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October 7, 2008 Orange County Commissioners and Laura Blackmon, Orange County Manager PO Box 8181 Hillsborough NC 27278 Subject: Final Conditions and Recommendations for Buckhorn Village Dear Commissioners and County Manager: On behalf of Buckhorn Road Associates, LLC, I have been directed to draft this letter concerning the specific conditions discussed at the September 16, 2008 Orange County Commissioners meeting and the Final Conditions of Approval provided on Wednesday September 24, 2008. Buckhorn Road Associates is in agreement with all Conditions A -U with the exception of P and S. The following are our responses to condition P and S as prepared. CONDITION P — OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT — PERIMETER LANDSCAPING Buckhorn Road Associates offers a compromise of 50% breaks that include landscaped berms and bio- retention areas that is a reduction from our previous 60% request. We cannot stress enough the importance of this design solution. As stated in the previous documentation and presentations, visibility of the retail center is a requirement of the destination retailers earmarked for this development. Without this visibility, the project is in jeopardy and would not be as revenue productive for all participants. The Economic Development District Design Manual states the following "Limited breaks in required interstate buffers mad, be allowed, but only if they are well designed and provide either a scenic Vista or landscaped area. Landscaped berms, fences, and walls, cis ivell cis .stornnvater detention por7ds or fbau71air7s, may be used in association ivith such breaks, provided they are designed and located in harnionji lwith other site .features and f actions. No more than one (1) break per lot shall be permitted, and the break shall constitute no rn7ore than m,enly -five (25% of the interstate frontage. " Our plan for thinning the existing vegetation and clearing and replanting the other portions of the buffer (the 50% breaks), will theoretically return the buffer to a vegetative state with the exception of the wet stormwater detention facilities. No buildings or permanent structures are allowed within this buffer. We have provided a conceptual rendering as requested depicting the 50% breaks (requested as the compromise design solution #13) and the 25% breaks (allowed by the ordinance). Please understand this is just an illustrative example. Page I of 3 1000 Corporate Drive - Suite 101 - Hillsborough, NC 27278 314 -A North Madison Boulevard - Roxboro, NC 27573 Telephone (919) 732 -3883 - fax (919) 132 -6676 www.summit- engineer.com Telephone (336) 599 -3900 - Fax (336) 599 -7226