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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2001 <br />Action Age <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Petition for Addition of Staffield Lane and Whitmore Circle to the State Maintenance <br />Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. T. J. Dyer Letter of 12/15/00 <br />2. Secondary Road Addition Report <br />3. Orange County Planning Site Vicinity Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln Ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane (336)227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a petition to add two roads, Sheffield Lane and Whitmore Circle, in <br />Highland Meadows Subdivision, Chapel Hill Township, to the State - maintained Secondary Road <br />System. <br />BACKGROUND: Residents on Sheffield Lane and Whitmore Circle have petitioned NCDOT to <br />accept maintenance responsibilities for those two subdivision roads. Sheffield Lane and Whitmore <br />Circle are located in Highland Meadows Subdivision (west side of Rogers Road, north of <br />Homestead Road). Highland Meadows Subdivision (approved by the Town of Carrboro in October <br />1992) is in the Joint Planning Area in Carrboro's Transition Area. <br />NCDOT has investigated this request (see attached Secondary Road Addition Report) and has <br />submitted the petition to the Board. of Commissioners for their review and approval. The Board <br />must take an administrative action to approve the petition to NCDOT in order for NCDOT to accept <br />the two roads into the State Maintenance Program. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this decision item. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends that the Board approve the request to <br />add Sheffield Lane and Whitmore Circle to the State Secondary Road Maintenance Program. <br />