HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2003-037 Resolution Establishing Orange County's Policy Regarding Secondary Road ImprovementA RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ORANGE COUNTY'S POLICY REGARDING
SECONDARY ROAD IMPROVEMENT
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) administers the State
Secondary Road Construction Program to pave unpaved secondary roads and improve
conditions for safe mobility on those roads; and
WHEREAS, The Orange County Board of County Commissioners recognizes that
maintaining mobility throughout the County is vital to public safety; and
WHEREAS, public service. providers such as Emergency Management, municipal and
volunteer fire departments, and the Sheriff's Department need safe road conditions and
connections throughout the County to respond to emergency situations in a timely manner;
and
WHEREAS, Orange County is committed to the safe transport of school children via school
buses traveling on secondary roads through the County; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has established aCounty-specific road classification system in
the Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan that defines arterial and
collector roads as more important in terms of carrying major traffic volumes or in making
connections between major destinations; and
WHEREAS, public roads throughout the County, whether paved or unpaved, are intended for
the purpose of providing safe and adequate transportation routes for all citizens and
businesses; and
WHEREAS, public roads are accessible, and intended for the safe enjoyment of the general
public and their service agencies with expectations of a NCDOT standard paved road
supported by tax dollars; and
WHEREAS, it is the County's interest to promote public safety on secondary roads;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of County
Commissioners that the Board will promote paving a secondary road in Orange County, even
though adjacent residents may not be supportive, that meets both of the following conditions:
1. Paving the road and making the associated improvements address a safety deficiency
identified by users of the road.
2. The road serves an important transportation connectivity function and is designated as an
arterial or collector road in the Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive
Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board will support means to advance such projects to
obtain needed right-of--way through provisions given in G.S. 136-44.7(c) with the use of
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developer fees. In such cases, all affected property owners will be given advance notice of
potential improvement of the road with opportunity to comment prior to the vote by the Board
of County Commissioners.
Upon motion of Commissioner ,seconded by Commissioner
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the day of , 2003.
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 May 20, 2003 as relates in any way to the
adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said
Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of , 2003.
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners