Planning Board - 081920 Agenda Packet

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D R A F T David Blankfard: I guess, I’m just saying if it gets backed up where you’re proposing, over near the service road, if it 1055 gets backed up there then they would go the other way. Is there going to be a lot of stacking between the service 1056 road and I-40?1057 1058 Matt Peach: I don’t believe that would be any longer, to answer your question. We do foresee some queues going 1059 back from the ramp but that’s just normal for the installation of a traffic signal and quite frankly, we need that traffic to 1060 stop for brief periods so we can let the ramp move but our analysis show that the stacking would go back a couple 1061 hundred feet certainly nowhere near Davis Road and certainly not long enough to really deter anybody from taking 40 1062 up that way off Old 86.1063 1064 David Blankfard: Ok, so what you’re saying is it’s faster just to go down to towards the service road as opposed to 1065 taking a right?1066 1067 Matt Peach: Correct sir.1068 1069 David Blankfard: Now what about once they get to 40 and say they are going on 85 northbound, would it be faster to 1070 for them to get on 40 west and then looping around to 85 or to keep going straight past Waterstone to get to 85.1071 1072 Matt Peach: I’d imagine the faster way would be I-40 but that would be an individual decision that every individual 1073 driver would have to make.1074 1075 David Blankfard: Ok, so we don’t know?1076 1077 Matt Peach: I can’t say definitively what behavior individuals will choose. It depends on time of day, depends on 1078 their individual preferences. In my view, I would take I-40 to 85.1079 1080 David Blankfard: Ok, my next question is what the outcome of the high electric line going over the existing or one of 1081 the proposed buildings?1082 1083 Chris Bostic: Good evening, I’m Chris Bostic with Kimley-Horn; I’m the civil engineer of record for his project. To 1084 answer your question, Duke Energy does have regulations as to what is allowed underneath those transmission 1085 lines, no buildings are allowed within the easement of those transmission line, however, they do allow parking and 1086 our current conceptual plan does contemplate putting parking underneath the power lines and keeping the proposed 1087 structure the required distance away from the easement.1088 1089 David Blankfard: Ok, the entrance onto Davis Drive, there’s a parcel of land that’s very close and their house is very 1090 close to where the proposed driveway is or the road access. Is there concern about, I mean you’ve got the 100 foot 1091 setback but is it going, what kind of impact is that going to have for that property owner?1092 1093 Michael Birch: (Showed an exhibit) So, I think you are talking about this area (pointed out on exhibit) down here 1094 along Davis, so we really only have within that 100 foot area, really only have kind of the drive aisle and maybe a little 1095 bit of parking in that area with the building setback 60 feet. Excuse me the building setback with a maximum height 1096 of 60 feet but outside of that 100 foot setback line, in terms of impact, I was trying to see if there is a better image to 1097 try to get a sense of it there but I think with a mix of landscaping that we anticipate in that area that is a mitigating part1098 of the transition.1099 1100 David Blankfard: There is a similar part on the east side. That person’s home is quite close to the property line. I 1101 am just wondering is their backyard going to be your driveway and parking lot.1102 1103 Michael Birch: No, there was anticipate likely having a stormwater control facility in that area and then only outside of 1104 that, again, we are kind of showing a 100 foot buffer on this exhibit that the parking and drive aisle would be outside 1105 of that, largely outside of that 100 feet.1106 1107 David Blankfard: Is this going to be phased construction;are you starting with Building A and then going to Build B, 1108 C and then finishing up with D?1109 1110 22