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1 [i!ii!! 002 1-� THE JOHN R. McADAMS COMPANY, INC. CONSULTING ENGINEERS 100 HAYES BUILDING,GLEN LENNOX CENTER,CHAPEL HILL P . BOX 2896.CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA 27514 L�} . (919)9677079 December 21, 1982 Mr. Albert Kittrel1, Director Orange County Community Development 106 East Margaret Lane Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 RE: Northern Fairview C.D. Street Improvements OCO 8001 1 Dear Mr. Kittrell : This letter is written at your request to explain the unforeseen expense of 55,271,85 for the relocation of several Duke Power Company power poles in the Northern Fairview area. Several of the streets where improvements are being made are being widened, and the widening necessitates in some cases that certain power poles be relocated farther from thelcenterline of the road. In all of our past experience, when power poles needed to be relocated in association with improvements to a road on the NC DOT sy9tem (as these roads are) , the relocation was carried out at the expense of the power company. The reason the power company would bear the expense is that -Ihe power company "encroached" on the DOT right-of-way in making the initial powerline installation; and the standard conditions of a DOT encroach- ment agreement arse that the utility owner must relocate the utilities if they interfere with aIfuture road improvement. The situation at1Northern Fairview is different. In the area where the power poles are to be relocated, which is along the southern part of Old Cedar Grove Road, DOT acquir d the 60-foot right-of-way there in March of 1972, and the power poles were alrea y existing at that time. Although additional right-of-way was acquired in 1972 by DOT, and this additional right-of-way included the land on which the power L�Oles stand, there was no way to impose on Duke Power a condition they had not agr rd to at the time of initial installation. Thus, if the power poles are to be relocated, Duke Power must be paid to do so. We regret that we did not foresee DOT's inability to require Duke Power to relocate the power poles at Duke Power's cost. On discovering the problem, we have worked with DOT and Duke Power to reduce the number of poles to be relocated by more than half (and reduce the cost from an original quote of $19,000) . We now believe that certain poles must be relocated in order to construct the streets properly, and we believe that the $5,271.85 is a necessary cost of the project. Sincerely, THE JOHN . ADAMS COMPANY, INC. BY: Rfi://C &64"YV JO R. McADAMS, P.E. Pr sident JRMc:cw