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15 <br /> 0707 <br /> NELSON M U L L I N S NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP <br /> ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW <br /> Beth Trahos 4140 Parklake Ave, Suite 200 <br /> (919) 3 2 9-3 8 8 4 Raleigh, NC 27612 <br /> T 919.329.3800 F 919.329.3799 <br /> heth.trahos@nelsonmullins.com nelsonmullins.com <br /> January 8, 2021 <br /> Orange County Commission for the Environment <br /> c/o Mr. David Stancil <br /> Department of Environment,Agriculture, Parks &Recreation <br /> Via Email: dstancil a,oran eg countync.gov <br /> RE: Efland Station Master Plan <br /> Dear Chair and Members of the Commission for the Environment: <br /> I write to provide information in support of the Efland Station Master Plan. <br /> By way of introduction, Efland Station is a mixed-use, master planned project that will allow for <br /> 425,000 square feet of gross building area on a 104± acre tract used primarily for grazing cattle. <br /> The subject property is located north of Highway 85/40,south of the railroad and west of the 70/85 <br /> Connector.Approximately 125,000 cars drive by the site on Highway 85/40 every day.Noise from <br /> the heavily travelled highway and busy railroad can be heard on the site today.The area is currently <br /> well lit as the North Carolina Department of Transportation has installed light poles ranging from <br /> 90 feet to 120 feet in height along the frontage to provide for highway safety. <br /> Efland Station will be anchored by a Buc-ee's Travel Center which will create more than <br /> $1,000,000.00 in much needed tax revenue for Orange County and more than 175 good jobs with <br /> starting pay at$15 per hour and benefits,including 3 weeks of vacation,access to health insurance <br /> and a 401(k). All management jobs, with the exception of two management positions brought in <br /> to start the store, will be filled locally. <br /> Buc-ee's Travel Center has identified this site as a good location for their business because of the <br /> existing 125,000 cars traveling daily along Interstate 85/Interstate 40,as well as,Highway 70. The <br /> great majority of visitors to Buc-ee's will already be traveling along the highway and simply stop <br /> to visit the travel center. <br /> In addition to Buc-ee's,the Efland Station Master Plan plans for neighborhood services and retail <br /> shops, full service, sit-down restaurants (drive-thru restaurants are prohibited), a hotel with 120 <br /> rooms, offices and financial services,medical uses, and select light manufacturing uses. <br /> The subject property is in the Upper Eno River Watershed outside of the critical watershed area. <br /> Consistent with Orange County's watershed policy,this area that has been designated by Orange <br /> County's 2030 Comprehensive Plan as a Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node. <br /> Orange County intends for the most intense uses permitted in the county to be developed in <br /> this area. Development in other areas of the Upper Eno River Watershed has been curtailed to <br /> i <br /> CALIFORNIA I COLORADO I DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA I FLORIDA ( GEORGIA I MARYLAND I MASSACHUSETTS I NEW YORK <br /> NORTH CAROLINA I SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE I WEST VIRGINIA <br />