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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Approved 9/2/2 6 390 391 Adam Beeman: I went through a lot of the email that residents have sent and I picked out a few questions that 392 maybe you could answer for me that may help some of these residents get an actual answer from you. Some were 393 random that were different than most everything. One was how do you plan to mitigate the construction traffic during 394 the build out,what's the plan for that? 395 396 Michael Birch: Construction traffic will use predominately utilize the service road. 397 398 Adam Beeman: Another theme that kept popping up was how many home will be destroyed in order to put these 399 building up and how many people will be displaced from their homes? 400 401 Michael Birch: Zero. 402 403 Adam Beeman: Thank you,one of the questions was is there a plan to mitigate crime if any, some people seem to 404 think that with this project you're going to draw some questionable behavior from others. 405 406 Michael Birch: I would say,first of all the folks coming to this site are coming to work. They are coming to work just 407 like you go to work every day, like I go to work every day,with the thought that they're going to put in their time and 408 go back to their family. We're not anticipating and if you look at your typical office parks where people go to work, or 409 even similar industrial establishments,you don't see crime like you might think of with a more retail focus, shopping 410 center focus type of development. It's an internally focused site and we don't anticipate any crime issues. 411 412 Adam Beeman: The last question I have, is the developer footing the bill for the water and sewer expansion and any 413 electrical power expansions? 414 415 Craig Benedict: Let me handle one part of that question. Orange County has a capital improvement program since 416 2013 to extend the sewer underneath the interstate. That was long before this development was there and will 417 continue to provide that design to get the sewer under the interstate. That's one element but on site the County 418 would not be doing something specifically for the project just to get the sewer and water underneath the interstate 419 and up and down the service road. 420 421 Melissa Poole: To go with what Adam was speaking, a recurring theme throughout the emails and contact were, and 422 1 think it's been addressed but let's touch on it again,for all of the residents with the surrounding homes, how will 423 their property values be impacted? Positively or negatively? 424 425 Michael Birch: A couple of items on that question,first many of the homes in the surrounding area, particularly those 426 that are along NC 86 are already commercially zoned and so we expect positive impact to their property values that 427 there is now a commercial development that is a going concern that creates a catalyst in the area. Second, the 428 extension of utilities to extend if there's ever a need for an emergency extension or anything else it can be a benefit 429 to the area. Third,the perimeter buffer, the height limitations, the architectural controls, the other aspects of the 50 430 plus conditions that have been agreed to as part of the project are all intended to mitigate impacts on adjourning 431 properties and that includes on the value. One of the items identified early on was in issue with the flushing of water 432 and that water line, that as a result of our loop system will be improved. That's another benefit to the area. As well 433 as improved transportation infrastructure and signals. 434 435 Kim Piracci: I may have missed something because I didn't see the emails; I appreciate Ms. Greene's efforts to 436 educate us on transportation, architecture or transportation. However, I don't know if I'm missing out or slow but 1 437 feel like the little maps you showed us,which for me are like an inch big. I feel like I would like to get a big picture,the 438 85 the 40, Davis Road, the on-ramps. I would like to see the whole map what you're proposing that the 439 transportation flow would look like. I can't put it together. I get there is going to be a red light at Davis and 86. 440 441 Christa Greene: This is run through some special software but I have those if there is a certain area I can blow it up 442 bigger. We've done level of service charts that were in the traffic studies too that I would be happy to run one of 443 these models right now and blow it up bigger. The areas of concern the ramp and the residents looking at Davis 444 Road that I can blow it up for you to see. 445