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661 Statler Gilfillen: At River Park Elementary at about 8 o’clock in the morning, going in and out of that school, there could 662 be a 15 minute delay and there have actually been people who have been hit. A custodian was once hit by a car. What 663 precautions for entering and leaving this school are you taking, not to slow traffic? People coming are not expecting that 664 delay and they are going to be very upset… 665 666 Lyle Overcash: As we discussed at the last meeting, the most important thing is to make sure that the stacking, the cars 667 are stacking on the campus and not backed out onto Lawrence Rd. or US70. That is the number one thing. Again, we 668 have about a mile of stacking distance on the campus itself and Joey is committed to making the management plan work 669 and keep that stacking on campus, that is the number one issue. The second biggest safety concern would be the left 670 turn lanes that are going to be provided at the school driveways at Lawrence Rd. and US70. There’s no left turn lanes on 671 NC10 and I’m sure there are some accidents associated with that. The center left turn lane is the most critical thing when 672 it comes to safety. 673 674 Beth Bronson: You spoke about 15% of school traffic coming from Nc10 to Lawrence Rd. then 15% coming from NC86, 675 15% coming from the west side of Hillsborough….having the lottery system you will have a lot of students coming from 676 neighboring counties, I know that there are plans for a bus, how much traffic might end up getting routed to NC10 677 because there is so much congestion in the Hillsborough city limits. I think that is something to consider and I do 678 understand the neighbor’s concern about the traffic and the commuters’ concerns about the traffic. Also that this is not a 679 24 hour business or a 1600 student school facility. Did the TIA incorporate the recreational….? 680 681 Lyle Overcash: It did. 682 683 Beth Bronson: I fully support the public nature of it, I just don’t know, is that based on how many members, semi-public 684 members there will be at the recreational fields through HYAA specifically? 685 686 Jim Parker: It was based on the acreage of the recreational space and the tennis facility was calculated separately 687 based on other data. Going back to your original question, it is difficult to ascertain where all the different students will be 688 coming from but the good thing about this site and how it is designed, students can come from all different directions. It’s 689 not all just coming in on one road at one time. There are multiple ways to get into the site, so when you take the 4,000 690 trips per day that we estimated, that didn’t take into consideration traffic. We are going to have 30-50% bussing, then 691 those volumes are conservative and so when you take 4,000 and divide by 4 it is 1,000 in each direction so those loads 692 are not that severe. I understand the neighbor’s concerns and we are trying to do the best we can with the site. 693 694 Beth Bronson: At the same time I don’t understand how conditionally we could make you, as the applicant responsible 695 for something that already needed to be, in the public’s view, already needed to be addressed but I do believe that the 696 safety of adding school children into the mix and creating that type of traffic is paramount. 697 698 Lyle Overcash: We appreciate that point, that is why we wanted to step forward with the turn lanes at US70 and 699 Lawrence Rd. That was based on conversation with DOT and it’s near the … at the back end of your staff package page 700 377 or 378. Highlights that intersection as a recommended. 701 702 Beth Bronson: Would you be interested in. Not would you be interested in. The condition of revisiting this traffic impact 703 given the recreational field as well as the school matriculation of the school being full capacity in three years I believe? 704 705 Patrick Byker: No at least four. 706 707 Beth Bronson: Four years. Okay, so at five years you would be considered to be at full capacity for just the high school, 708 or the high school and the lower school? 709 710 Patrick Byker: I’m not sure … of the lower school is, that’s to be determined. 711 712 Beth Bronson: So, the lower school is not considered in any of this. 713 714 Patrick Byker: Yes, it’s factored in the traffic. 715 17