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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 20, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. -?, <br />SUBJECT: Report on Recommendations Regarding Petitions for Addition of Subdivision <br />Roads to the State Maintained System <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />N.C.G.S. §136-62 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Karen Lincoln, 245-4594 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on processing Petitions for Addition of subdivision roads to the <br />State Maintained System. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Origin: The County is seeing an increase in Petitions for Addition for roads that <br />the County has not approved as public roads in the subdivision process. <br />Staff processing of these petitions is often delayed because the BOCC <br />does not have a policy in place'to ensure equitable treatment in the <br />decision-making process with respect to the various circumstances under <br />which the roads were originally created. <br />Who's - Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Involved: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner <br />Orange Unified Transportation Board <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation <br />Status: The Board of Commissioners currently has no policy in place regarding <br />how it recommends roads for State maintenance that have not been <br />approved as public roads through the subdivision process. <br />Upcoming The property owners in the Bradford Ridge subdivision submitted a <br />Issue: Petition for Addition to the District Office of the North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in 2005. Property owners in the <br />subdivision have dedicated the road right-of-way to the State, and paid <br />for core sample testing to determine that the road was constructed to the