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Approved 6/2/21 169 170 Warren Mitchell: No. Morgan Ridge has been approved. It's gone through the Commissioners and there is no connection 171 between them. 172 173 Lamar Proctor: Ok, I assume that two subdivisions being build next to each other with no connection and then a year or 174 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 175 voiced that concern. Do you think that it will eventually be connected or this is a permanent situation, one is one and the 176 other is the other? 177 178 Warren Mitchell: Yes, it is and as well, Morgan Ridge already has a direct public road access to Jones Ferry. There are 179 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 180 faster, it already has a direct connection. The only access to Morgan Ridge is from Jones Ferry Road. 181 182 Lamar Proctor: Do you need the well in Orange County? Could there be a third well in Chatham County? 183 184 Warren Mitchell: There could,yes. I am trying to plan for something that is hard to predict with the well yields. Honestly, 185 at the neighborhood meeting, I heard there was a concern to the neighbors so I have been thinking about it. It's 186 understandably concerning if you have a low yield well, if your well is not tapped into a good aquifer,that's concerning that 187 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 188 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 189 to find another one in Chatham County. 190 191 Lamar Proctor: I don't know where water and sewer lines are in Chatham; is there any water and sewer close that 192 eventually, in the future, will hook up to this area or is that not even in the foreseeable future? 193 194 Warren Mitchell: Chatham,just like Orange, does not have any county sewer but their water lines are good. They are just 195 too far away. They are about 10 miles away, they took some larger roads where higher density was projected and it was 196 probably too expensive at the time to come out this way. It's not likely to ever make it this far out. 197 198 Lamar Proctor: This looks like a really nice subdivision and I like the way it is constructed as a conservation thing but the 199 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 200 to you Mr. Mitchell, is it just progress and just being nice? I am trying to understand what's in it for Orange County. 201 202 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 203 or bad thing. 204 205 Lamar Proctor: I appreciate your candor, I think people there will hit Jones Ferry and probably come to Carrboro to spend 206 money so there's that. 207 208 Charity Kirk: One of the community members was asking why this wasn't connected to Morgan Ridge, one of the roads in 209 Morgan Ridge,why wasn't that planned for? Why are you trying to have a separate road since you are also the same 210 developer. 211 212 Warren Mitchell: It's different ownership. I was a partner for Morgan Ridge. When Morgan Ridge was approved, there 213 was a lot of focus on the upland depression swamp/forest in the middle of the property. We changed the layout to 214 preserve a unique feature in the middle of the property. There were no plans for this subdivision at that time. It was 215 natural to connect to Phase 1. This road still would have been needed at the time we did this project to get access to 216 Jones Ferry. 217 218 Charity Kirk: Where would the nearest school be? 219 220 Warren Mitchell: The nearest elementary is Perry Harrison, about 10 miles. The middle school is Margaret Pollard and 221 the high school is Northwood which is running into Pittsboro. Chatham schools are excellent. It will probably a mix of 222 family and empty nesters and first time buyers,a little bit of everybody that want to live here. 223 224 Charity Kirk: What is this going to cost Orange County, as far as road maintenance or anything of that nature?