PB Agenda Packet - December 3, 2025

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10 220 applicant some period of time, maybe an additional 3 to 5 minutes, to tell us about anything that 221 their handouts and what changes have been made under consideration since the last meeting. 222 223 Jonah Garson: Jonah Garson, so move that we do that. 224 225 Lamar Proctor: All right. I will second Jonah's motion. All those in favor of giving the applicant. Do you have an 226 amount of time? 227 228 Jonah Garson: You said 3 minutes? 229 230 Lamar Proctor: Yes. 231 232 Jonah Garson: Yeah, 3 minutes. 233 234 Lamar Proctor: Okay. 235 236 Chris Johnston: We could use my button. 237 238 Lamar Proctor: All in favor of giving the applicant an additional 3 minutes of time, raise your hand or say aye. 239 240 MOTION BY Jonah Garson to allow additional time for the applicant. Seconded by Lamar Proctor. 241 242 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 243 244 Lamar Proctor: And I just note that it's unanimous, so if the applicant wants to give us an additional 3 minutes of 245 discussion about the handouts and anything since the last meeting, especially the change in 246 conditions, if any. 247 248 Beth Trahos: Sure. Good evening, Mr. Chair and planning board members. My name's Beth Trahos, here 249 tonight on behalf of Forestar. We did listen closely to the planning board and to the folks who 250 were in attendance at the last meeting and have made some changes to our conditions based on 251 what we heard. I think the most important change is a commitment to require that the property 252 owner petition the Town of Hillsborough for access to public water and that, if that petition is 253 approved,to utilize public water in the subdivision if the easements can be obtained to bring it out. 254 You will recall that in the courtesy review, the Town of Hillsborough indicated that they may be 255 willing to extend public water. And so that should resolve any potential concerns with wells, along 256 with all the study that we have done that shows that there will be no impact on adjacent wells if a 257 well is used to serve this project. In addition,we have added a commitment that all accesses will 258 be provided in accordance with North Carolina Department of Transportation permits, including 259 the provision of any required turn lanes or restrictions on access,which they will put in place if 260 they are necessary to maintain safe functionality of the roads and the access points. And in 261 addition,we met with Eno River Academy again and talked with them about opportunities for their 262 students to continue having access to the planned trails. You may recall there's roughly 1.7 miles 263 of trails planned on this property as an amenity for the community,and we have added a condition 264 that we would offer an agreement to the school to allow for their students to have access to the 265 trails,so those are the changes to what we have proposed. Just by way of reminder and for those 266 of you who perspective weren't here,this is a proposal for 49 homes on almost 80 acres. That's 267 1.6 acres per home, including the open space. More than 50 percent of the property will be open 268 space,42.25 acres common open space. That's a committed element of this plan that would be 269 required to be maintained in accordance with the plan as open space and not otherwise utilized. 270 Also, significant tree preservation, a little over 49 acres on the site. Our whole team is here you— 271 well,with the exception of Mr. Marotti,our well expert. He has a new grandbaby. But all the rest 272 of us are here and available to answer any questions you have, and we would ask for your 273 support of this proposal for much-needed housing in Orange County. Thank you. 274