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Approved 7/5/19 330 Adam Beeman: Are there any sidewalks proposed inside this development?331 332 Tim Smith: There are not sidewalks proposed. I know they’re not required, and we’re not proposing to do any. 333 Sidewalks would be added impervious so we’re trying to minimize impact from impervious.334 335 Hunter Spitzer: I see you have a 20-foot storm easement running between the upper cul-de-sac and the lower 336 between lots 13, 14, 7 and 6. Have you considering make any sort of pedestrian access between these two ends?337 338 Tim Smith: We sure could do that. 339 340 Kim Piracci: I’m asking for clarity. I think I read that your stormwater control measures are for one inch of rainfall in 341 24 hours and that’s the regulation; is that correct? 342 343 Tim Smith: That’s correct. That’s one of the goals we have the meet per the ordinance. There are different 344 intensities for different storm events. This is a one year 24-hour storm event, so one year of rainfall intensity over 24 345 hours that volume of water we have the attenuate and not release any more than what would occur prior to our 346 construction.347 348 Kim Piracci: Okay, so it’s one inch in 24 hours and that’s the minimum? Have you given any thought to building for 349 more than that because of this recent rainfall we had? What we’re building for isn’t going to accommodate that so 350 there’s going to be flooding, right? 351 352 Tim Smith: Potentially, yes. This is what the ordinance regulations require and it’s what we designed to. We 353 followed Orange County’s regulations. We run analysis and check what other storm events would do, but we’re 354 required to submit to them and to get proof as to what’s here in the ordinance. 355 356 Kim Piracci: I have one more concern. My house is right near the corner of Route 70 and University Station. You 357 take your life in your hands to turn left on Route 70 and there are accidents weekly. I’m wondering what happens 358 when they want to turn left out of this? I might be the person heading east that they hit. Is any consideration being 359 given to that? 360 361 Tim Smith: For this project we’re doing what is done on all projects similar in nature. They have the analysis of the 362 thresholds, based on the use and the number of trips to be generated. Orange County has a pretty high threshold for 363 requiring a transportation impact analysis which would be a full-blown study. In this case, Highway 70 needs 364 improvements and DOT does have on the books in the future to do things to Highway 70. In the meantime, we are 365 doing what DOT requires for us to put in this road for this development to provide as safe as we can access lanes for 366 each direction to get in and out. 367 368 Kim Piracci: I’m not allowed to vote against this because he’s acting within their parameters even though I don’t have 369 to use much imagination and see problems in the future. Technically, I’m not allowed to say, this doesn’t sound good, 370 but because they’re meeting the requirements.371 372 Michael Harvey: Well, they are meeting the UDO and the department of transportation has indicated that these are 373 the necessary improvements to accommodate the traffic flow. You as a board member can vote your conscience in 374 whatever way, manner, shape or form but without any direct evidence to prove that DOT’s recommendation with 375 respect to access is flawed, a decision to deny this project based on roadway access issues is not based on the 376 information was have available and is inconsistent with the provisions of the UDO. The practical reality is that without 377 any documented evidence proving that it’s a faulty model, the staff can’t take that position because DOT has already 378 certified that this is an acceptable proposal. They have already required them to do offsite improvements consistent 379 with their model and data.380 381 Jessica Aguilar: I wanted to applaud you for looking at how this would affect the school system. I see a lot of these 382 new developments and they’re posting price range of these homes in the $300s to $700s. What population are you 383 looking to populate this area?384