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exceed $280,618 to complete the lighting project at Smith Middle School and Efland Cheeks <br />Park, and authorize the Purchasing Director to execute the appropriate paperwork. <br />VOTE: UNANINMOUS <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that this mentioned a picnic pavilion at the Efland Park and <br />he wants to be sure that people are not charged for the use of the pavilion. <br />ee. Petitions for Addition of Subdivision Roads to the NC Secondary Road System <br />The Board considered two petitions to add subdivision roads to the state-maintained <br />Secondary Road System. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that it is either Texas or North Carolina that has the most <br />roads that it maintains at the public's expense. He is going to start voting against this until DOT <br />figures out a better way to have a relationship between the taxpayers paying for these roads <br />that developers put in to make their development work financially for them. <br />A motion was made by Chair Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve <br />the requests to add Churton Grove Boulevard (Extension of SR 1653), Ainsworth Drive, West <br />Bromfield Drive, East Bromfield Drive, Hadfield Street, and Cavell Court in Churton Grove <br />Phase I I Planned Development; and Country Air Lane, Butterfly Place, Fernleaf Place, North <br />Highbranch Way, and South Highbranch Way in Fox Hill Farm -East Phase II Sections A&B, to <br />the State Secondary Road System. <br />VOTE: Ayes, 4; Nay, 1 (Commissioner Jacobs) <br />ff. NCDOT Issues -Funding for Homestead Road Sidewalks and Smith Level Road <br />Lmprovements <br />The Board considered comments supporting two transportation projects related to <br />schools: 1) A resolution requesting the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) <br />to transfer funding in the Moving Ahead program allocated for improvement to Smith Level Road <br />to bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Homestead Road and Rogers Road; and 2} A letter <br />to the NCDOT supporting the position of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen regarding Smith Level <br />Road, and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that there was a change {rose-colored sheet} and she asked <br />Karen Lincoln to explain the change. <br />Karen Lincoln said that this is not a change, but just additional information for the <br />second item, which is a letter from the Board in support of Carrboro's letter to NCDOT <br />supporting the cross-section design for Smith Level Road. Carrboro had voted to ask NCDOT <br />to change the TIP project for the road design to accept the three-lane crass-sectian that was <br />proposed. <br />Commissioner Gordon verified that the Board was endorsing the three-lane option. She <br />said that there was no immediate increased financial impact associated with this item, but later <br />there will have to be road improvements in conjunction with High School #3. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />1. Endorse the resolution requesting the North Carolina Department of Transportation to <br />transfer funding in the Moving Ahead program allocated for improvements to Smith Level Road <br />to bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Homestead Road and Rogers Road; and <br />2. Authorize the Chair to sign a letter to the NCDOT supporting the Carrboro Board of <br />Aldermen's position regarding the cross-section proposed by NCDOT staff far the Smith Level <br />Road TIP project, U-2803. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />hh. Approve Modification in 2005 Rate Order Resolution for Cable Services to Extend <br />Time Period for Response on 1235 <br />