Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 1

x Indian Creek Greenway crossing of Morrisville-Carpenter Road -- maintain option for underpass as well as at-grade crossing where southern end of Town Hall Drive intersects with M-C Road x Crabtree Creek Nature Park connection running east-west between Lake Crabtree County Park and Morrisville Community Park x Opportunity to establish a local and regional greenway crossroads in Town Center x Civil War battleground protection would help make Morrisville distinctive The Planning Board members then discussed some individual concerns. Planning Board member Kathleen Gordon: x Preservation of trees, including a designation of a preservation area x Planting of new trees x Attractive parking structures x Protection of the Civil War battleground x Be sensitive to property owners in Weston Estates with the greenway corridor shown Planning Board member John Gretz: x Liked idea of using traffic circles for transition from southern historic portion of Church Street to northern portion x Supported the idea of the greenways following the power line easements Planning Board Member Harry Clew: x Felt greenway plan was a positive development x Cited Celebration, Florida as a great example Planning Board Member Ward Mercer: x Concerns about whether TTA rail project will happen in near future x May need to rework established boundaries x Acknowledged that the sentiment seems to be to not move the historic structures Planning Board Member Catherine Willis: x Need to provide pedestrian connections to neighborhoods outside the Town Core

Planning Board Chairman Peter Prichard: x Cited Carpenter Village’s retail experience

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January 2007