Marlena Isley, GIS Director, requested the Board of Commissioners' approval to adhere to the Addressing Ordinance that had been in existence since 2011. Ms. Isley said they were there because of the non-conventional spelling of "parc" which was phonetically similar to "park". Ms. Isley continued that the project was located in Elon. Elon had signed onto the Addressing Ordinance back in 2016. She reviewed that it had taken several years to approve the ordinance by the previous Board of Commissioners who worked together with GIS, Emergency Services, and several municipalities to bring about this ordinance. The ordinance was put in place to increase public safety and reduce human error in 911 dispatch. She commented that the ordinance has helped the county prepare the municipalities for the Next Generation 911 System. The Next Generation 911 System will route all statewide calls through non-GIS data. Ms. Isley noted that the county had about 11,000 streets in 2011 and currently the county has 14,000 and is climbing. She said they had already met with Central Communications, Elon Fire and Police, and the developers earlier in the year to reach a resolution about the street name. Ms. Isley reiterated that the developers requested street names spelled "Parc" instead of the traditional spelling of "Park". She detailed that the biggest issue was that residents and visitors would have to spell the street name every time they called 911 and it would cause delays. She discussed that GIS delivered data to Geo Comm every single week and had to maintain a 98% accuracy rating. She noted that the state of North Carolina already had over 5.5 million address points and almost 900,000 streets across the state.
Chad Huffine, civil engineer for the project, presented information on the project. He recognized Jeremy Medlin, Lane Jackson, with GreenHawk Corp., Inc. and Tony Tate with Tate Landscape-Architecture. Mr. Medlin provided background information about GreenHawk Corp, Inc. He said the development was underway and that it will be 184 residential units, 200 apartments in 54,000 square feet of space.
Mr. Huffine said they were seeking an alternative spelling and commented that it was important for them to have Village Parc as the main access. He mentioned they had received endorsements from the Town of Elon and Elon fire and police which would be the responding agencies.
Commissioner Lashley, seconded by Commissioner Turner, moved to open the public hearing. The motion carried without opposition.
No public speakers wished to be heard from the floor.
Commissioner Lashley, seconded by Commissioner Turner, moved to close the public hearing. The motion carried without opposition.