Agenda 11-18-2025; 5-a - Application for Zoning Atlas Amendment – 1039-UT NC 86 N, Hillsborough, Hillsborough Township

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206 DRAFT 164 Lamar Proctor: All right. Thank you, Mr. Carnivale. So I think the best way to proceed at this point, maybe, is to, 165 because there were some board members who weren't here who did not have a chance to ask 166 questions of the applicant. So I think the next step we should take in consideration of Agenda 167 Item 7 is for any additional questions of the applicant, but I will also entertain a motion to give the 168 applicant some period of time, maybe an additional 3 to 5 minutes,to tell us about anything that 169 their handouts and what changes have been made under consideration since the last meeting. 170 171 Jonah Garson: Jonah Garson, so move that we do that. 172 173 Lamar Proctor: All right. I will second Jonah's motion. All those in favor of giving the applicant—do you have an 174 amount of time? 175 176 Jonah Garson: You said 3 minutes? 177 178 Lamar Proctor: Yes. 179 180 Jonah Garson: Yeah, 3 minutes. 181 182 Lamar Proctor: Okay. 183 184 Chris Johnston: We could use my button. 185 186 Lamar Proctor: All in favor of giving the applicant an additional 3 minutes of time, raise your hand or say aye. And 187 1 just note that it's unanimous,so if the applicant wants to give us an additional 3 minutes of 188 discussion about the handouts and anything since the last meeting,especially the change in 189 conditions, if any. 190 191 Beth Trahos: Sure. Good evening, Mr. Chair and planning board members. My name's Beth Trahos, here 192 tonight on behalf of Four Star. We did listen closely to the planning board and to the folks who 193 were in attendance at the last meeting, and have made some changes to our conditions based on 194 what we heard. I think the most important change is a commitment to require that the property 195 owner petition the Town of Hillsborough for access to public water and that, if that petition is 196 approved,to utilize public water in the subdivision if the easements can be obtained to bring it out. 197 You will recall that in the courtesy review,the Town of Hillsborough indicated that they may be 198 willing to extend public water. And so that should resolve any potential concerns with wells, along 199 with all the study that we have done that shows that there will be no impact on adjacent wells if a 200 well is used to serve this project. In addition,we have added a commitment that all accesses will 201 be provided in accordance with North Carolina Department of Transportation permits, including 202 the provision of any required turn lanes or restrictions on access,which they will put in place if 203 they are necessary to maintain safe functionality of the roads and the access points. And in 204 addition,we met with Eno River Academy again and talked with them about opportunities for their 205 students to continue having access to the planned trails. You may recall there's roughly 1.7 miles 206 of trails planned on this property as an amenity for the community, and we have added a condition 207 that we would offer an agreement to the school to allow for their students to have access to the 208 trails,so those are the changes to what we have proposed. Just by way of reminder and for those 209 of you who perspective weren't here,this is a proposal for 49 homes on almost 80 acres. That's 210 1.6 acres per home, including the open space. More than 50 percent of the property will be open 211 space,42.25 acres common open space. That's a committed element of this plan that would be 212 required to be maintained in accordance with the plan as open space and not otherwise utilized. 213 Also, significant tree preservation, a little over 49 acres on the site. Our whole team is here you— 214 well,with the exception of Mr. Maradi,our well except. He has a new grandbaby. But all the rest 215 of us are here and available to answer any questions you have, and we would ask for your 216 support of this proposal for much-needed housing in Orange County. Thank you. 217