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.i. t , • 1: I_l1T}1E JOHN R. McADAMS COMPANY, INC. 003 CONSULTING ENGINEERS 100 HAYES BUILDING,GLEN LENNOX CENTER,CHAPEL HILL P.O.SOX 2896, CHAPEL HILL_NORTH CAROLINA 27514 (919)96777079 March 9, 1983 Mr. Albert Kittre.11 Orange Cot4nty Community Development Director 106 East Margaret Lane Hillsboro Ugh, North Carolina 27278 Re: Nord ern Fairview C.D. Street Improvements OCO 8001 Dear Mr. ittrell: This lett]r is written to clarify the need for an increase (of about $2400) inithe budget amount for the relocation of the power pbies in conjunction with the street improvements in Northern Fairview. When we f rst descovered that we would be unable to arrange with DOT to direct Duke Power to relocate the power poles at Duke's cost, we got a quote from Duke of about $20,000 to relocate all the poles in the area, and then we got DOT's agreement that many of the poles could remain if we just routed the ditch lines around some of the r existing poles. Through negotiations with a Mr. Copley of Duke, we generatedia quote of $5200 to relocate several poles on Old Cedar Grove Road and $1000 to relocate a pole on Hill Street; those being the only poles that we thought we could not possibly avoid by rerouting the ditch lines. The County made the necessary budget amendments to provide the $6200 for the pole relocation. Then when we approached Duke Power to arrange their moving the poles, Mr. Copley had retired and a division manager, Mr. George Johnson, objected strongly to several of the other poles not being relocated. He reasoned that some of the poles which we were not calling for the relocatio of would be too close to the new road, and he feared that DOT would require Duke to relocate those poles at a future date. DOT then provided Duke assurance that if all poles within 8 feet of the new edge of pavement were relocated, DOT would then not require relo- cation oflother poles at any point in the future. This new 8 foot criterion form DOT was the first specific criterion we had tojdetermine which poles must be moved. In applying the criterior6 six additional poles were found to need to be moved.