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ss~ Chairman Garrett referred to Item #I: Persons not on this Agenda having business to transact with the Commissioners should make their presence known . No one came forth. Chairman Garrett referred to Itean I2: Officials of the Department of Transportation will meet with the Board of Commissioners and hear this Board's ideas of items that should be included in the Orange Gounty Secondary Read Plan for the Coming year. ' The Chairman recognized Mr. F. D. Hornaday of the Highway Commission, - Jahn Watkins, Division Engineer, and Sam Jones, District Engineer. Representatives from the Department of Transportation were present to review with the Board forthcoming public hearings for the 19761977 Proposed Secondary Roa3 Improvement Program which will be presented to the general public on Tuesday, July 27, 1976, at a public hearing. Present were a number of citizens from the Efland-Cheeks area who presented questions concerning State Roads'#1384, 1313, 1314, and 1315. Mr. Watkins advised the audience that subdivision roads were basically roads that were used for the convenience of property owners within a given area and were not roads that were used by the traveling public. Chairman Garrett questioned the difference between the State Second- ary Roads Council's policy and the application of this policy through- . out the State. She stated that she understood that there would be some sharing of cost far older roads. Mr. Watkins replied that what they were referring to were old roads in subdivisions that were developed many years ago. "We did not have standards in some areas of the State and this type of construction developed rapidly." He stated that in the 19~k0's many subdivisions developed with many narrow roads and since .then the roads have had to be brought up to State standards by the people before the State would maintain them. He said to correct this problem, the General Assembly passed a bill requiring that all subdivision streets be paved. This was a commitment made by the Secondary Roads Council that the legisla- • tuer would take this power and stop the situation from happening in the future, then the Roads Council would try to correct some of the older roads by bring these roads up to State Standards. There has been a few cases (not in Orange County) that were taken care of from the Contingency Fund. The primary objective was to get the oldest roads with the most homes. This agreement was not for paving, but just to bring up to State standards. Further discussion ensued. Mr. Watkins stated that the 1976-1977 allocation of $292,400. for Orange County would permit SR #1102, Dobson Crossroads from N.C. 54 to SR #1177 to' be improved. He stated that this road in the past had right of way problems. Further discussion ensued between the Board, representatives from the Department of Transportation and people from the audience. The Chairman referred to Ite~1 III on the Agenda: Action an the Department of Transportation's recommendation not to add HoJ.ly Drive, Trice and Whitley Roads to the State System was deferred at the June 7th meeting. Mr. Watkins stated that the Department of Transportation rejected ` the additions of these roads as it was felt it was not in the best interest of Orange County to spend its allocation on these roads which only served a few citizens. It was pointed out that the Public Hearing for the citizens of the County on road matters was scheduled for Tuesday, July 27, 1976, at 7:30 p.m., in the Superior Courtroom. Chairman Garrett referred to Item VIII: Mr. Harry Palmer, from the Triangle J Council of Governments, will review for the Orange County commissioners a proposal to develop a series of satellite air- ports around the Raleigh-Durham Airport. The Chairman recognized Harry Palmer who stated "for some period of time now the Triangle J Council of Governments under a grant from the Federal Aviation Administation has been developing an airport system plan for our six county region. We are one of three metro regions in