CMR-20210224 Ver 1_Public Comments_20220202

Rick Trone,
Division of Water Resources,
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699.
Dear Mr. Trone:
We are strongly opposed to the Westpoint Development as it is currently proposed, for the following
reasons:
• The current Durham Future Land Use Map, approved in early 2018, designates this
area as Very Low Density (2 units/acre or less) which is 113 the density approved in
1972. As a result, the proposed site plats is wholly inconsistent with adopted City
and County transportation and land use plans. Only 128 units should be allowed
on this property at most - not 400!
• The City's recently approved Critical Areas Protection plan identifies this site as a
"Keystone" parcel that should be protected.
• We have much stronger standards for water quality and environmental
preservation today, to which this site plan should be held accountable.
-The Division of Water Resources should deny the application, or at minimum insist that the
Westpoint development application be amended as follows:
1. All of the stormwater from the site needs to be treated. The site plan we reviewed
indicates that the stormwater from the road crossing that connects with Roxboro Road
will NOT be treated. No certification should be approved unless the plan includes
sufficient treatment of the stormwater from this area, and all other areas, during and
after site construction.
2. The site should be redesigned to remove all roads, homes, and stormwater
management areas from regulated stream buffers, streams, or delineated wetland
areas.
3. Since this development is occurring in the protected area of the proposed-TeouQuarry
and Eno River Intake Water Supply Watershed, the developer should have to'
comply with all regulations for intake water supply watershed protected areas,
including 100-foot buffers on perennial streams.
4. The number of units should be greatly reduced.
Thank you for bringing this to the attention of nearby residents who do not want to see the wonderful
Eno River environment that we have in North Durham, damaged by the adoption of this proposal.
We look forward to your earliest reply.
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Donna and George Allison
500 West Bywood Drive. ,
Durham, NC 27712