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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 4, 2020 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-h <br /> SUBJECT: Request for Road Additions to the State Maintained Secondary Road System for <br /> Henderson Woods Lane, Martin Madden Way, and Shakori Trail in Henderson <br /> Woods Subdivision <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Maps Tom Ten Eyck, 919-245-2567 <br /> 2. Subdivision Final Plat Tom Altieri, 919-245-2579 <br /> 3. NCDOT Petition Information Craig Benedict, 919-245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> (NCDOT), and the North Carolina Board of Transportation (NC BOT), concerning a petition to <br /> add Henderson Woods Lane, Martin Madden Way, and Shakori Trail in Henderson Woods <br /> Subdivision to the State Maintained Secondary Road System. <br /> BACKGROUND: This request includes a petition for three (3) road additions to the State <br /> Maintained Secondary Road System. The roads and their respective lengths and widths are as <br /> follows: <br /> Road Name Length in Miles Number of Frontage Pavement/Right-of- <br /> Lots with Houses way Widths in Feet <br /> Henderson Woods Lane 0.08 0 22/50 <br /> Martin Madden Way 0.21 8 22/50 <br /> Shakori Trail 0.11 5 22/50 <br /> Total 0.40 13 N/A <br /> Henderson Woods Subdivision is located in the Rural Buffer, north of Whitfield Road and west <br /> of Erwin Road, slightly west of the Durham County line in Chapel Hill Township (Attachment 1). <br /> The single family residential subdivision is located within Orange County's planning jurisdiction <br /> and was developed and approved subject to the County's zoning and subdivision regulations. <br /> There is no known subdivision violation associated with Henderson Woods, and it was approved <br /> by the BOCC in 2015 as a conservation cluster flexible development subdivision. Stormwater <br /> maintenance agreements are in process. <br /> Henderson Woods Subdivision was recorded on April 21, 2017 (Book 17/Page 3) (Attachment <br /> 2). Henderson Woods Lane, Martin Madden Way, and Shakori Trail were designed to public <br /> road standards, but have been private roads in the interim. The roads were intended to become <br /> public roads when conditions met NCDOT maintenance responsibility and ownership criteria. <br /> Henderson Woods Lane has a length of 0.08 mile and provides access for zero fully developed <br /> lots. The road has a right-of-way width of 50 feet and a pavement width of 22 feet. The road <br />