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Attachment 8 ~~ Orange County Planning Board 306F Revere Road Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 21 July 2008 Dear Planning Board Member, In reference to the "Cabe Crossing" (aka BRAMCO) subdivision Concept Plan, scheduled for review during the July 9~' Planning Board meeting, members of the Cabe Ford Road Neighbors Association would like to make the following comments and requests: We are satisfied that the number of lots in the proposed subdivision, while not as low as we would like, nevertheless meets our request that the development contain no more than 201ots. We are very grateful to the Planning Board for their concern regarding the size of the subdivision, and for their willingness to encourage the owner/developer to reduce the number of lots. We are further pleased that the applicant is pursuing a "green development" and hope the county, recognizing that these houses will be built very close to the Eno River, will support and encourage the owner and applicant in their plan to build houses that are certified "green," friendly to the river, woods, wetlands, ground water and wildlife. As the Preliminary Plan comes before the Planning Board on &~1~, we put forth the following areas of concern, together with requests for their solutions: 1. Management of construction traffic 2. Ongoing permanent management of subdivision traffic 3. Integrity of setbacks, vegetation buffers and building envelopes 4. Subdivision design; lighting For the purposes of this document, "Applicant" refers not only to the current owners/applicant, but to any future owners and/or developers of the Cabe Crossing subdivision. We respec~lly ask that the Planning Board recommend to the Board of County Commissioners that approval of the subdivision application be contingent on the applicant's compliance with the requests listed in this document.