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1•~•~ Habitat for Humanity Orange County, NC, Inc. 1829E Franklin St #1200B • Chapel Hill, NC 27514 • (919)932.7077, Fnx (919)932.7079 • info@orangehabitat org TO: Iolm Link, County Manager and Tara Fikes, Director of Housing and Comm. Dev. FROM: Susan Levy, Executive Director RE: Status Report on Sunrise Ridge DATE: May S, 2005 Recent Activity: HHOC submitted a Concept Plan to the Town of Chapel Hill in .July, 2004. The Concept Plan was reviewed by the Comrunity Design Commission at their August 18, 2004 and September 22, 2004 meetings, The Concept Plan was then presented to the Town Council on October 18, 2004 at a public heazing. Considerable comment about the plan from citizens in the adjacent neighborhoods was received at all tluee meetings. Habitat for Humanity, Orange Co., NC, Inc, (HHOC) requested $7Q,000 in 2005-2006 HOME funds for predevelopment costs fora 17 acre vacant tract of land on Sunrise Road that HHOC purchased in February 2003. The funds will cover the surveying, engineering and design costs necessary to submit a development application to the Town of Chapel Hill, through the approval of final plans and issuance of a zoning compliance permit (ZCP). HHOC hired Stewart Acoustical Consultants to evaluate noise exposure on the site due to the proximity of I-40, and to recommend appropriate mitigation measures, if necessary. On site measurements as well as calculations have been performed, and HHOC is awaiting the consultant's final report, which should be completed during the summer. Currently, Habitat is working on the preparation of the development application, which will take into account the results of recommendations from the acoustical consultant, as well as comments received during the Concept Plan review process, at the Community Design Commission meeting and the public hearing before the Town Council. The project engineer is also reviewing preliminary utility plans, which include the construction of a pump station, to ascertain if the sewer line from an adjacent property that is under consideration for development could be used to serve Sunrise Ridge. Such a comiection would eliminate the need for a pump station. We plan to submit the development application to the Town of Chapel Hill before the end of this calendar year.. Baclc2round HFIOC purchased the 17.18 acre tract in February of 200.3, The current zoning ofthe property is R-2, which allows for up to 4 units per acre. The Town of Chapel I-Iill provided $50,000 and Orange County provided $250,000 in funding to assist with the purchase of the Sumise Road property. I-IHOC provided $100,000 of its own privately raised funds for the balance of the purchase ,