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004 <br />aoo~ 1'7 ~>AGE I' <br />The Board considered a proposed Board Retreat. Chairman Garner suggested to the <br />Board a retreat be held on a Thursday and Friday sometime after the first of the year. He asked <br />members of the Board to return any suggestions they had for a retreat to him or the County <br />Manager by the next meeting on November 3, 1997 for further discussion. <br />The Board considered a resolution to add a portion of Highway #1 to the Federal <br />Interstate Highway System. Commissioner Cox moved approval of the following resolution <br />which has been endorsed by the Lee County Economic Development Corporation, City of <br />Sanford City Council, Town of Broadway, Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the <br />Lee County Committee of 100 Board of Directors: <br />RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE <br />ADDITION OF A PORTION OF US HIGHWAY I <br />TO THE FEDERAL. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM <br />WHEREAS, the 1956 National Defense Act created the National Interstate Highway <br />System as a means to effect the free flow of traffic throughout our nation in an efficient and safe <br />manner; and <br />WHEREAS, the National Interstate Highway System now consists of a series of limited <br />access interstate highways, intrastate connectors, and expressways bypassing our major cities; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, US Highway 1 between Interstate 40 in Raleigh and US Highway 421 in <br />Sanford is being constructed to interstate highway standards with a completion date scheduled <br />for 1999; and <br />WHEREAS, the designation of this section of US Highway 1 as a part of the National <br />Interstate Highway System would enhance the marketing of the Sanford-Lee County Regional <br />Airport, assist the Village of Pinehurst and other Sandhills communities in promoting tourism, <br />and otherwise provide a vital link between the Southern Sandhills community and the Research <br />Triangle area. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lee County Economic Development <br />Corporation, Lee County Board of Commissioners, City of Sanford City Council, Town of <br />Broadway Board of Commissioners, Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, <br />and the Lee County Committee of 100 Board of Directors, hereby request that the North <br />Carolina Department of Transportation endorse our petition for the section of US Highway 1 <br />between Sanford and Raleigh to be designated Interstate 140, or a reasonable designation <br />thereof, and made a part of the National Interstate Highway System. <br />Commissioner Garner seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as follows: <br />Aye: Cox, Garner, Mansfield, Matthews, Moretz, Paschal and Reives <br />Nay: None <br />4 <br />