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16 s <br />OR�_NGE COUNTY <br />3O; -.RD OF =,21ISSIONERS <br />r,ct_on A e ^tea <br />it 110. <br />ACTION AGE: +DA ITEM nBST?ACT <br />Meetinq Sate: March.9, 1992 <br />3.7ECT: ENO MOUNTAIN ROAD CLOSING <br />-? ,R i1ENTrTCOUNTY MANAGER /r^ <br />_.._ - -- ___COUNTY ---- -- j�____ <br />:tEidT (S) . <br />Petition <br />11/1/87 and 11/15/87 Resolutions <br />Resolution <br />N.C.G.S. 5153A -241 <br />PUBLIC- HEARING - -- YES: _ NO: X <br />-------------------------- - -- <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoffrey Gledhill, <br />County Attorney, <br />TELEPHOPTE 1lUMBER- 732 --2196 <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Chapel HI-11 - 968 -4501 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution declaring the intent of the Board of <br />Commissioners to close a portion of Eno Mountain Road: <br />BACKGROUND: In November 1987 the Board of Commissioners adopted two <br />resolutions (the first on November 1, 1987; the second on November 15, 1987) <br />expressing its support of the straightening and paving of Eno Mountain Road, <br />generally from the Eno River south to its intersection with Orange Grove <br />Road. Those resolutions requested the North. Carolina Department of <br />Transportation to abandon the Eno'Mountain Road right of •way that existed <br />then and that would no longer be used after the road straightening and paving <br />project was complete. Finally, the Board resolved that it would do its part <br />in.the process of abandoning Eno Mountain Road by declaring its intent to <br />close the abandoned portion of the road and to hold a public hearing on the <br />closing. This latter step was an important feature in the agreement to <br />straighten and improve Eno Mountain Road because the owners of the property <br />abutting the new road gave the Department of Transportation the right of way <br />for the-road improvements with the expectation that the right of way for the <br />abandoned portion of the road would revert to them as provided by law in the <br />case of a closed public road. <br />The road project is now complete and the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation has abandoned, for maintenance purposes, the old road. With <br />a letter dated February 24, 1992, the County Attorney received a petition <br />from Tredmont, Inc. and Resco Products, Inc., owners of a substantial <br />portion of the abandoned segment of Eno Mountain Road, formally requesting <br />that the abandoned section of the road be closed. The next step in this <br />process is for the Board of Commissioners to adopt the attached resolution <br />declaring its intent to close the public road and to set the public hearing <br />for the road closing. At the conclusion of the public hearing the Board can <br />formally close the road provided it can make the findings of fact which are <br />required by the statute authorizing road closings which statute is also <br />attached to this agenda abstract. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager and the County Attorney recommend the <br />adoption of the resolution declaring the Board's intent to.close designated <br />portions of Eno Mountain Road. <br />