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MINUTES CF THE ORANGE CODNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
February 1, 197!}
The Board of Commissioners of Orange County met in saecial session on
Friday, February 1, 1971}, at 1 o'clock P.M. in the Covmiisaionars Room of the
Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Walker and Commissioners Henry S.
Walker, Flora Garrett, Richard E. Whiffed and Melvin Whitfield.
Members Absent: None.
John Watkins, Division Digineer, Earl Hoover, Assistant Division Engineer,
and 5. H. Jones, Diatriat Engineer of the State Board of Transportation, were
present.
S, M. Gattis, County Administrator, and Betty June Hayes, Clerk to the Board,
were also present.
Chairman Walker recognized Mr. Watkins. NTS. Watkins stated that this was
an informal meeting for the purpose of reviewing the road priority rating that
had been established by the Board of Transportation for Orange County. Mr.
Watkins filed a copy of the 1973 Point System on the first fifty roads that
were rated and he alsc filed a copy of the Road Program that was being proposed
for 1973-7.9711-. He stated that he would like to have a formal meeting with citizens
participation scheduled for Friday, February 15th at 1 P.M. Mr. Watkins stated
that the 1973-1971} allocation for Orange County amounted to $283,000 and that the
Board of Transportation wanted to hold ten (10~) percent of the allocation sa
Contingency to cover unanticipated costs and fo allow property owners participation
in subdivision areas. This would leave $2$1,700 to be programed. The Division
Fhgineer referred the Commissioners to the priority li.at, Discussion ensued.
Mr. Watkins stated, at the present time, the department was working on the 1973-
1971} program and that this program consisted of 13.9 miles of paving and 11.2
miles of stabilization. He stated that in order to be realistic he must admit that the
department could not finish the 1973-1471} proposed work program until late 1971} and that
it would be difficult to begin work on any of the new programs until early 1975.
The department plans to review and upgrade the priority allocation every two years
and 3t will be the rule that the roads will be comrleted according_ to their priority
rating and the only thing preventing a road being completed would be the inability
of the Board of Transportation to secure the needed right of way. The failure to
secure the needed right of way ~rauld mean that the total road would be eliminated
from that years road program, but it would not mean that the road would lose ita
priority rating. A Question and answer session ensued.
Thera being no further business fo come before the Board the meeting was
adjourned.
C. Norman Walker, Chairman
Batty June Hay®s, Clerk