Agenda - 09-15-20; 5-a - Zoning Atlas Amendment - Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP)

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D R A F T Matt Peach: Another recommendation we made in the traffic study was to install a signal at Davis Road as well at 165 Old NC 86 so again the delay on the side street having no longer stop control will be reduced in this scenario. 166 167 David Blankfard: But there’s nothing to stop them from turning right and going further into the rural….going toward 168 Carrboro. 169 170 Matt Peach: There will be no physical barrier, to answer that question specifically, but they would be losing time and 171 which I don’t believe truckers, it’s in their best interests. 172 173 David Blankfard: I guess, I’m just saying if it gets backed up where you’re proposing, over near the service road, if it 174 gets backed up there then they would go the other way. Is there going to be a lot of stacking between the service 175 road and I-40? 176 177 Matt Peach: I don’t believe that would be any longer, to answer your question. We do foresee some queues going 178 back from the ramp but that’s just normal for the installation of a traffic signal and quite frankly, we need that traffic to 179 stop for brief periods so we can let the ramp move but our analysis show that the stacking would go back a couple 180 hundred feet certainly nowhere near Davis Road and certainly not long enough to really deter anybody from taking 40 181 up that way off Old 86. 182 183 David Blankfard: Ok, so what you’re saying is it’s faster just to go down to towards the service road as opposed to 184 taking a right? 185 186 Matt Peach: Correct sir. 187 188 David Blankfard: Now what about once they get to 40 and say they are going on 85 northbound, would it be faster to 189 for them to get on 40 west and then looping around to 85 or to keep going straight past Waterstone to get to 85. 190 191 Matt Peach: I’d imagine the faster way would be I-40 but that would be an individual decision that every individual 192 driver would have to make. 193 194 David Blankfard: Ok, so we don’t know? 195 196 Matt Peach: I can’t say definitively what behavior individuals will choose. It depends on time of day, depends on 197 their individual preferences. In my view, I would take I-40 to 85. 198 199 David Blankfard: Ok, my next question is what the outcome of the high electric line going over the existing or one of 200 the proposed buildings? 201 202 Chris Bostic: Good evening, I’m Chris Bostic with Kimley-Horn; I’m the civil engineer of record for his project. To 203 answer your question, Duke Energy does have regulations as to what is allowed underneath those transmission 204 lines, no buildings are allowed within the easement of those transmission line, however, they do allow parking and 205 our current conceptual plan does contemplate putting parking underneath the power lines and keeping the proposed 206 structure the required distance away from the easement. 207 208 David Blankfard: Ok, the entrance onto Davis Drive, there’s a parcel of land that’s very close and their house is very 209 close to where the proposed driveway is or the road access. Is there concern about, I mean you’ve got the 100 foot 210 setback but is it going, what kind of impact is that going to have for that property owner? 211 212 Michael Birch: (Showed an exhibit) So, I think you are talking about this area (pointed out on exhibit) down here 213 along Davis, so we really only have within that 100 foot area, really only have kind of the drive aisle and maybe a little 214 bit of parking in that area with the building setback 60 feet. Excuse me the building setback with a maximum height 215 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 216 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 part 217 of the transition. 218 219 463