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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 16, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 _ ~ <br />SUBJECT: Addition of Subdivision Roads in Tuscany Ridge Subdivision to the North <br />Carolina Department of Transportation Maintained Road System <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Map of Tuscany Ridge Subdivision Karen Lincoln, 245-2594 <br />2. Letter from C.N. Edwards, NCDOT Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />3. Petition for Roads Addition <br />4. Secondary Roads Investigation Reports <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br />(NCDOT) concerning a petition to add subdivision roads in Tuscany Ridge Subdivision to the <br />State Maintained Secondary Road System. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved Tuscany Ridge <br />Subdivision on June 27, 2002 through the major subdivision process with Tuscany Drive and <br />Front Street as public roads. (Front Street was later renamed Craftsman Street on the Final <br />Plat.) The developer of Tuscany Ridge Subdivision has petitioned the North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation to accept maintenance responsibilities for Tuscany Drive (8 <br />homes) and Craftsman Street (8 homes). Tuscany Ridge is located off the north side of Arthur <br />Minnis Road in Chapel Hill and Bingham Townships. <br />This application meets the criteria endorsed by the BOCC for recommending acceptance of a <br />public road into the State Maintained System for roads approved through the governing <br />jurisdiction's major subdivision process. <br />NCDOT has investigated this request (please refer to Attachment 4) and has submitted the <br />petition to the BOCC for its review and recommendation. In accordance with North Carolina <br />General Statute §136-62', the Board is required to make a recommendation regarding the <br />petitions to the North Carolina Board of Transportation (NCBOT) before the NCBOT can <br />consider the petitions. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact to the County associated with this <br />item. NCDOT will incur additional maintenance responsibilities and costs. <br />" North Carolina General Statute §136-62 directs that "The citizens of the State shall have the right to present <br />petitions to the board of county commissioners, and through the board to the Department of Transportation, <br />concerning additions to the system and improvement of roads. The board of county commissioners shall receive <br />such petitions, forwarding them on to the Board of Transportation with their recommendations." <br />