Baldwin County, Alabama
File #: 25-0532    Version: 1
Agenda section: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 2/21/2025 Meeting type: Baldwin County Commission Regular
On agenda: 3/18/2025 Final action: 3/18/2025
Agenda item title: Adoption of Baldwin County Commission Policy #9.23 - Access Management Policy
Attachments: 1. Baldwin County Policy #9.23 - Access Management Policy

Meeting Type:   BCC Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:  3/18/2025

Item Status:   New

From: Frank Lundy, P.E., County Engineer
           Mark Acreman, P.E., Assistant County Engineer
           Jay Dickson, Planning and Zoning Director
           Seth Peterson, P.E., Pre-Construction Manager
           Tucker Stuart, P.E., Operations Manager

Submitted by:  Lisa Sangster, Administrative Support Specialist IV

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ITEM TITLE

Title

Adoption of Baldwin County Commission Policy #9.23 - Access Management Policy

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STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Recommendation

Adopt Baldwin County Commission Policy #9.23 - Access Management Policy which sets guidelines for managing access to and from the Baldwin County Public Road System.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

 

Background:  The Baldwin County Commission, acting through its County Engineer, is charged with the responsibility to protect the traveling public in Baldwin County and maintain the public rights-of-way therein, and protect the general welfare, health, and safety of its citizens and the traveling public using the public highways, roads, rights-of-ways, and highway system within Baldwin County.

 

It is also the responsibility of the Baldwin County Commission to ensure proper design, construction, maintenance, and operation of its streets, roads, utilities, driveways, highways, bridges, points of access thereto, and other associated user activities connecting to, using, and / or occurring within these public rights-of-ways.

 

The Baldwin County Commission has and does hereby find that in order to protect and provide for the general welfare and safety of the traveling public and to protect the Baldwin County Public Road System, it is necessary to provide criteria and conditions which must be met by any person, firm, corporation, or entity seeking to access or connect roads, streets, highways, or any part thereof to the Baldwin County Public Road System and to prohibit any accesses or connections to the Baldwin County Public Road System that do not meet with and conform to proper engineering design and which do not have approval of the Baldwin County Engineer or his / her designee.

 

Previous Commission action/date:  N/A 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT

 

Total cost of recommendation:  N/A

 

Budget line item(s) to be used:  N/A

 

If this is not a budgeted expenditure, does the recommendation create a need for funding?  N/A

 

LEGAL IMPACT

 

Is legal review necessary for this staff recommendation and related documents? 

N/A

 

Reviewed/approved by:  N/A

 

Additional comments:  N/A

 

ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS

 

Is advertising required for this recommendation?  N/A

 

If the proof of publication affidavit is not attached, list the reason: N/A

 

FOLLOW UP IMPLEMENTATION

 

For time-sensitive follow up, select deadline date for follow up:  N/A

 

Individual(s) responsible for follow up:  Administration Department

 

Action required (list contact persons/addresses if documents are to be mailed or emailed):  Administration staff to update the policy files and books. 

 

Additional instructions/notes:  N/A