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Approved 4/4/18 public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting until that individual 56 regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until57 such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed.58 59 AGENDA ITEM 6:CHAIR COMMENTS60 There were no comments.61 62 AGENDA ITEM 7:MAJOR SUBDIVISION –MORGAN RIDGE -To review an application involving a major subdivision 63 located in Bingham Township on the Chatham/Orange county line. The only activity within Orange County is 64 dedication of public right of way for a public road.65 PRESENTER:Patrick Mallett,Planner II.66 67 Patrick Mallett presented the item, which involved 0.65 acres. He reviewed the vicinity map, plan overview, and site 68 photographs. The subdivision includes 16 lots, all within Chatham County.The average lot size isclose to 3 acres. 69 He reviewed there is an old barn on the property that will be dismantled. This item is scheduled to go before the 70 Orange County Board of Commissioners next month and the Chatham County Board of Commissioners the following71 month.72 73 Paul Guthrie said hegrew up near this property and has reviewed the topography.He wonderedwhether the74 developers thought there would be any problem getting well water in that location. He wondered whether there is 75 going to be a problem maintaining stream flow into Lake Jordan by the time the developersdraw down the wells. He 76 acknowledged that his questions were outside the purview of this board for this development.77 78 Patrick Mallett noted Orange County does not have jurisdiction over those aspects of the project. As a general 79 statement, he added that Chatham County has a similar process of approving subdivisions and similar permits. He 80 noted WarrenMitchellis the site civil engineer and the developer. 81 82 Warren Mitchell, project engineer and one of the developers, introduced himself to the board and introduced Wesley 83 Lloyd, sitting in the audience with him, asthe other developer on the project. Warren Mitchell said the streams have 84 been evaluated by the Army Core ofEngineers. Regarding the wells, others nearby have not had a problem getting 85 water from their wells.He did not anticipate a problem. 86 87 MOTION by Adam Beemanmoved to recommend that the Orange County Board of Commissioners approve the 88 dedication of the public right of way and continuation of that public road, provided that Chatham County approves.89 Seconded by Paul Guthrie.90 VOTE:Unanimous91 92 AGENDA ITEM 8:MAJORSUBDIVISION–TRIPLECROWNFARMS-To review an application involving revisions to 93 an approved major subdivision located in Chapel Hill Township. Revisions include a change in the road standards 94 from public to private.95 PRESENTER:Patrick Mallett, Planner II.96 97 Patrick Mallett reviewed that Triple Crown Estates is located to the north and is a separate development. He 98 indicated the location of thisdevelopmenton the vicinity map, as well as the location of the planned Triple Crown 99 Farms. Hereviewed that Triple Crown Farms is a major subdivisionthat wasapproved in 2014. He shared the 100 preliminary plat and noted there are now 19 lots instead of 20. The developer ran into a problem with building to 101 NCDOT standards. To comply with 401 and 404 permitting, the developer tried to minimize disturbance along 102 streams by building a paved metal arc roadway that spans the creek. It will be 18 feet wide instead of the planned 20 103 feet. It will not meet NCDOT standards, so the developer is proposing to make it a private road.The layout and open 104 space of the subdivision has not changed. Patrick Mallett reviewed the plan overview and shared site photographs. 105 He reviewed the staff recommendation to approve the roadway with conditions that the developersubmit and record 106 a road maintenance agreement, a disclosure statement, and evidence that sufficient access to off-site water and fire 107 suppression devices have been obtained.He notedthe project engineer has submitted draft copies of these 108 requirements.109 110