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11 <br /> 1 make recommendations. She said the applicant sent out a surveyor who did some site distance <br /> 2 studies. So far, NCDOT is on board with allowing a center turn lane, and Josh Reinke sent an <br /> 3 email to request a lower speed limit. She explained that despite their willingness to implement <br /> 4 these measures, the applicant cannot guarantee they will be done until NCDOT issues the <br /> 5 driveway permit. <br /> 6 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if the applicant had also put in a request for a flashing <br /> 7 light. <br /> 8 Donna Crowder said they have suggested it, but NCDOT may not allow it. <br /> 9 Chair Bedford asked Taylor Perschau to put up the site plan on the screen. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 A <br /> Mir- <br /> A. <br /> `3SQl <br /> ir III <br /> — .,,.. 4�� �� f,�r �i ��` ,a t^�� ��y�� ��•fir ° 't` ��o �' .�g ®- �,� �� � <br /> R <br /> — — — — <br /> hhu�hh �- ;1 . � ii <br /> mo <br /> 12 Commissioner Carter asked if there is any information about how high Strouds Creek rose <br /> 13 during Tropical Storm Chantal on this property. <br /> 14 Donna Crowder said unfortunately that information is not available, but added that the <br /> 15 buffers help prevent flooding and the homes are intended to be built on a hill, so there is a lot of <br /> 16 grade. <br /> 17 Commissioner Carter asked Cy Stober to define flood zones X and AE, because those <br /> 18 would not necessarily reflect what was seen with Tropical Storm Chantal. <br /> 19 Cy Stober said they would not, and asked Chris Sandt, County Engineer, to answer the <br /> 20 rest of the question. <br /> 21 Christopher Sandt, County Engineer, said he doesn't have the floodplain data available, <br /> 22 but zone AE is generally a one-hundred-year floodplain. He explained that there's a 1% chance <br /> 23 of an event happening in any given year. He said nobody really knows what Chantal was, but it <br /> 24 was well beyond a hundred-year event. He said he is not confident in answering what zone X <br /> 25 means without the map, but he can get that answer to the Board. He assured the Board that <br /> 26 floodplains and creeks both have buffers. <br /> 27 Vice-Chair Hamilton asked for a review of the buffers that apply to this plan. <br />