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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 17, 2000 Action Agend~ Item Na. SUBJECT: Petition for Abandonment of 0.25 Mile Segment of Virginia Cates Road from the State Maintenance Program DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 1. T. A. Kallam Letter of 8/2/00 2. Secondary Road Abandonment Report INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 3. Site Vicinity Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 4. Letter from D. Cook, Superintendent, Hillsborough 732-81$1 Eno River State Park Chapel Hill 96$-4501 Durham 6$$-7331 Mebane 335-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a petition received by North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for abandonment of Virginia Cates Road in Hillsborough Township from the State-maintained Secondary Road System. BACKGROUND: Eno River State Park has petitioned NCDOT to abandon maintenance responsibilities fora 0.25 mile segment of Virginia Cates Road (SR 1183), located off the west side of Orange Grove Raad (SR 1006) north of Interstate-85. A 0.06 mile segment from the intersection with Orange Grove Road will remain in the maintenance program to provide access to property owners of adjacent property. Please refer to attached map. The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources owns all property that uses the affected portion of Virginia Cates Road. That portion of the road will continue to be maintained by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation to provide public access to Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area. The purpose of the request is to improve security to the park by installing a gate where the road reaches the park to prevent after hour public access. All agencies that need access through the current gate (at the end of NCDOT right-of--way) will wntinue to have access through the new gate. NCDOT has investlgated this request (see attached Secondary Road Abandonment Report) and has submitted the petitlorr to the Board of Commissioners for its review and approval. The board must take an administrative action to approve the request to remove the right-of-way from the State Maintenance Program in order for NCDOT to abandon maintenance of the 0.25 mile segment of Virginia Cates Road. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this decision item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends that the Board approve the request to abandon the above referenced portion of Virginia Cates Road from the State Secondary Raad Maintenance Program.