HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2003-066 Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners Regarding Courtesy Review of Hillsborough Project Known as Villages at Meadowview
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 5 G
A RESOLUTION TO REQUIRE DEVELOPERS OF THE VILLAGES AT
MEADOWVIEW OR"ANY DEVELOPERS OF THAT PARCEL, TO DEDICATE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PROVIDE FUNDS FOR A PORTION OF THE FUTURE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE REALIGNMENT OF ENO MOUNTAIN ROAD SO THAT IT
ALIGNS WITH MAYO STREET AT THEIR INTERSECTION WITH ORANGE GROVE
ROAD
WHEREAS, Orange County supports development and maintenance of an efficient
transportation network that provides access between neighborhoods and the goods and
services demanded by County residents; and
WHEREAS, Orange County actively participates in cooperative planning with the Town
of Hillsborough to coordinate development in areas of common interest in and around
the Town's Extraterritorial Planning Jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have worked together to
establish common planning guidelines in the Hillsborough Area Economic Development
District that include consideration of needed transportation improvements, including but
not limited to, turn lanes, road widening, sidewalks, drainage; and
WHEREAS, Orange County recognized the need for alternative north-south routes
through/around the Town of Hillsborough to alleviate traffic and congestion on Churton
Street and the associated detriment to the Hillsborough Historic District; and
WHEREAS, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have submitted coordinated
Transportation Improvement Program Priority Lists to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Metropolitan Planning Organization and the North Carolina Department of
Transportation that include the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension as an eastern route
around downtown Hillsborough to reduce traffic and congestion on Churton Street; and
WHEREAS, Orange County and the Town of Hillsborough have cooperated in
developing the Orange Grove Road Access Management Awareness Project and
Report and have endorsed recommendations to manage transportation in the Orange
Grove Road corridor; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina Department of Transportation has recognized the need for
access management improvements in the Orange Grove Road corridor through
participation in the Joint Orange Grove Road Transportation Work Group and funding
improvements to Orange Grove Road with NC Moving Ahead! funds; and
WHEREAS, that the Orange Grove Road Access Management Awareness Project and
Report, Phase II Orange County Case Study, III. Road Connectivity, recommends that
"the Town pursue the realignment of Eno Mountain Road to align with the intersection of
Mayo Street at Orange Grove Road to resolve traffic conflicts caused by the close
proximity of the intersections of two urban major thoroughfares with another major
urban thoroughfare", and
WHEREAS, Orange County recognizes that realignment of Eno Mountain Road to align
with Mayo Street at its intersection with Orange Grove Road is a needed improvement
to address safety concerns and also has the potential, in coordination with potential
future road improvements, to provide an alternative north-south route through western
Hillsborough without a new crossing of the Eno River;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of
Commissioners that if the Town of Hillsborough approves the project they should
require the developers of the Villages At Meadowview or any future large scale
development at this site to dedicate right-of-way and provide funds for a portion of the
future construction of the realignment of Eno Mountain Road to align with the
intersection of Mayo Street at Orange Grove Road and all associated sidewalks along
Eno Mountain and Orange Grove Roads.
Upon otion of Commissioner ~-~z ,seconded by Comdr issioner
.~ ,the foregoing r olution was adoNted 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 October 1, 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 o ~ ommissioners