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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 5, 2023 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-n <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Sidewalk Maintenance Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Sidewalk Maintenance Agreement Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Director, <br /> 2. STIP B-6037 919-245-2007 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a sidewalk maintenance agreement with the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation (NCDOT). <br /> BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Division 7 is <br /> beginning the project development, environmental, and engineering studies for State <br /> Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Project Number B-6037, Replacement of Bridge <br /> No. 670049 on NC 86 over Norfolk Southern Railroad in Orange County. The project is <br /> included in NCDOT's 2020-2029 STIP and is currently scheduled for right of way and <br /> construction in Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025, respectively. Attachment 2 includes mapping <br /> showing the vicinity and study area maps for the proposed project. <br /> NCDOT has agreed to fund and construct sidewalks on both sides of the new bridge and <br /> additional sidewalk to the north of the bridge, connecting it to the existing sidewalks at Home <br /> Depot and the future ALDI. In order to accomplish this, the NCDOT has requested a standards <br /> sidewalk maintenance agreement with the County for future maintenance. Staff updated the <br /> standard agreement through the County's Attorney's Office and Asset Management Services, <br /> in context of the current project. The proposed agreement is provided at Attachment 1. <br /> Sidewalk maintenance agreements like these have been in place for almost a decade, with <br /> counties like Durham, Jackson and Pender paying little to nothing for their maintenance. <br /> OCTS seeks this sidewalk maintenance agreement as a means of implementing the County's <br /> Complete Street and Vision Zero Policies, and support the State's efforts to do the same. <br /> STIP B-6037 (Attachment 2) notes the State's investment in the County, including the <br /> sidewalks on the bridge connected to the existing network to the north. <br /> This Sidewalk Maintenance Agreement is temporary as stipulated in section 7: <br /> County Maintenance is temporary. Maintenance transfers to Town of Hillsborough upon <br /> parcel's annexation into town. <br /> It is also project specific as described in Attachment 2. <br />