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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM THE MOVING AHEAD
PROGRAM FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ALONG
HOMESTEAD ROAD
WHEREAS, Orange County, in response to citizens' concerns about the safety of
school children that walk or bicycle to Chapel Hill High School, Smith Middle School or
Seawell Elementary School from neighborhoods to the north and west of Homestead
Road, established the Homestead and High School Safety Task Force in December
2003 to develop recommendations for bicycle and pedestrian facilities that would
provide safe bicycle and pedestrian access from the surrounding neighborhoods to the
schools; and
WHEREAS, the Homestead and High School Roads Safety Task Force has
recommended that, with existing and planned pedestrian and bicycle facilities, an
additional section of sidewalk along the north side of Homestead Road from Camden
Road to Rogers Road and a short extension of the existing sidewalk on the east side of
Rogers Road would complete a safe pedestrian access from the surrounding
neighborhoods to High School Road; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation had allocated $1.3
million in Moving Ahead funding for proposed improvements along Smith Level Road in
Carrboro; and
WHEREAS, bicycle and pedestrian improvements along Homestead Road are
high priorities for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Carrboro has requested that the Moving Ahead funds
set aside for improvements on Smith Level Road instead be used on Homestead Road
and Rogers Road to~ improve pedestrian safety and access to Chapel Hill High School;
and
WHEREAS, we believe the proposed improvements along Homestead Road are
consistent with the goals of the Moving Ahead Program and eligible for Moving Ahead
funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Orange County
Commissioners (the Board) requests that the North Carolina Department of
Transportation allocate Moving Ahead funds previously allocated to the Smith Level
Road project to the bicycle and pedestrian improvements along Homestead Road
consistent with the recommendations of the Homestead Road and High School Road
Safety Task Force; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board supports the use of Moving Ahead
funding for the purchase of right-of-way as necessary; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board requests that any Moving Ahead
funds not needed for the Homestead and Rogers Roads improvements be used for
other bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicular safety and efficiency improvements at other
locations in Orange County jurisdictions.
Upon motion of Commissioner ,and seconded by Commissioner
the foregoing resolutio was adopted this the 7th day of June, 2005.
I, Donna 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 June 7, 2005, as relates in any way to
the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of
said Board.
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WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this ~_ day of ,
2005.
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