HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2009-082 Certain public properties as wireless telecommunication Facilities (Tower) Sites~es.
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION DECLARING A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF
CERTAIN PUBLIC PROPERTIES AS WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES
(TOWER) SITES
WHEREAS, within the County there are areas with little to no existing broadband or
wireless telecommunication service as defined by the North Carolina Broadband Service
Inventory for Orange County, dated June 30, 2009, and
WHEREAS, this has become an impediment to ensuring essential County
communications for several departments including, but not limited to, Emergency Management,
Sheriff, Information Technologies, Building Inspections, and the Health Department as well as
having a negative impacted local residents, and
WHEREAS, .one of the stated objectives of the adopted Orange County 2030
ComArehensive Plan is to, "Establish adequate information networks throughout the towns and
County," and
WHEREAS, the County has established a Master Telecommunication Plan (MTP) that
designates properties that are available for the development of wireless telecommunication
facilities, and
WHEREAS, the federal government has made available through the America's Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant and loan programs to fund the extension of broadband
services into the under- and un-served portions of the nation; and
WHEREAS, there are several County owned properties that are potentially suitable for
the location and/or development of wireless telecommunication facilities, and
WHEREAS, these properties are located in areas of the County where broadband and
wireless telecommunication services are needed, and
WHEREAS, Orange County has interest in extending broadband services into the under-
and un-served portions of Orange County by creating apublic/private partnership.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County owned properties, as detailed
herein, are hereby enrolled as potential tower locations within the Orange County Master
Telecommunication Plan;
Site
Number Owner PIN TMBL Acres Zonin Descri tion
1 `Northeast Park' along Mincy Road
Oran a Count 9887520801 1.25..3 135.43 AR in association w/ other activities
2 Oran a Count 9829408061 2.29..15A 0.22 EC-5 ABC Store ver small site
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3 Cedar Grove Park located on the
Oran a Count 9858841233 2.33..2 39.02 AR east side of NC Hi hwa 86
4 Oran a Count 9871519160 7.19..2A 69.05 RB Millhouse Road ro ert
5 The Eurosport Soccer Center
Oran a Count 9844157438 3.44..3A 34.09 EDD located on West Ten Road
S Lake Orange Reservoir (west of
Oran a Count 9857642370 2.45..5 156.57 AR the dam
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby
designates that telecommunication facilities developed on these properties shall be considered
as serving a public necessity to provide broadband and telecommunication services to under
served and un-served portions of rural Orange County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all, some or none of these enrolled sites may be
constructed, depending of the availability of ARRA broadband grant and loan programs.
This Resolution shall take immediate effect upon adoption.
Upon motion of Commissioner ~~ a so ,seconded by Commissioner ~e ' s ~ ,
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 23rd day of November, 2009.
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North
Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the
proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on "r[ 6ti~ 2 3 ~y ~9 as relates in any way
to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the Minute Book of
the Board.
WITNESS ~ the seal of said Co
s Y,~ day of l/h~---, 2009.
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