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~~^Y 7 FACe 394 MINUTES OF THE ORANGE CCUTdT`r BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS October !}, 1971 The Board of County Commissioners oP Orange County met in regular session in the Commissioners Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina at 10 o~olock A,M, on Monday, October 1', 1971. Members Present: Chairman Harvey D. Bennett, and Commissioners William C, Ray, Henry S. Walker, Ira P_. Ward and C. Norman Walker. Members Absent: None Tn the absence cP the Clerk, S, M. Gatti s, County Administrator, road the minutes of the previous meetings. Said minutes were approved, Norman Long, Zoning Officer, presented a plat of the Willow Ridge Subdiviaior_ for approval by the Board. Mr. Long stated that the plat had been approved by the County Planning Board. Upon motion of Cottm:i_asioner Ira P_. Ward, seconded by Comm_i.ssioner Henry 5. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that Chairman Bennett be authorized to sign said plat. T?r. Long requested that the public hearing that had been scheduled for Thursday, October 28, 1971, be cancelled as there were not sufficient items that needed to be heard, therefore, the meeting was not needed. The Board authorized the Zoning Officer to cancel said meeting. Chairman Bennett recognized George Simmons, Pastor of the First Bavtist Church in Hillsborough. Rev. Simmons stated that he was appearing before the Board as a private citizen to request that the Board enact a Resolution prohibiting the sale of wine and beer on Sunday. Chairman Bennett advised Rev.. Simmons that any action the Board might take relative to this matter would be ineffective within the corporate limits of any town or city. Chairman Bennett stated further that the Board had s~ery little control over the matter, however, it would request the County P_ttorney to clarify the authority given the Board under the General Statutes. Chairman Bennett recognized Cashe Boggs, County Dog Warden. Mr. 3oggs reported briefly on hie activities and the current conditions which existed at the dog pour_ds. The Board agreed to inspeot the premixes at the conclusion of their meeting. Chairman Bennett recognized C, ?d, Davie. Mr. Davis stated that he owned property near the current site of the dog pound and he requested that the Board not enlarge the present site as it constituted a nusiance and seriously damaged the value of all adjoining property. Chairman Bennett recognized Willie Glover, Local Representative of the Farmers Home Administration. Mr. Glover stated that the Farmers Homo Administration had made forty-four (laJa.) rural housing loans amounting to $600,000 during the past year and that they were in a position to finance approximately eighty (80) loans amounting to $ OODp00 during the next year. He stated that his agency now had eighty-seven (~7) applications on file. Chairman Sennett presented a letter from :the State Highway Commission. Said letter stated that after investigation the Highway Commission estimated that it would cost $620,000 to provide an interchange from Interstate B5 onto the I?immocka T~fi11 Road and,that the Highway Conanisaion did not feel such a project could be justified by the benefits which the interchange would provide and that the requested interohange would not be in accordance with the Federal Highway guidelines on spacing of interchanges. Chairman Bennett presented a letter from Dr. Robert Senior. Said letter requested a road in Bingham Township be relocated near the Genesis Facility. It was agreed that Commissioner Ira A. Ward and Chairman Harvey Bennett should inspect the proposed relocation of said road prior to the Board taking any action on the request. The County Attorney read the following Resolution: "WHEREAS, North Carolina State Highway Commission has requested abandonment from State maintained secondary road system .ls mile of Secondary Road #1193 located just south of Hillsborough, North Carolina, as shown on the attached map, and .5 of a mile of Secondary Road rr1580 as shown on the attached map: NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of the County of Orange does hereby approve the abandonment from State maintained secondary road system these two portions of said roads ea shown on maps attached hereto."