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A. Introductions <br /> <br />B. Meeting Purpose <br /> <br />x Mark Reep explained the purpose of the meeting was to discuss issues raised by the <br />Orange County Planning & Inspections Department. <br /> <br />C. Discussion of Orange County Planning & Inspections Department Comments <br /> <br />1. Clarify locations of proposed private drives and public roads. <br />x Will Kerr presented the location of proposed private drives and public roads using <br />displays. <br />2. Clarify NCDOT construction standards for the three projects. <br />x Roadways in the three study areas will be designed in compliance with NCDOT’s <br />subdivision design guidelines. <br />x NCDOT would accept a design with a 50-foot right of way in all three study areasin <br />order to lessen property impacts. <br />x Initial planned designs for Paschall Drive, Byrdsville Road/Walter Clark Drive, and the <br />new Greenbriar Drive/Spruce Pine Trail connector road include 10-foot lanes, 2-foot <br />shoulders, 8feet to center line of ditches from roadway shoulder, and 5-foot back <br />slopes. <br />x Orange County’s roadway design standards should also be used as a reference. <br />3. In applying zoning setbacks, the Orange County UDO would treat lots with two <br />street frontages as double frontage lots. <br />x The project team will consider additional landscaping as a screening along Walter Clark <br />Driveand Byrdsville Road to minimize the creation of double frontage lots. <br />4. Some suggested routes are more circuitous and increase commute times. <br />x The project team acknowledged the creation of the more circuitous access roads could <br />create increased commute times. The increased commute time is anticipated to be <br />increased at most by 5 minutes. <br />5. Provide anticipated schedules for right of way acquisition, structure relocation, <br />and construction [see dates in project overview from the 2/19/13 BOCC meeting]. <br />Provide County Planning staff with map revisions and detailed design drawings <br />Will Kerr presented the following project schedule: <br />o Spring 2013 – Complete Environmental Assessment <br />o Fall 2013 – Complete Finding of No Significant Impact <br />73 <br />ReturntoAgenda