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e <br /> 1 <br /> • <br /> OR AN G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 18, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # \=A <br /> SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING-ABANDONMENT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY-DUKE FOREST RD. <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _X—YES NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Resolution Slade McCalip, Ext. 2595 <br /> - Vicinity Map Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 <br /> - Petition <br /> - J. Edeburn Letter of 10-14-94 <br /> - G. Gledhill Letter of 01-27-95 <br /> - N.C. General Statute 153A-241 <br /> - Order Closing Right-of-Way TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> - Newspaper Public Notice Affidavit Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing on and to consider an <br /> order closing a right-of-way (Duke Forest Road) <br /> located between University Station Road (SR 1712 ) <br /> and Murphey School Road (SR 1716) located in Duke <br /> Forest. <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 6, 1995 the County Commissioners <br /> approved a petition for the abandonment of <br /> maintenance on Duke Forest Road, the 0.7 mile <br /> section of SR 1716 between University Station Road <br /> and Murphey School Road. The petition was <br /> submitted by the N.C. Department of Transportation <br /> (NCDOT) on behalf of the property owners adjacent <br /> to the road, Duke University, and Alfred S. and . <br /> Jane C. Kirkland. <br /> On March 8, 1995 the County Commissioners adopted <br /> a resolution to declare the intent of the Board of <br /> Commissioners to abandon the right-of-way for Duke <br /> Forest Road and scheduling a public hearing for <br /> consideration of the issue on April 18, 1995. <br /> The adjacent property owners desire right-of-way <br /> abandonment so the road can be closed completely. <br /> Reasons for abandonment include illegal dumping, <br /> vandalism, and safety concerns along the more <br /> obscure portions of the road. <br />