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Cabarrus <br />Soil & Water Conservation <br />District <br /> <br />SOIL &WATE <br /> <br />CONS EI~VATIOIN <br /> <br />745 Cabarrus Avenue West <br />Concord. North Carolina 28027 <br />Phone: 704-788-2105 <br />Fax: 704-795.6432 <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Jonathan Marshall, Cabarrus County Planning Director <br />Dennis Testerman, Resource Conservation Specialist <br />September I0, 1997 <br />Site Plan Review for Phase I of Highland Creek <br /> <br />Attached is a soils map and a checklist of soil features and limitations for Highland Creek. Soils <br />have been evaluated for the entire development. The area included in Phase 1 is highlighted in <br />green, while the rest of the tract is highlighted in yellow. The soils mapped on the former area <br />include Mecklenburg 0MeB and MeD) and Poindexter (PoF). I have also included detailed <br />descriptions of the soils and their properties. However, a master plan for the entire Highland <br />Creek development is essential for a proper evaluation. Please forward the master plan to <br />this office as soon as one is available. <br /> <br />I also want to make several additional comments and recommendations concerning this proposed <br />development. <br /> <br />1. The land in Phase 1, along with the land in future phases, lie in the Clarke Creek <br />watershed. A large wetland area exists along Clarke Creek, extending from the Cox Mill <br />Road bridge upstream. The Highland Creek tract includes approximately aA of a <br />mile of stream front property, including a portion of this wetland. Conservation ofthln <br />wetland is recommended to provide control of downstream flooding associated wiih <br />stocmwater runoff. This wetland also acts as a filter to remove pollutants <br />associated with stormwater runoff. <br /> <br />2. While the unnamed int~,,,ittent tributary to Clarke Creek which Ia]n.q along the north <br />side of Phase 1 of Highland Creek is not subject to the fiver-stream buffer overlay <br />district, an adequate, vegetated (preferably forested) buffer should be provided <br />along this stream as an added measure of protection to in.qure continuation of the <br />wetland functions cited above. The 500-year floodplain should be included in the buffer <br />zone. <br /> <br />3. The developer should contact the Acmy Corps of Engineers at an early date, if <br />they have not already done so, to insure that their plans are in compliance with federal <br />regulatiom. <br /> <br />4. North Carolina's erosion and sedimentation laws should be closely adhered to in <br />order to minimize adverse impacts by Highland Creek on the wetland and to maintain <br />proper functioning of the wetland system. <br /> <br /> <br />