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119 <br /> The Treeist <br /> 1200 Hatch Rd <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> l <br /> www.treeist.com <br /> ?� /n,eeutt <br /> Dear Mr. Stancil (and all others concerned about conflicts with the anticipated soccer complex), <br /> I received your letter dated November 21, 2023 about our easement to Millhouse Rd and the <br /> anticipated soccer complex. Your thoughtful articulation of the concerns allows us to plan in a <br /> way that accommodates your aspirations for a future Millhouse Road Park. As neighbors, <br /> foresee a cooperative relationship between the Treeist and County that will benefit local <br /> residents whom we both serve. <br /> Your primary concern, as I understand it, is for the safety of those who would use the County's <br /> anticipated soccer complex. You are also concerned about the potential limitations that the <br /> access road, as currently located, might place upon future designs for the soccer complex. <br /> You ask that the County require us to "work with the County and the tower owner to re-route the <br /> access easement." You suggest that this re-routing should be done "sooner rather than later." <br /> Acknowledging the importance of concerns you raise, we are happy to work with the County by <br /> limiting and adjusting our own development plans. We have done this by dedicating a portion of <br /> our own land to accommodate the possibility that the County may one day wish to relocate our <br /> access easement to the opposite corner of our parcel. By incorporating this limitation into our <br /> site plans we have permanently constrained our own development options in order to increase <br /> those of the County. <br /> Our request is that the County avoid imposing further constraints or costs that go beyond the <br /> accommodations which we have made. In particular, we would object to the County requiring us <br /> at our own expense to construct an entirely new roadway to Millhouse Road in the prospect that <br /> this may one day aid the County's own development plans. In the remainder of this letter I argue <br /> why such an imposition would be unwarranted and why our development plans are not at odds <br /> with the County's. <br /> (Note to the reader: I apologize for this letter's length; if, with our site plan accommodation, our <br /> plans strike you as harmonious with those of the County, you needn't read any further.) <br /> Background <br /> The aerial map below shows our current access road in white. This is a gravel road that runs <br /> alongside the power lines to our property. The red line represents the approximate location of <br /> the alternative access route that I believe David Stancil is suggesting. As shown, it would be <br /> approximately 2,300 feet in length, which is nearly a half of a mile. The land it runs through is <br /> currently heavily wooded. Both the white line and the red line cross Old Field Creek and its <br />