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A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ON MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WITH THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL PROVIDING
MAINTENANCE UPON COMPLETION
WHEREAS, Orange County and the Town of Chapel Hill entered into a Joint
Planning Agreement, dated September 22, 1987, as amended April 2, 1990,
September 30, 1998, February 2, 1999, and August 20, 2002; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement, a Joint Planning Area Land
Use Plan and Map were adopted on October 13, 1986, by all parties to the Joint
Planning Agreement, and have since been amended on several occasions; and
WHEREAS, a Joint Planning Transition Area was identified wherein the Town
administers its Land- Use Management Ordinance as if the .land were located within
the Town's planning jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 936, Section 1 of the 1986 Session Laws of the General
Assembly of North Carolina enables the Town, with the approval of the Orange
County Board of Commissioners, to construct capital improvements outside the
Town limits, but within the Town's Joint Planning Transition Area; and
WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill Town Council adopted a resolution on January 22, 2007
requesting County approval for the .Town to work with the North Carolina
Department of Transportation to construct a sidewalk on Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard in the Joint Planning Transition Area and for the Town to maintain the
sidewalk upon completion;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners supports construction of a sidewalk on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boulevard by the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) within the Town of
Chapel Hill's Joint Planning Transition Area and authorizes the Town of Chapel Hill
to assume. maintenance of the sidewalk upon completion.
Upon motion of Commissioner~~Gri=c~'y4-seconded by C mmissioner %~~=rah-~
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the ~Q_ day of 007.
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
2007 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that sai
proceedings are recorded in Minute Book No. of the minutes of said Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County,
2007 .~~ eQ
this .~ day of
Clerk to th oard of Commissioners