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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 4, 2003 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Petition for Addition of Subdivision Roads to the State Maintenance Program <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Vicinity Map for Raineywood Subdivision <br />2. Vicinity Map for Thomas Place Subdivision <br />3. Letter from C. N. Edwards and SR Addition Reports for <br />Roads in Raineywood Subdivision <br />4. Letter from C. N. Edwards and SR Addition Reports for <br />Roads in Thomas Place Subdivision <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 petitions to add six (6) roads in Orange County subdivisions to the <br />State-maintained Secondary Road System. <br />BACKGROUND: Rainevwood Drive (extension of SR 1417). Silk Oaks Court. Sandalwood Drive, <br />Crimson Court: Residents on Raineywood Drive (2 homes), Silk Oaks Court (4 homes) Sandalwood <br />Drive (4 homes) and Crimson Court (5 homes) have petitioned NCDOT to accept maintenance <br />responsibilities for those roads. Raineywood Drive, located north of Lebanon Road (SR 1306) off <br />the east side of Daniels Farm Road (SR 1412) in Cheeks Township, provides access for Silk Oaks <br />Court, Sandalwood Drive and Crimson Court. The roads were platted in Phase 2 and Phase 3 of <br />Raineywood Subdivision, approved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners in August <br />1997. <br />Percussion Drive. Stillwater Lane: Residents of Percussion Drive (16 homes) and Stillwater Lane (6 <br />homes), in Thomas Place Subdivision, have petitioned NCDOT to accept maintenance <br />responsibilities for those roads. Thomas Place Subdivision is located off the south side of Walker <br />Road (SR 1553) in Eno Township. The Orange County Board of Commissioners approved the <br />preliminary plat for Thomas Place in August 1995. <br />NCDOT has investigated these requests (please refer to attached Secondary Road Addition <br />Reports), and has submitted the petitions to the Board of Commissioners for its review and <br />approval. The Board must take an administrative action to approve the petitions to NCDOT in order <br />for NCDOT to accept the 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 requests to <br />add the above named roads to the State Secondary Road Maintenance Program.