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3 <br />Site Information <br />The 2.5 (approximate) acre site is located on Rusch Road off of Rogers Road <br />within the Chapel Hill planning jurisdiction, between Eubanks Road and Homestead <br />Road. Access to the site would be at the eastern end of Rusch Road. The parcel abuts <br />residential properties on the south side of Purefoy Drive. The characteristics of the site <br />include primarily gentle slopes and mostly second or third growth, woodlands. <br />A preliminary site plan for approximately 16 homes has been prepared by Phil <br />Post of Philip Post and Associates, and is attached to this proposal. The site plan assumes <br />use of the Town of Chapel Hill's recently adopted zoning district for affordable housing, <br />which allows up to 12 units per acre. Access to sewer lines would be from the south, at <br />the terminus of lines constructed by HHOC for our New Homestead Place subdivision. A <br />pump station may be required near the southeast corner of the property, since our current <br />estimations of the elevations at the two connections would not permit use of a gravity fed <br />system. However, we are still investigating all of our options regarding sewer to the site. <br />HHUC will construct the five affordable homes using our typical combination of <br />volunteer and subcontracted labor. The house construction budget is based on current <br />costs, with a 3% inflation factor added in, since house construction is not scheduled to <br />begin unti12003. At this time, we plan far the homes to be single story detached, with <br />approximately 1,080 square feet for a three bedroom home and 1,200 for a four bedmom <br />plan. All will have 1 %z or 2 baths. All will meet the NC Housing Finance Agency's <br />Energy Efficiency Requirement. All homes will also meet Habitat for Humanity <br />International's minimum accessibility requirements. HHOC is currently working with <br />NC State's Center for Universal Design to design and build accessible homes, and we <br />plan to incorporate elements of universal design and accessibility in all of our future <br />homes. <br />Market Demand <br />The five homes will be sold to families earning at or below SO% of the area <br />median income. Because the site is within the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district, and <br />is close to services and places of employment, there will be a high demand for these <br />homes among the buyers that HHOC serves. HHOC recently built eleven homes in New <br />Homestead Place off of Rogers Road, in close proximity to the Rusch Road site. We had <br />no dii3iculty in identifying qualified buyers for those eleven homes. <br />z <br />