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Page 2 <br /> Commissioners Memo <br /> Jgnuair,y 26, 1479. <br /> PROJECT SCOPE. <br /> The Department of Transportation has named approximately 500 <br /> roads in Orange County. To change any of these names we must obtain <br /> concurrence of the Department. Their system of naming roads leaves <br /> much to be desired as: <br /> 1) Road names are duplicated. <br /> 2) The Department often assigned different names to segments <br /> of the same road. <br /> Very preliminary estimates indicate there are approximately 600 <br /> intersections at which signs should be placed. An exact count cannot <br /> be taken from highway maps in our possession as they do not include <br /> subdivision streets. Further, no policy has been formulated prescribing <br /> the roads to be named. This estimate of 600 does not relate favorably <br /> to the Alamance County experience of placing 425 signs south of Inter- <br /> state 85. <br /> SUGGESTED IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE <br /> If the Board elects to proceed with this project, I suggest: <br /> 1) Allocate a CETA position funded sufficiently to attract <br /> someone capable of: <br /> a) Conducting necessary research attendant to proposing <br /> road names. <br /> b) Dealing with community groups and individuals having <br /> concerns relating to road names. <br /> 2) Name a "task force" to hear complaints concerning road names, <br /> to resolve these complaints where possible and to recommend to <br /> the Board at a public'hearing names for each road. <br /> BUDGET ESTI4TE <br /> Based on placing signs at 600 intersections, a project budget might <br /> look like this: <br /> Project Coordinator (CETA) $ 00. <br /> Clerical Support 2,000. <br /> Supplies and Equipment 750. <br /> Field Work Expenses 1,500. <br /> Six Hundred Signs (600) 13,250. <br /> Crew to Place Signs 6,000. <br /> Total 23,500. <br />