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=M AGE-NW, =1 <br /> QAT-z June 21, 1983 <br /> Subject: Road Name Changes - Damascus Church Road and- Poythress Road <br /> _ �^..4: Planning Public F'-ea�:- � yes � <br /> t- > Q + C r== - Marvin Collins <br /> A �.�._(5) : Petition of property <br /> owners; map <br /> Ph=a N=F. w: 732-8181 Est. 346 <br /> ?a'RPQSE: Public Hearing to receive citizen input on changing the following road names: <br /> (1) Poythress Road from existing Damascus Church Road OR 1940) <br /> to Smith Level Road (SR 1919) - Proposed change to Damascus <br /> Church Road. <br /> (2) SR 1939 (southern portion of existing Poythress Road) from <br /> Damascus Church Road (SR 1940) to Chatham County line - <br /> proposed change to Meachan Road. <br /> NEED: In March of 1980, the Board of County Commissioners named the northern portion <br /> of Damascus Church Road to Poythress Road based on the recommendation of the <br /> Road Naming Advisory Committee (RONAC). The recommendation of RDNAC was based <br /> on the section number designation and visual inspection of county maps rather <br /> than an on-site inspection. <br /> Subsequently, fire and emergency personnel experienced difficulty in responding <br /> to calls for assistance because local residents still referred to that section <br /> of road 'as Damascus Church Road rather than the new Poythress Road. Local <br /> residents became concerned and submitted a petition to RDNAC, requesting that <br /> the name be changed back to Damascus Church Road. <br /> $n July of 1982, RONAC recommended changing the-northern portion of Poythress <br /> Road back to Damascus Church Road and naming the southern portion of Poythress <br /> Road to Meachum Road to match up with the name assigned to the same-road in <br /> Chatham County. RDNAC suggested holding off on a public hearing. until other <br /> road name changes were requested and several could be considered at one time. <br /> Ib1�aLT: Changing the road names as proposed would address the concerns of local <br /> residents as well as -resolve those problems being experienced by fire and <br /> emergency personnel. <br /> ZCOMMENMTION: The Planning Department Staff recommends approval of the road name change. <br />