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MAYOWS OFFICE <br />Town of Chapel Hill <br />405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5705 <br />phone (919) 968.2? 14 ., f(919) 969-2063 <br />www,tPwnofchapelhill.org <br />February 2, 2007 <br />Grange County Board of Commissioners <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />RE: Proposed Sidewalk on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (NC 86) <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />The Council would like your assistance to facilitate the construction of approximately 800 linear feet of <br />sidewalk located in Orange County adjacent the present Town limits but within the Town's Joint Planning <br />Transition Area. The Council has received a request from homeowners of the Northwood neighborhood <br />to connect the neighborhood to existing pedestrian facilities on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and to <br />provide improved accessibility to shops and services at the Chapel Hill North shopping center. <br />Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (NC 86) is a State-maintained facility and the Town has approached the <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation to fund the sidewalk construction. In return we expect that. <br />the Town will be requested to maintain the sidewalk. <br />The General Assembly of North Carolina enacted Session Laws (Chapter 936) in 1986 which enables the <br />Town with the approval of the Orange County Board of Commissioners to construct capital <br />improvements outside the Town limits, but within the Town's Joint Planning Transition Area, and to <br />cooperate with the State in the construction of capital improvements to the State highway system streets <br />within this area as well as within the Town itself. <br />I attach a copy of the Council's resolution of January 22, 2007 requesting approval for the Town to work <br />with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to construct the sidewalk and for the Town to <br />maintain it on completion. <br />I would be grateful if you could schedule consideration of this matter. Please contact Gordon Sutherland <br />(919) 969 5071.) gsutherland c townofchat clhii.l.or of the Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department if <br />you need any additional information of clarification. <br />Sincer_y, <br />r <br />Kevin C. Foy <br />Encs: Resolution (2007-01-22-R14) L. <br />Extract from NC Session Laws (Chapter 936) FEE <br />Cc: Mike Mills NCDOT Division 7 Engineer -