Agenda - 03-19-2019 8-a - Minutes

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6 1 Craig Benedict said he can meet with the community in the next few weeks. 2 Commissioner Dorosin said this item came before the Board a few weeks ago, and 3 the Planning Department had not flagged that these flyovers could potentially adversely 4 affect these churches and cemeteries. He said if the Board had heard this information at 5 the public hearing, it could have had this conversation at that time. He asked if staff had 6 known about these concerns. 7 Craig Benedict said the access management plan had three options, and staff 8 recommended the option that would have the least impact on the community. He said that 9 recommendation did not mean that staff endorsed that option, and he mentioned the 10 communities' concerns during the public hearing. He said he can meet with the 11 community, document all concerns, and attach them to the report so they are preserved 12 moving forward. 13 Commissioner Dorosin said going forward it would be helpful for staff to highlight 14 these community-affecting areas when they come up. 15 Commissioner Greene said another community meeting with staff present would be 16 a good idea. 17 Craig Benedict said such a meeting could happen at the church. 18 Commissioner Price said she is in favor of the community meeting, but she is 19 concerned about adopting a plan with addendums as the plan still has a road that will go 20 through this community. She said she would rather have the community and staff sit down 21 together and work out the issues. 22 Commissioner Marcoplos said he was suggesting that all meet, and if the 23 community is not on board after the meeting come back and take a different path. 24 Commissioner McKee said he is not sure if this can be done in two weeks. 25 Commissioner McKee said he, like Commissioner Dorosin, missed the information 26 about the cemeteries during this discussion in the past. He said this would be a serious 27 concern for any church community, and he finds a delay on this vote to be appropriate. 28 29 PUBLIC COMMENT: 30 Reverend Umstead said there will be a community meeting on March 12t" at 6:30 31 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Church, and Craig Benedict can come and share the impacts of this 32 plan on their community. 33 Craig Benedict said the best option is to remove this element from the plan, have 34 the community meeting and if there is any value of bringing back later, staff can do so with 35 the concurrence of the community. 36 Nishith Trivedi said staff worked with Mebane on this plan, and provided the traffic 37 separation study along with its vision for the area. 38 Commissioner Price asked if the portion of the plan is eliminated, does it go from 39 the roundabout up to 70. 40 Craig Benedict said all that will remain will be the intersection of industrial drive and 41 Buckhorn, and if a road ever were to go out towards the rail area, it would go through this 42 intersection point. 43 Commissioner Price said if there is an intersection, there are roads going to it. 44 Craig Benedict said it would not be a roundabout, but rather an intersection point. 45 He said there would be no other alignment points or lines. He said if a developer would 46 come forward, it would have to dedicate additional right of way to accommodate the 47 expected growth in the area. 48 Commissioner Price asked if this would come close to the cemeteries. 49 Craig Benedict said the cemeteries are not between the church and the right of 50 way.