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LAW OFFICES <br /> COLEMAN, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE ALONZO BROWN COLEMAN,JR. <br /> A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br /> C O N F I D E N T I A L GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL <br /> 129 E.TRYON STREET DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> P.HI0.LLSBOROUGH,NORTH CAROLINA 2727B DRAWER 1529 KIM K.STEFFAN <br /> HILL ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE JANET B.DUTTON <br /> (919)732.2196 DOUGLAS P.THOREN <br /> FAX(919)732-7997 SAMUEL ELY COLEMAN <br /> February 16, 1995 <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair <br /> William Crowther <br /> Alice Gordon <br /> Stephen Halkiotis <br /> Don Willhoit <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Past Office Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> RE: Black Walnut Farm Subdivision <br /> Dear Board Members: <br /> The recommended resolution contained in your agenda item <br /> abstract for Black Walnut Farms is the result of the Board' s <br /> directive to County staff to "resolve" the Baldwin Road issues . <br /> Those issues are whether Baldwin Road should be relocated from <br /> its present location, approximately 50 feet from the historic <br /> structure known as "Sunnyside, " and whether it should be <br /> relocated to provide an alignment with a relocated Lawrence Road <br /> at the intersection of both Lawrence Road and Baldwin Road with <br /> St. Mary's Road. <br /> Following staff work and contacts with the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation and finally a meeting involving Mary <br /> Willis, myself, Stephen Roberts, the property owner's son, Steve <br /> Yuhasz, the property owner's surveyor and Don Dickerson, the <br /> property owner's attorney, the "plan" contained in the resolution <br /> of approval was developed. Under that plan, Baldwin Road will be <br /> realigned and constructed to current NC DOT standards in any <br /> instance where the subdivision is "developed" beyond Phase I . <br /> Phase I will consist of 9 new lots and the existing large parcel <br /> on St. Mary's Road. If the developer builds only Phase I, there <br /> will only be 9 new lots accessing Baldwin Road. The impact on <br /> the existing Baldwin Road would therefore be minimal. However, <br /> if subsequent phases of Black Walnut Farm are developed, the <br /> impact on Sunnyside and St. Mary's Road will be appreciably <br /> greater. Therefore, the developer will have to realign Baldwin <br /> Road once the election to develop Phase II of the subdivision is <br /> made. Dedication of the realigned Baldwin Road and its <br /> construction will occur at the time Phase III of the subdivision <br /> is developed. <br /> With respect to the realignment of Baldwin Road, the <br /> resolution involves the actual dedication, at the time of final <br /> plat approval of Phase III of the subdivision, of a right-of-way <br /> along the western property line of Black Walnut Farm and the <br />