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RESOLUTION PETITIONING THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO REQUEST THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CLOSE S.B. 1100 AND O A O S.R. 1116 AS NECESSARY TO SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF ORANGE 4 COUNTY TO PERMIT CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND PROTECTION OF THE CANE CREEK RESERVOIR WHEREAS, in order to serve the best interests of the people of Orange County, and particularly in order to provide for and to assure a safe and adequate public water supply for present and future Orange County residents who are served by the public water system operated by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, the Authority has acquired approximately 695 acres of the total of approximately 758 acres necessary for construction of the permanent Cane Creek Reservoir in Bingham Township, Orange County, North Carolina, and expects to acquire the remaining approximately 63 acres within the near future; and WHEREAS, the Authority has constructed a temporary impoundment on a part of the lands it has acquired on Cane Creek and is presently using the temporary impoundment as an essential source to supply the existing demand for water in its service area in Orange County; and WHEREAS, the Authority has commenced construction activities at the permanent dam site on lands it has acquired for the Cane Creek Reservoir, and plans to commence in the near future certain other activities on lands it has acquired for construction and operation of the permanent Cane Creek Reservoir; and WHEREAS, the permanent Cane Creek Reservoir will result in the impoundment of lake waters over and across a portion of S.R. 1100 and over and across a portion of S.R. 1116; and WHEREAS, it is essential that those portions of the above roads be abandoned and closed between the boundaries of the property acquisition lines of the Authority in order to construct, operate, and protect the Cane Creek Reservoir and thus to serve the best interests of the citizens of Orange County, North Carolina, by augmentation and protection of the public water supply available to the citizens of Orange County. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. That to permit construction, operation, and protection of the Cane Creek Reservoir, the Board of Directors of Orange Water and Sewer Authority hereby petitions that the members of the Orange County Board of Commissioners request, pursuant to the North Carolina General Statutes 136-63, that the North Carolina Board of Transportation abandon and close that portion of S.R. 1100 beginning at its intersection with Cane Creek and running northwest a distance of approximately 1600 feet, and beginning at its intersection with Cane Creek and running south a distance of approximately 875 feet, and abandon and close that portion of S.R. 1116 beginning at its intersection with Cane Creek and running north a distance of approximately 260 feet, and beginning at its intersection with Cane Creek and running south a distance of approximately 330 feet, with limits of final abandonment and closing of both S.R. 1100 and S.R. 1116 to be all portions of each road within and to the boundaries of the properties owned by Orange Water and Sewer Authority.