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2 <br /> Jimmy Ed Road <br /> NCDOT met with residents along Jimmy Ed Road on June 23, 2008 and again on August 4, <br /> 2008. Residents were divided in their views regarding paving the road. At the last forum, <br /> residents supported paving Jimmy Ed Road along the frontage of Lattisville Grove Baptist <br /> Church, which is the major traffic generator on Jimmy Ed Road. The residents in favor of <br /> paving the entire road agreed to continue talks with their neighbors and come to some <br /> consensus regarding paving the remainder of the road. <br /> The Board has three options to consider for its recommendation to the Board of Transportation: <br /> 1. Pave Jimmy Ed Road from Walnut Grove Church Road to the driveway of Lattisville Grove <br /> Baptist Church (all residents support this); <br /> 2. Pave Jimmy Ed Road from Walnut Grove Church Road to the driveway of Lattisville Grove <br /> Baptist Church and leave open the possibility of paving the remainder if support of property <br /> owners comes at a later time; <br /> 3. Pave Jimmy Ed Road in its entirety, subject to availability of right-of-way; or <br /> 4. Don't pave Jimmy Ed Road. <br /> January 22, 2009, public hearing <br /> Ben Wilson Road. Three members of the public expressed their concerns; none objected to <br /> paving the northern portion of the road. <br /> • Dust and dirt cause additional maintenance to vehicles and homes and aggravate respiratory <br /> problems for the property owner on the east side of the road located along the middle 1/3 <br /> (approx.) of the road. The property owners would like the road paved across road frontage <br /> of their property. <br /> • Dust and gravel are problematic to property owners on northern end of the road and those <br /> property owners (3 parcels) would like that portion of the road paved. <br /> • Property owner on the southern portion of the road does not want the southern part of the <br /> road paved in order to maintain the rural character of that area and to discourage more <br /> intense development of other properties on the road. The property owner did not object to <br /> paving the road north of her property. <br /> Jimmy Ed Road. Three members of the public expressed different views for paving the entire <br /> road, but supported paving the portion from Walnut Grove Church Road to the driveway of <br /> Lattisville Grove Baptist Church. <br /> • Representatives of Lattisville Grove Baptist Church and Winstead Grove L.L.C. wanted the <br /> entire road paved. <br /> • Representatives from Lattisville Grove Baptist Church indicated that the right-of-way is <br /> eligible for condemnation (seventy-five percent (75%) of property owners adjacent to the <br /> project and the owners of the majority of the road frontage adjacent to the project have <br /> dedicated the necessary property for the right of way) and the church is willing to provide <br /> funds required by the Department of Transportation to cover the costs of condemning the <br /> remaining property. <br /> • A property owner on the northern side of the road expressed the concerns of other property <br /> owners on the road that did not want the road paved past the entrance to the church, which <br /> is the major traffic generator. The property owner pointed out that Jimmy Ed Road is a dead <br /> end road serving only eight (8) parcels. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this decision item. <br />