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,. ~ . as ~ - ' MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MARCH 21, 1978 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, March 21, 1978, at 7:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough. Members present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker, and Donald Willhoit. Others present were S. M. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, Finance Director, Geoffrey Gledhill, County Attorney, Joe Bradshaw, Administrative Assistant, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk. - The Chairman referred to Item 1 on the Agenda: Does any member of the Board desire to add additional items to the agenda. Chairman Whitted informed the Board that Robert Riley would like to be heard concerning a road matter. The County Manager zequested the Board consider a report from Joe Bradshaw regarding a possible Transportation Grant and the filing of a Community Development Application. Item 2: Minutes of the March 6, 1978 Board meeting are submitted for consideration. Certain corrections were pointed out to the March 6, 197$ minutes and upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit, it was moved and adopted to approve the March 6, 1978 minutes. Item 3: The Board will consider the secondary ro~.ds plans for the 1978-1979 fiscal year submitted by the Department of Transportation on March 6, 1978. The Chairman asked that Mr. Stewart Barbour, who had requested to be placed on this agenda, address the Board with his concern. Mr. Barbour stated that he had asked Department of Transportation officials for a survey drawing which would show land which T'[r. Barbour would be asked to dedicate as a right of way for the paving of Lawrence Road. Mr. Barbour contended that the survey and other documents per- taining to the right of way area did contain an error. He stated he would not sign a right of way until a corrected survey was conducted. He asked Mr. John Watkins, Division Engineer with the Department of Trans- portation, if Lawrence Road would be paved this year. Mr. Watkins stated Lawrence Road had not been taken down and the road would be paved if right of way problems are resolved. He stated it was not a practice of the DOT to furnish property owner's agreements to another property owner, which is the document to which Mr. Barbour had referred. Mr. Watkins stated the document becomes public record after it is recorded. Mr. Barbour asked the respresentatives if the Department of Trans- portation would provide him with a map showint the number of feet he would be requested to dedicate as a right of way, if he paid the survey's expense for surveying the line in question. Messrs. Watkins and Jones stated they would agree to this arrange- ment. Mr. Barbour, members of the Board, and the representatives from the Department of Transportation reviewed a drawing of the Lawrence Road, St, I"T-arY's Raod intersection which is the area in question. Chairman Whitted referred to a priority list of roads which needed improvement and which had been referred to the Board by the Transporta- tion Supervisory for the County School System. Mr. Watkins reviewed the list, stating that most of the xoads listed had already been corrected by grading and adding gravel. Road number 1336 is on the proposed spot improvement priority list for the 1978-79 program.