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F, .. - ~~_ Discussion ensued between Mr. Caatkins and members of the audience. Roads discussed were State Roads 1384, 1394, 1508, 1506, 1346, 1552, 1316, 1321 and 1350. Commissioner Gustaveson spoke of State Road 1384. He stated that the people on roads similar to 1'384 were "boxed in". Problems exist on these roads which prevent the owners from becoming involved in the owner partici- pation programs because most of the land is owned by one person. Only one side of this road has houses located, but somehow, the area was mapped as a subdivision, while the other area is a rural area. He stated that situations like this, the Council should provide more flexibility in order that owners could have paved roads. The Department of Transportation was asked to investigate this matter and to discuss this further at the next. meeting of the Board. Chairman Whitted commented on the proposed improvement program. He stated that he felt improvement to Old 86 was good, however, in light of all the other roads problems in the County, Old 86 should not be the number one priority, especially since $50,000 is required for 0.6 of a mile. He added that he felt Old 86 should be dropped from receiving appropriations from the Orange Co.uhty allocation and that those funds could best be applied to the next road on the priority list. Mr. Whitted stated that he understood how Linden Road was now number two on the priority list, however, since Linden Road is a dead-end road and rural in character, there are a number of roads which he feels fall in the same category as Linden Read. If Linden Road is so treated, then there are other roads in the County which should be taken from the subdivision classification and classified as rural roads. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that he concurred with Chairman Whitted, as he too questioned the priority of Linden Road and the paving of the full 1.2 miles of Linden Road. Chairman Whitted stated that the proposed 1977-78 Secondary Road Improvement Program would be presented to the Board of Commissioners for _ consideration at their next meeting. He asked that those present discuss the proposed improvements to Old 86 in order that the Commissioners would know how to proceed. - Mr. Watkins strongly recommended that the improvements to Old 86 be proceeded with. He stated that Old 86 was a more heavily traveled road than the number unpaved Secondary Raad. The Chairman stated again that he felt this should be a year when money is not appropriated to Old 86, so that dirt roads in the County could be paved. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that he objected to the change in policy for dead-end roads. He stated that there were far more roads which generated more traffic than Linden Road. He stated that the con- cern was to attempt to stretch these funds as far as possible. He added that $90,000 is a tremendous amount of money to put into this road which did not have any through traffic. Mr. Fleming stated that he agreed with Commissioner Gustaveson anc~ he suggested that the Board forward to him a resolution concerning the new policy for dead-end roads. Commissioner Gustaveson stated that he felt Old 86 had been signifi- cantly improveed and he felt the remaining portion was not in too bad shape compared to other roads dawn the list, and he preferred that money be spent elsewhere, possibly at other areas of Old 86. Chairman Whitted stated that a resolution would be forwarded to the Department of Transportation concerning the points raised tonight. The meeting was adjourned. Ri ar tte Chairman Agatha sohnson, Clerk