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Approved 5.7.25 <br /> 220 this particular campus, to Cedar Ridge High School, is a known desire of the community for <br /> 221 students to be able to walk to the school, and to provide safe access. The county's transportation <br /> 222 department is working with DOT on providing this access on the other side of the interstate, and <br /> 223 the site plan is an excellent opportunity to provide for the easement. Now, Orange County <br /> 224 Schools staff has been clear that the school board will need to approve any dedication of <br /> 225 easement, so exact location is to be determined, but the intention and which the conditions states <br /> 226 is that'll be a pedestrian connection from the intersection of New Gardy Brown School Road and <br /> 227 Orange Grove Road to a door at the high school. And with that,that is the intent of the <br /> 228 application. It is to bring it into conformance to create no new negative impacts to the surrounding <br /> 229 area and to provide for future access and future expansion consistent with the existing high school <br /> 230 use. I'm happy to answer any questions. <br /> 231 <br /> 232 Meg Millard: I just had one question about there was some discussion in there about there were two streams, <br /> 233 one was fenced off and one was unfound. I don't understand that. Was it found ever? <br /> 234 <br /> 235 Cy Stober: It was. The one stream is, is fenced off. It's essentially the western property boundary, and the <br /> 236 fence surrounds the entire buffer. So, the buffer is well protected. It's also pretty much left wild. <br /> 237 It's, not actively maintained, but Chris Hirni, from Department of Environment Agriculture, Parks <br /> 238 and Recreation toured the site with me and with the staff, and it's a healthy kind of successional <br /> 239 forest. There are some invasives. The other stream was formerly shown to go right under the <br /> 240 football field. Orange County Erosion Control provides for surface water identification. A surface <br /> 241 water identification was ordered and paid for by Orange County Schools, and the origin of the <br /> 242 stream is now shown to be immediately west of the football field. I could speculate on why it no <br /> 243 longer is at the blue line that was originally shown but suffice it to say its current head waters is <br /> 244 immediately west of the football field and drains to that tributary on the western perimeter. <br /> 245 <br /> 246 Meg Millard: So, not near the pole barn? <br /> 247 <br /> 248 Cy Stober: Not any longer. No. <br /> 249 <br /> 250 Statler Gilfillen: Immediate property owners have all been notified of this? <br /> 251 <br /> 252 Cy Stober: Of course.Well, per staff. Yes. <br /> 253 <br /> 254 Statler Gilfillen: Any comments from any that you've heard? <br /> 255 <br /> 256 Cy Stober: So, as the applicant,we hosted one neighborhood information meeting. We had two members of <br /> 257 the public attend, and that's in your packet, and there was no opposition registered to this <br /> 258 rezoning. <br /> 259 <br /> 260 Chris Johnston: I apologize. Just to clarify, is the pole barn already there, and we're just putting it into conformity, <br /> 261 or is it not there and they're constructing it? <br /> 262 <br /> 263 Cy Stober: It's not there. The site has been cleared and graded. But the pole barn has not yet been <br /> 264 constructed. But it is on the site plan as a shown structure. <br /> 265 <br /> 266 Lamar Proctor: And I believe it's east of the bus parking lot. <br /> 267 <br /> 268 Chris Johnston: I see here. I apologize. We're looking at a map here and trying to line it up. <br /> 269 <br /> 270 Lamar Proctor: Any other questions? <br /> 271 <br /> 272 Cy Stober: Thank you. <br /> 273 <br />