HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0098$200,000. He predicted the project, from start to finish, would be 7 to 10 years with 75 to 100 units
being constructed per year.
Commissioner Stewart asked if the Department of Transportation had been involved.
Jenest said a traffic study had been done. He said there would be a tum lane at Bell Farm
Road. He mentioned that Hwy. 70 was due to relocate beginning in 2003.
Stewart asked if the developers had any commitments from businesses to locate in the
development.
Jenest said no, but Tsumas said one interested party was thinking about the day-care center.
Commissioner Bowles asked when the amenities would begin.
Jenest said the green space would be done as each housing unit was completed, or at the same
time. The swim club would probably be built after the first phase. He said there was a pond on the
land, and the developers were thinking about preserving it. The City of Statesville had discussed
placing a park adjacent to the site.
Commissioner Bowles asked about the proposed land for the school. He asked the possibility
of the 12 acres increasing to I&
Jenest said some of the units would have to be moved. He said some of the houses would
have to be deleted or reconfigured.
Bowles asked about security.
Jenest said it would not be a gated community.
Bowles asked if a traffic study had been done dealing with Bell Farm Road at Hwy. 64- -
where the Ideal Tractor Company was located.
Jenest said no- -they had basically addressed the roads within a one -mile area.
Chairman Tice said she understood there would be 800 housing units.
Jencst said this was correct.
Commissioner Stewart asked when the school site would be available.
Jenest said "virtually immediately- -as soon as the roads are in place." He said the .Cohn
Long Road was already built and the developer was looking at the "square in the middle" for the
school. He said the site was accessible as of today, but it would be better if the curb and guttering
were in place.
Fortner said the school would still be needed, even if the zoning remained the same and the
area was developed into 534 houses.
Tsumas said the school site was available immediately, but school buses could not go over
John Long Road. He said a road, from Bell Road over, had to be built. He said the planner had
picked the projected 12 acres for the school. Mr. Tsumas said he had been working with the school
system. He said the school wouldn't cost as much as usual because the water and sewer and the road
were available.
Jenest added that the school might be able to utilize the park. He said the plan was to have
the school in the middle of the project - - not outside near the highway to keep the pedestrian effect.
He said the development might produce 300 school children, but the school system had said that