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3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF OLD NC 86 SCENIC BYWAY APPLICATION <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has an adopted goal of promoting the preservation of rural <br />character in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, one of the stated County objectives for preserving rural character is to preserve <br />and protect visual resources in rural sections of the County, including rural roadscapes that <br />invoke the 'feel' of the countryside; and <br />WHEREAS, the NC Department of Transportation administers a North Carolina Scenic <br />Byways program, which encourages residents and visitors to experience North Carolina <br />history, geography and culture through a system of beautiful roadways without regulating <br />future development or land use along the roadway; and <br />WHEREAS, in November of 2003, a group of citizens along with the Northern Transition <br />Area Advisory Board applied to the NC Department of Transportation to have a segment of <br />Old 86 designated as a Scenic Byway; and <br />WHEREAS, sections of Old NC 86 were once part of the main road linking Chapel Hill and <br />Hillsborough, which passed the home site of Thomas Lloyd, a well -known colonial settler, <br />legislator and judicial official; and <br />WHEREAS, the road travels by several natural and scenic landmarks, including <br />conservation lands (such as Bald Mountain, Blackwood Mountain, Currie Hill, New Hope <br />Creek and Steep Bottom Branch) protected by Duke University, Orange County, the <br />Triangle Land Conservancy and others; and <br />WHEREAS, the preliminary application resulted in Old NC 86 being placed on the Study List <br />for Scenic Byway Designation with a more detailed application needing to be submitted by <br />August 31, 2004 for further consideration; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby support the designation of Old NC 86 as a North Carolina Scenic Byway and <br />asks that the NC Department of Transportation look favorably on the application. <br />This the 17th day of August, 2004 <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />r_111111r�01n <br />Donna Baker <br />Clerk to the Board <br />