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Approved 6/2/21 113 114 Warren Mitchell: Definitely not. 115 116 Whitney Watson: Is the road and the length of the road sufficient to handle traffic from 93 households. 117 118 Warren Mitchell: There's not a lot of homes but DOT would probably require two entrances if they considered it too large 119 and it's not at that level. 120 121 Whitney Watson: I know Molly said there are no plans for remaining acreages but I'm trying to imagine what might be 122 placed there and if that is going to impact roadways and traffic in a few years. 123 124 Warren Mitchell: It's the same owner as this property and I'm not aware of any plans he has to sell it. The remaining 125 property is on a long stretch of Jones Ferry so there are plenty of places to access Jones Ferry. It's not limited like this 126 piece is for where it can come out. 127 128 Whitney Watson: The application says the HOA will be responsible for managing the public spaces in the 11-acre parcel. 129 Is the HOA guided by some principles on how it's managed? I would hope the principle of lowest costs is not the one that 130 guides everything else. 131 132 Warren Mitchell: There will be some maintenance of the landscaping at the entrance and the rest of the open space will 133 be left natural. The plan is to put a trail network in the open space and have the trail come up into Orange County not all 134 the way to the entrance but at least to the southern part. The gas line is cleared so that's a good place to have the trail go 135 throughout the neighborhood and connect to the open space. 136 137 Carrie Fletcher: I live on a natural gas line and maintenance on it is probably every few, maybe 5 years. It's just going to 138 be an overgrown strip of land? 139 140 Warren Mitchell: No,we're intending to mow it and keep it maintained. 141 142 Carrie Fletcher: When you are no longer the developer? It goes back to the HOA? 143 144 Warren Mitchell: Yes,we'll set that up and have it done and once the houses are done they will keep it mowed. There will 145 be a trail in the easement as well. A natural trail. 146 147 Lamar Proctor: What's being proposed to protect the perennial stream and does this subdivision in Chatham connect with 148 Morgan Ridge? 149 150 Warren Mitchell: Yes, the preservation/open space does connect with Morgan Ridge open space. As far as protection of 151 the perennial stream, all the land in the jurisdictional stream or the stream buffer is the shaded area and the open space is 152 larger than the stream buffer. All the natural space around the stream will provide protection. 153 154 Lamar Proctor: Is traffic going to evidently connect with Morgan Ridge, I know we're not talking about Morgan Ridge but 155 it's right next door and the neighbors at the community meeting voiced concerns about Morgan Ridge being built right next 156 to this one and creating a traffic issue on Jones Ferry Road from all these houses. Looking at a broader map, it seems like 157 if I were a developer, I'd want access to Jones Ferry Road so I could shoot straight up to Carrboro. If I have to go the 158 other way, I've got to go the long way around to get to anything. 159 160 Warren Mitchell: Morgan Ridge already comes out at Jones Ferry. The part in back has been approved and it connects to 161 Phase 1 which is already built and comes out in Chatham just past this enclave on Jones Ferry Road. 162 163 Lamar Proctor: Will there be roads connecting Morgan Ridge and Pyewacket? 164 165 Warren Mitchell: No,there's no road and Morgan Ridge has been approved in Chatham already so there's no access 166 stubouts that connect the two. 167 168 Lamar Proctor: Is there a plan to connect them?