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37 <br />time. <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />9 <br />l0 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />2S <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />Agency Comments: <br />• Comments attached from Environmental Health, NCDOT, and Emergency Management. <br />Development Process, Schedule,, and Action, <br />Planning Board: <br />• First Action: Concept Plan approved by the Planning Board January 5, 2000 with the following condition <br />1. The intersection and road alignment on the Preliminary Flan shall meet NCDOT standards. <br />2. A turn lane and street improvements shall be constructed on High Rock Road as recommended by NCD~ <br />3. Dedicate a triangular portion of land sufficient to permit alignment of future road with Maple Avenue to <br />shown on Preliminary Plan. <br />4. The secondary means and. timing of access provision will be examined with the Preliminary Flan. <br />~ Second Action: <br />1. Action within two regularly scheduled Planning Board meetings, or extension thereof; <br />2. If the Planning Board fails to act within the specified time period, application forwarded to BOCC with <br />Planning Board minutes and Planning Staff recommendations and conditions. <br />Preliminary Plan addresses conditions of approval of the Concept Plan that apply to this Phase. <br />The turn lane on High Rock Road shall be constructed with the construction of Phase Two. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Fiscal Impact Analysis included as an attachment. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Planning Staff <br />Approval, in accordance with the attached Resolution of Approval. <br />The developers have agreed, since the concept plan stage, to include a pocket park, which is in the open <br />space land. <br />There was a comment in a memo from Mike Tapp, (Orange County Fire Marshall), expressing concern about <br />the water pressure. The concerns have been addressed in the Resolution of Approval for the construction <br />plans which require Orange County Emergency Management approval. The construction of the water lines <br />will be approved by the state, Orange-Alamance Water, NCDOT, and Orange County Emergency <br />Management. <br />The recommended turn lane will be constructed during Phase II. <br />Several questions about the road connectivity were answered by the staff. <br />Holtkamp said that this was the third Cheeks development that was close to the EDD. She said that there <br />should be signage alerting homebuyers that the property was within a mile of the EDD, which is in transition. <br />She asked about sidewalks. <br />Benedict said that there were few different ways to accommodate sidewalks. He said that sidewalks increase <br />the impervious area in private roads. If it is a public road, NCDOT is not interested in maintaining a <br />sidewalk, especially within rural areas. He said that sidewalks could be put on private property if a <br />Homeowners Association is willing to maintain it and accept the liability for it in front of each person's lot. <br />Within the public road right-of--way, it is not a likely option for rural roadway corridors. Another option <br />would be the widening of the road, which could have a dual purpose, such as bicycles or walking. <br />Gooding-Ray asked if liability was the issue for sidewalks. Benedict said that the road design for <br />subdivisions of this size was intended to be "loops and lollipops", which is loop roads and cul-de-sacs. The <br />idea is that people would not have to walk on the major local road, which in this case would be Frazier Road. <br />Gooding=Ray said that the only way for people to get to the pocket park would be to walk on Frazier Road. <br />