are now in my possession, especially when they seem to be in conflict with one another. I am now very glad I recommended to delay action on the project. I will review the matter in depth with Mr. Benedict and other appropriate County staff in advance of our preparation for the December planning board meeting where we will have to address the matter but please remember in absence of some definitive answers from the applicant on the apparent measurement inconsistencies I am not comfortable continuing to proffer and affirmative recommendation. Thank you. Michael D. Harvey AICP, CFM, CZO Current Planning Supervisor – Planner III Orange County Planning Department 131 West Margaret Lane PO Box 8181 (919) 245‐2597 (phone) (919) 644‐3002 (fax) Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 132, correspondence sent and received from this account is a public record and may be disclosed to third parties. From: Michael Harvey Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 12:09 PM To: Chuck Edwards Contact; Ed Sirgany; Jim Parker (jimparker16@gmail.com); Ariel Gamboa (ariel.gamboa@summitde.net); Craig Benedict (cbenedict@orangecountync.gov); Tom Altieri Cc: Bunting, Clarence B; Sorrell, Charles V; Ishak, Doumit Y; Jones, DeAngelo J Subject: RE: Proposed Settlers Pointe- Revised Access Configuration and Revised Traffic Analysis, Thank you for the e‐mail and revised information. A general observation I would like to make as it relates to access from District 1 onto NC Highway 86 via Service Road: a right turn only configuration taking traffic south from Service Road (District 1) will dump traffic onto NC Highway 86 South with no access back to the Interstate creating nightmares for property owners to the south as people are looking for ways to get back to the Interstate. This will exacerbate existing congestion and make several concerns of local residents a hard reality. While I understand it might make sense from a traffic mitigation standpoint it creates major problems with respect to our (i.e. my) expectation(s) on the management of traffic impacts created by this development on adjoining properties and existing road network systems. 46