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D R A F T 169 Warren Mitchell: No. Morgan Ridge has been approved. It’s gone through the Commissioners and there is no connection 170 between them. 171 172 Lamar Proctor: Ok, I assume that two subdivisions being build next to each other with no connection and then a year or 173 two later, they’re connected and now there’s a traffic issue so I am trying to look out for the people on Jones Ferry who 174 voiced that concern. Do you think that it will eventually be connected or this is a permanent situation, one is one and the 175 other is the other? 176 177 Warren Mitchell: Yes, it is and as well, Morgan Ridge already has a direct public road access to Jones Ferry. There are 178 no plans to connect but if it was connected it wouldn’t provide a better access to Jones Ferry. It wouldn’t be easier or 179 faster, it already has a direct connection. The only access to Morgan Ridge is from Jones Ferry Road. 180 181 Lamar Proctor: Do you need the well in Orange County? Could there be a third well in Chatham County? 182 183 Warren Mitchell: There could, yes. I am trying to plan for something that is hard to predict with the well yields. Honestly, 184 at the neighborhood meeting, I heard there was a concern to the neighbors so I have been thinking about it. It’s 185 understandably concerning if you have a low yield well, if your well is not tapped into a good aquifer, that’s concerning that 186 you don’t have enough. Especially if a community well comes in across the street and is pulling 10 or 20 times what you’re 187 pulling off yours. It doesn’t have to go in Orange County. I was trying to provide a third well location and maybe I’ll have 188 to find another one in Chatham County. 189 190 Lamar Proctor: I don’t know where water and sewer lines are in Chatham; is there any water and sewer close that 191 eventually, in the future, will hook up to this area or is that not even in the foreseeable future? 192 193 Warren Mitchell: Chatham, just like Orange, does not have any county sewer but their water lines are good. They are just 194 too far away. They are about 10 miles away, they took some larger roads where higher density was projected and it was 195 probably too expensive at the time to come out this way. It’s not likely to ever make it this far out. 196 197 Lamar Proctor: This looks like a really nice subdivision and I like the way it is constructed as a conservation thing but the 198 question that the residents asked is what’s in it for Orange County? To add to traffic, to have a well so that’s my question 199 to you Mr. Mitchell, is it just progress and just being nice? I am trying to understand what’s in it for Orange County. 200 201 Warren Mitchell: Well there’s 9 acres of open space but there are no homes being provided, I don’t know if that’s a good 202 or bad thing. 203 204 Lamar Proctor: I appreciate your candor, I think people there will hit Jones Ferry and probably come to Carrboro to spend 205 money so there’s that. 206 207 Charity Kirk: One of the community members was asking why this wasn’t connected to Morgan Ridge, one of the roads in 208 Morgan Ridge, why wasn’t that planned for? Why are you trying to have a separate road since you are also the same 209 developer. 210 211 Warren Mitchell: It’s different ownership. I was a partner for Morgan Ridge. When Morgan Ridge was approved, there 212 was a lot of focus on the upland depression swamp/forest in the middle of the property. We changed the layout to 213 preserve a unique feature in the middle of the property. There were no plans for this subdivision at that time. It was 214 natural to connect to Phase 1. This road still would have been needed at the time we did this project to get access to 215 Jones Ferry. 216 217 Charity Kirk: Where would the nearest school be? 218 219 Warren Mitchell: The nearest elementary is Perry Harrison, about 10 miles. The middle school is Margaret Pollard and 220 the high school is Northwood which is running into Pittsboro. Chatham schools are excellent. It will probably a mix of 221 family and empty nesters and first time buyers, a little bit of everybody that want to live here. 222 223 Charity Kirk: What is this going to cost Orange County, as far as road maintenance or anything of that nature? 224 10