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11 <br /> make recommendations. She said the applicant sent out a surveyor who did some site distance <br /> studies. So far, NCDOT is on board with allowing a center turn lane, and Josh Reinke sent an <br /> email to request a lower speed limit. She explained that despite their willingness to implement <br /> these measures, the applicant cannot guarantee they will be done until NCDOT issues the <br /> driveway permit. <br /> Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if the applicant had also put in a request for a flashing <br /> light. <br /> Donna Crowder said they have suggested it, but NCDOT may not allow it. <br /> Chair Bedford asked Taylor Perschau to put up the site plan on the screen. <br /> VMZ <br /> Jim <br /> ° ��� � d 7f ,1' ----- !'�� t,� �,�,� �• n s ♦.. r C gym' � I�I� � <br /> & ICI <br /> +' <br /> O - Al �. <br /> -- � y <br /> iMrt ,un . <br /> -- <br /> Commissioner Carter asked if there is any information about how high Strouds Creek rose <br /> during Tropical Storm Chantal on this property. <br /> Donna Crowder said unfortunately that information is not available, but added that the <br /> buffers help prevent flooding and the homes are intended to be built on a hill, so there is a lot of <br /> grade. <br /> Commissioner Carter asked Cy Stober to define flood zones X and AE, because those <br /> would not necessarily reflect what was seen with Tropical Storm Chantal. <br /> Cy Stober said they would not, and asked Chris Sandt, County Engineer, to answer the <br /> rest of the question. <br /> Christopher Sandt, County Engineer, said he doesn't have the floodplain data available, <br /> but zone AE is generally a one-hundred-year floodplain. He explained that there's a 1% chance <br /> of an event happening in any given year. He said nobody really knows what Chantal was, but it <br /> was well beyond a hundred-year event. He said he is not confident in answering what zone X <br /> means without the map, but he can get that answer to the Board. He assured the Board that <br /> floodplains and creeks both have buffers. <br /> Vice-Chair Hamilton asked for a review of the buffers that apply to this plan. <br />