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Applicants: Corley Redfoot and Zack, Inc. Agent for: Orange County Schools P. O. Box 2386 Chapel Hill, NC Telephone: 919.401,8586 Location: On the north side of West Ten Road between I-40/I-85 and approximately 1,800± feet east of Buckhorn Road Township: Cheeks Proposal: A 123,000 square feet middle school for the County School System with associated parking and athletic facilities, A total of approximately 8.61 acres (13 percent) impervious is proposed for the site. Current Conditions Zoning: Economic Development District (EDD) Watershed: Upper Eno Protected Area Watershed (12% maximum impervious without Best Management Practice (BMP); 70% maximum impervious with engineered watershed BMP Total Tract Size: 66.257 acres (owned by Orange County Board of Education) SUP Acreage (Requested): 66.257 acres Current Land Use: Existing single family structures, farm buildings and two farm ponds exist on the site, Traffic Impact: The capacity of West Ten Road is between 12,000-14,000 Vehicles Per Day (VPD) at level of Service D, The estimated Average Daily Traffic (ADT) in 2002 near the intersection of West Ten Road and Buckhorn Road was approximately 790 VPD. A Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA), required based on the number of trips generated by a school site, has been prepared and submitted. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the TIA indicates that turn lanes are needed for both eastbound and westbound travel lanes, The applicant proposes to construct turn lanes at each entrance in both directions, The applicant is dedicating additional right of way to accommodate the turn lanes. Also, the Planning Department considered the possibility of a stub-out drive to the County property to the East, but decided, in order to take advantage of shared use opportunities, to allow a portion of the eastern drive to be relocated to the County's property. An additional benefit of shifting the drive would be to allow the entire school (not the fields) to shift to the east allowing better site planning, Water/Sewer: Water and sewer service are planned to be provided by the City of Mebane. Orange County will design, construct and pay for the water and sewer lines and the sewer pump station locatec at the southwest corner of the school property. Once constn~cted, the lines and pump station will be dedicated to Mebane far maintenance purposes, The school will pay all fees associated with its water and sewer service to Mebane in accordance with Mebane's water and sewer connection policies.