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In accordance to North Carolina General Statute Chapter 153A-241, the road has been posted in four locations for at least three weeks prior to this meeting. A notice of the public hearing was also advertised in the Chapel Hill Herald and The News of Orange for three consecutive weeks. If, after the public hearing, the Board is satisfied that closing the road is not contrary to the public interest and that no individual awning property in the vicinity of the road would be deprived of reasonable access to the property, the Board could go ahead and take action. The lavender sheet is the order closing the road. Public Comment: Brad Clark said that he spoke at the meeting in September, but he would reiterate his points. He has owned the property on the west side of Pleasant Green Community House Road since 1998. The road adjoining his property was in terrible shape and there were appliances, furniture, deer carcasses, garbage, and there was very poor drainage. He met with a representative from NCDOT and an engineer from the State came and looked at the road and made the assessment that the crossover pipe under the road was inadequate and would have to be replaced with a much larger pipe. The drainage was improved and he made a "gentleman's agreement" with them that if they would do the ditching out that he would try and keep it cleaned up as long as he owned the property and lived there. It has been hard to keep the road clean. None of the residents have a clear view of the road because it is very densely wooded. With the increased cast of tipping fees, the public has made this road a satellite county dumping point. He has hauled the junk away and disposed of it at his own expense. He thinks the best solution is to close the road. He has also seen people parked on the road drinking alcohol and other people parked there for various reasons. Ed Punt, who had signed up to speak, said that Brad Clark said everything that he wanted to say. A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to accept the "Order closing a 0.27-mile road right-of-way on SR 1571 (Pleasant Green Community Center Road) between SR 1569 (Cole Mill Road) and Pleasant Green Community Center." ORDER CLOSING A 0.27-MILE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY ON SR 1571 (PLEASANT GREEN COMMUNITY CENTER ROAD) BETWEEN SR 1569 (COLE MILL ROAD) AND PLEASANT GREEN COMMUNITY CENTER WHEREAS, petitioners Donald B. and Lynda F. Sanders, L. Thomas Bullock, W. C. and Vannie Cater, Vannie Carter for Pleasant Green Community House, Silvia Heyden, and William B. Clark have petitioned the North Carolina State Department of Transportation Division of Highways to abandon a 0.27-mile segment of Secondary Road 1571, Pleasant Green Community Center Road, identified on the map that is Exhibit A incorporated herein by reference, from the State Maintained System; and WHEREAS, Mr. William B. Clark and Mr. Ed Punt have appeared before the Orange County Commissioners requesting that Orange County close the right-of-way identified by Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on October 3, 2005, adopted a resolution declaring its intent to close the right-of-way identified in Exhibit A; and