Agenda - 10-06-20; 6-c - Zoning Atlas Amendment – Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP)

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David Blankfard: What about when they get to Davis Road and it’s backed up from 1-40? What prevents them from 166 taking a right on Old 86 going down to the stop sign and then turning onto New Hope to get onto 40? 167 168 Matt Peach: Another recommendation we made in the traffic study was to install a signal at Davis Road as well at 169 Old NC 86 so again the delay on the side street having no longer stop control will be reduced in this scenario. 170 171 David Blankfard: But there’s nothing to stop them from turning right and going further into the rural….going toward 172 Carrboro. 173 174 Matt Peach: There will be no physical barrier, to answer that question specifically, but they would be losing time and 175 which I don’t believe truckers, it’s in their best interests. 176 177 David Blankfard: I guess, I’m just saying if it gets backed up where you’re proposing, over near the service road, if it 178 gets backed up there then they would go the other way. Is there going to be a lot of stacking between the service 179 road and I-40? 180 181 Matt Peach: I don’t believe that would be any longer, to answer your question. We do foresee some queues going 182 back from the ramp but that’s just normal for the installation of a traffic signal and quite frankly, we need that traffic to 183 stop for brief periods so we can let the ramp move but our analysis show that the stacking would go back a couple 184 hundred feet certainly nowhere near Davis Road and certainly not long enough to really deter anybody from taking 40 185 up that way off Old 86. 186 187 David Blankfard: Ok, so what you’re saying is it’s faster just to go down to towards the service road as opposed to 188 taking a right? 189 190 Matt Peach: Correct sir. 191 192 David Blankfard: Now what about once they get to 40 and say they are going on 85 northbound, would it be faster to 193 for them to get on 40 west and then looping around to 85 or to keep going straight past Waterstone to get to 85. 194 195 Matt Peach: I’d imagine the faster way would be I-40 but that would be an individual decision that every individual 196 driver would have to make. 197 198 David Blankfard: Ok, so we don’t know? 199 200 Matt Peach: I can’t say definitively what behavior individuals will choose. It depends on time of day, depends on 201 their individual preferences. In my view, I would take I-40 to 85. 202 203 David Blankfard: Ok, my next question is what the outcome of the high electric line going over the existing or one of 204 the proposed buildings? 205 206 Chris Bostic: Good evening, I’m Chris Bostic with Kimley-Horn; I’m the civil engineer of record for his project. To 207 answer your question, Duke Energy does have regulations as to what is allowed underneath those transmission 208 lines, no buildings are allowed within the easement of those transmission line, however, they do allow parking and 209 our current conceptual plan does contemplate putting parking underneath the power lines and keeping the proposed 210 structure the required distance away from the easement. 211 212 David Blankfard: Ok, the entrance onto Davis Drive, there’s a parcel of land that’s very close and their house is very 213 close to where the proposed driveway is or the road access. Is there concern about, I mean you’ve got the 100 foot 214 setback but is it going, what kind of impact is that going to have for that property owner? 215 216 Michael Birch: (Showed an exhibit) So, I think you are talking about this area (pointed out on exhibit) down here 217 along Davis, so we really only have within that 100 foot area, really only have kind of the drive aisle and maybe a little 218 bit of parking in that area with the building setback 60 feet. Excuse me the building setback with a maximum height 219 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 220 8