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R <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 1 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 18, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. _ <br /> SUBJECT: Petition for Addition of Subdivision Roads to the State Maintenance Program: <br /> Camden Lane and Gloucester Court (Chapel Hill Township); Crown Court (Eno <br /> Township) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Petition Letters from NCDOT District Engineer, Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br /> Secondary Road Investigation Reports, Vicinity Maps: <br /> 1. Camden Lane and Gloucester Court TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 2. Crown Court Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane (336)227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a petition to add Camden Lane and Gloucester Court (in Chapel Hill <br /> Township) and Crown Court (in Eno Township) to the State-Maintained Secondary Road System. <br /> BACKGROUND: Camden Lane, Gloucester Court: Residents of Camden Lane (16 homes) and <br /> Gloucester Court (4 homes) in Camden Place Subdivision have petitioned North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to accept maintenance responsibilities for those roads. <br /> Camden Place Subdivision, approved by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in September 1990, <br /> contains a total of 24 lots and is located in Carrboro's Transition Area on the north side of <br /> Homestead Road (SR 1777). <br /> Crown Court: Residents of Crown Court (11 homes) in Crown Court Subdivision have petitioned <br /> North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to accept maintenance responsibilities for <br /> that road. Crown Court Subdivision, approved by the Board in June 1998 as MTK Development <br /> Subdivision, is located on the north and south sides of Yates Road (SR 1563). Crown Court is off <br /> the south side of Yates Road and provides access to 16 lots. (Two private roads were also <br /> approved for MTK Development. Chili Court off the south side of Yates Road serves three lots. <br /> Ritz Court off the-north side of Yates Road serves five lots. <br /> NCDOT has investigated the requests (see attached Secondary Road Addition Reports) and has <br /> submitted the petitions to the Board of Commissioners for its review and approval. The Board must <br /> take an administrative action to approve the petitions to NCDOT in order for NCDOT to accept <br /> Camden Lane, Gloucester Court and Crown Court into the State Maintenance Program. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this decision item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends that the Board approve the requests to <br /> add the above named roads to the State Secondary Road Maintenance Program. <br />