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A 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 paid for by State Tax dollars 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, the concerns of residents adjacent to roads proposed to be paved in the
Secondary Road Improvement Program will be considered in the County's comprehensive
review of roadway programs; 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 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.
The Board, in determining whether or not a road meets the above conditions, will also
consider the following:
1. The wishes of residents who own property adjacent to the road;
2. Safety issues and the importance of the connector linkage provided by the road in the
transportation network; and
3. Improvements and Maintenance of all NCDOT-maintained roads are financed by all
taxpayers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board will support means to advance such projects
through use of developer fees to obtain needed right-of-way through provisions given in G.S.
136-44.7(c) whereby adjacent property owners may provide the funds to cover the costs of
condemning the remaining property if at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the property
owners adjacent to the project and the owners of the majority of the road frontage have
dedicated right-of-way. 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 regarding the proposed development.
Upon motion of Commissioner ~~SGG~U~, secq~r ded by Commissioner
the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 3-- day of ~ r~ ' 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 June 3, 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.
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Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
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