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ORANGE COUNTY (1(1 ~~ <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 23. 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # C 1(a L <br />SUBJECT: OLD CHAPEL HILL -HILLSBOROUGH ROAD PROPOSED ROAD NAME CHANGE <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: _X_Yes _No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip <br />-Name Change Petition Presented on 05/06/98 Extension 2595 <br />- 05/06/98 Draft BOCC Minutes <br />-Vicinity Map of SR 1009 Name Change Area TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider changing the name of SR 1009 from OLD CHAPEL HILL - <br />HILLSBOROUGH ROAD to OLD NC 86. <br />BACKGROUND: CITIZENS: At the May 6, 1998 BOCC meeting residents that live along Old <br />Chapel Hill -Hillsborough Road (from Hillsborough to New Hope Church <br />Road) presented a petition to the Boazd to change the name of the road to Old <br />Hwy 86. Their reasons for the request aze as follows: <br />1) The address as it is currently written has too many chazacters to be held by <br />many modern computers; <br />2) Attempts to abbreviate the address aze not standazd and cause mail to be lost; <br />3) There is extreme difficulty in giving the address verbally over the phone to <br />companies which need to send information; <br />4) It is logical that the entire road have the same address from Carrboro to <br />Hillsborough. <br />ORANGE COUNTY EMS: The Director's preference for providing emergency <br />services would be to have the entire road have the same name. <br />HILLSBOROUGH PLANNING: The Director has stated that the department <br />has no preference for the road's name. <br />HILLSBOROUGH POST OFFICE: The Postmaster has stated that "We will <br />deliver the mail no matter what the address". <br />