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6 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 fhe Orange Counfy 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 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. Commissioner Carey asked why this is before the Board tonight. John Link said that the resolution says that the Board of County Commissioners will support paving of secondary roads (see resolution) with qualifying conditions, even though all of the adjacent residents may not be supportive. Public Comment: Bob Johnson said that this resolution seems to take the concerns of the citizens that live along the road on the back seat. He said that this takes away their say about their road. He lives in a recently paved section of road where no one wanted the road paved. He urged the Board of County Commissioners to turn this resolution upside down and say that the concerns of the citizens that live along this road should be a primary concern. Martha Zimmerman gave her time to Fred Zimmerman. He lives on Arthur Minnis Road. He said that he received information on road improvement tonight and he finds this resolution insulting to citizens that live on this road. He said that this resolution gags citizens in that the Board of County Commissioners will support the paving of the road despite what the citizens want. He said that the residents on this road have come before the Board many times and they thought they had convinced the Board to stay away from it and let DOT and the neighbors resolve it. He said that today he did some time trials on this road. He found that if this section of road were paved, it would save him 41 seconds. This will cost the State $268,000. He said that this State is in a budget crisis and many important programs are being cut, but this paving project will not die. He asked the Board to make the citizens a top priority in this resolution. Commissioner Carey said that he does not agree with all public policy, but the County Commissioners' role is to protect the safety of the citizens. However, this is projecting the Board into an area that it does not have the authority to control. He made reference to the vote on the second page