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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION <br /> ENDORSING A TRAFFIC LIGHT <br /> AT <br /> ORANGE GROVE ROAD AND NEW GRADY BROWN SCHOOL ROAD <br /> WHEREAS, Cedar Ridge High School is scheduled to open in Fall 2002 with a student capacity of <br /> approximately 900 and an ultimate capacity of 1,500; and <br /> WHEREAS, Cedar Ridge High School will be located on the north side of New Grady Brown School Road across <br /> from Grady Brown Elementary School, which has a student capacity of 575; and <br /> WHEREAS, several new residential sites are currently being developed on Orange Grove Road north of this <br /> intersection, and some of the traffic from the 381 apartments and 30 townhouses in those developments can <br /> be expected to impact this vicinity; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina Department of Transportation statistics indicate, from 1997 to 1999, average daily <br /> traffic increased on Orange Grove Road north of this location (north of 1-40) and average daily traffic in that <br /> vicinity can be expected to increase at a greater rate with the new developments; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has requested for several years that the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation install a traffic light at the intersection of New Grady Brown School Road with Orange Grove <br /> Road and investigate lowering speed limits in the vicinity of Cedar Ridge High School; and <br /> WHEREAS, North Carolina Department of Transportation staff assured the Orange County Commissioners in <br /> July 2001 that additional development on Orange Grove Road had changed conditions to meet <br /> department warrants for a traffic signal, and subsequently designated a traffic light at Cedar Ridge High <br /> School as the top spot safety project in Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, many parents and other concerned citizens, including the members of the Orange County School <br /> Board and state Senator Ellie Kinnaird, have lobbied for the installation of this necessary safety improvement; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County believes a traffic light at that location is warranted for the safety of school children, <br /> pedestrians, cyclists and motorists traveling in that vicinity; <br /> NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorses the installation of <br /> a traffic light at the intersection of New Grady Brown School Road with Orange Grove Road in time for the <br /> opening of Cedar Ridge High School in August 2002. <br /> Barry J s, r <br /> Orang ounty B d f Commissioners <br /> Upon motion of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner r the foregoing <br /> resolution was adopted this the�_day of�, 2002. <br /> I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY <br /> CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on <br /> March 6, 2002 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded <br /> in the minutes of said Board. <br /> �,WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this da y of 2942--1—, 2002. - <br /> rr ' 4 <br /> Clerk to th Board of Co issioners , <br /> ®`d4 Cata�ti�e <br />