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indicated that such a condition is incredibly problematic. Staff has not pursued a condition on that. Lydia Wegman 441 said that makes sense. 442 443 Michael Harvey reviewed the applicant has addressed the concern of overall buffer impacts of the project and there 444 will be more discussion in January. 445 446 Paul Guthrie asked what the terrain would be around the stormwater ponds. Will they be empty and full depending on 447 the rainfall, he asked. Michael Harvey answered as the stormwater facilities haven’t necessarily been submitted for 448 review, he doesn’t know if they will be full constantly or only full as there is inundation. Typically, there is landscaping 449 around the feature. A stormwater facility doesn’t necessarily mean a big pond. It can be a rain garden. It can be a 450 subterranean facility. Since there will be a push for capturing stormwater, he thinks the facility will be minimal. There 451 are some limitations we’ll have to live with within state law. He thinks the developer will avoid big mosquito pits 452 because it’s bad for development. 453 454 Paul Guthrie said he wanted more specifics. Michael Harvey said any time a stormwater feature is developed, the 455 county requires the developer secure a maintenance agreement and submit documentation. Development in Orange 456 County is held to a stormwater standard. It will be addressed on every feature. Developers are required to post bonds 457 to maintain the stormwater features. 458 459 Craig Benedict reminded the board the next meeting is not Jan. 3 but instead Jan. 10. 460 461 AGENDA ITEM 8: POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS - To receive information on population 462 and employment projections for Orange County. 463 464 Presenter: Craig Benedict, Planning Director 465 466 Craig Benedict reviewed the abstract. He reviewed that comments can go straight to the Metropolitan Planning 467 Organization. Every four or five years, the MPO puts together projections. This is the 2045 Metropolitan 468 Transportation Plan Preferred Option. He reviewed that Orange County is also a participant in the Burlington 469 Metropolitan Planning Organization. He reviewed that commissioners Barry Jacobs and Penny Rich are on the policy 470 board that meets in Durham. He reviewed the MPO has a 20-year plan. And there is also a 10-year State 471 Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). This includes MPTO’s TIPS plus rural projects. 472 473 Craig Benedict reviewed that a statistical poll company estimates the populations. He said we still question some of 474 that analysis. He shared the slide that lists all the goals and objectives. There are state, regional and local funding 475 priorities. He explained our input into local projects has to score well. 476 477 Craig Benedict shared the slide with the population projections. The projection was 200,000 in 2040 but now the 478 projection is for 195,000 in 2045. That’s important for us to gauge where our service needs are, he said. 479 480 Craig Benedict said from 2005 to 2015 there has been some loss of employment. He said this was due to the 481 recession and hasn’t recovered. Tony Blake asked if there are more retired people. Mr. Benedict answered the 482 projections are taking land use into consideration. Also, previous years people thought we could compete with Wake 483 and Durham counties. But from the land use side and ability to develop, the “ground truth” is different. 484 485 Craig Benedict noted Chapel Hill and Carrboro will have more multi-family homes but in the rest of the county more 486 single-family homes. Hunter Spitzer asked why not single-family development in Chapel Hill. Craig Benedict 487 answered there isn’t much green space left and so developers are developing what is left with multi-family units and 488 it’s been noted that families are moving into three-bedroom, multi-family units. 489 490 Craig Benedict shared the employment projection slides. He summarized that the projection would call for two of the 491 former Blue Cross/Blue Shield buildings every year for a total of more than 13 million additional square feet by 2045. 492 Craig Benedict said those are aggressive employment projections. Kim Piracci asked where the standards of space 493 per employee comes from. Craig Benedict answered it is a blended industry standard. 494 495 13