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3$ Rick Perry said that it was almost impossible to put a sidewalk on the outside of the state's right-of--way because of the slopes and the ditches. 4 Davis said that the best bet for pedestrians in this case would be wider pavement on each side for shoulders. 5 Gooding-Ray is concerned about the children playing on the road and the fast traffic going through the 6 subdivision. Benedict said that they were going to try to put some curves in the road in order to slow the 7 traffic down. 8 9 Preston asked if there could be a plan to add a pedestrian path to go through the open space as the phases are 10 being built. Benedict said that this should be considered. 11 12 Tony Whitaker, with Civil Consultants, is representing Roger James. He said that early on Mr. James 13. identified the opportunity to extend the Orange-Alamance Water system into this area. There was an 14 agreement that Mr. James would provide a new deep well for Orange-Alamance Water on this property. He 15 has dedicated land for this well on the property that meets all of the state criteria for setbacks, etc. However, 16 Orange-Alamance has decided that they might want the well somewhere else in the area. Orange-Alamance 17 has begun to investigate the possibility of drilling their own well and having a cost sharing arrangement with 18 Mr. James so that the money he would have spent here is being spent at.another location of Orange- 19 Alamance's choice. There is an obligation that Mr. James has to supplement Orange-Alamance's system in a 20 way that would be adequate for the additional homes caused by this subdivision. In addition to that, Mr. 21 James has offered on that same piece of property to provide space if Orange-Alamance wants to build an 22 elevated water storage tank to supplement the pressure. This is an ongoing issue between Mr. James and 23 Orange-Alamance and has not yet been resolved. 24 25 Regarding the street issues, Tony Whitaker said that NCDOT had a policy against "Children at Play" signs. 26 NCDOT believes that if they allow the posting of those signs in their right-of--way, that they are sanctioning 27 children playing in the street. He said that NCDOT might allow some sort of signage that would be helpful 28 in slowing the traffic dawn. He said that it, was more in the public interest to have NCDOT standard public 29 streets as the standard. 30 31 Holtkamp asked about the cost of sidewalks. Whitaker said that to add a sidewalk, depending on the design 32 and the width, it could cost about $20 per linear foot. 33 34 Preston made reference to the open burning ordinance and said that she has seen piles of natural vegetation 3S and piles of garbage and building materials being burned. She said that it should be part of the developer's 36 responsibility to enforce the ordinances such as tree protection, open burning, and erosion control. 37 38 Whitaker said that this project could be an opportunity to explore those ideas. He said that Mr. James does 39 want to have ahands-on approach. Regarding the open burning, he said that the developer was obligated to 40 follow those rules. He said that this subdivision could bean opportunity to work on some language or some 41 covenants to try to address the enforcement of the ordinances. 42 43 Rick Perry is a builder and he said that when he started building a subdivision in Mebane, the Fire Marshall 44 stopped in and told him what could be burned and what could not be burned. He said that the Fire Marshall 45 rides through the subdivision three times a week. 46 47 John Edwards pointed out that there was a lot of development in this area. 48 49 Discussion ensued about the difference between a public and a private park. In this case, the County is not 50 taking land for park requirements, but a private park is being required. 51 52 Preston asked if the old model was being used for the Fiscal Impact Analysis because there were .33 students 53 per household. Benedict said that this was the standard that must be used until it is officially changed. The