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a -'~~ 7 PAGF 399 Chairman Bennett reported that he and Commissioner Ira A. Ward had ' inapeeted the portion oP the road which Dr. Robert J. Senior of (~aneaia House ' ' had requested the Board to declare abandoned. Dissuasion ensued on said matter. The County Attorney ruled that the Board had no legal authority to aot upon Dr. Senior~a request. The clerk was instructed to advise Dr. Senior of the position of the Board relative to said matter. _ Chairman Sennett preaeated letters from the State Highway Commission --__ relative to certain road matters in the County. The clerk was instructed to forward the petition for SR 1916 to the State Highway Commission. The question of the legal sale of beer and wine on Sunday, in the County, was raised. The clerk was instruoted to write to D. Livingston Stallings, - .. Commissioner of Craven County, to request that he advise the Board as to the ruling and/or aotion whioh has been received by Craven County on this matter. Chairman Bennett advised the Board that the Town oP Carrboro had reaownended that three parsons be appointed to the towns planning board. Mr. Bennett stated that the names oP Hilliard Caldwell, Richard McCallum and Toy Cheek had been submitted. Vpon motion of Commissioner Izra..A. iptard, seconded by Coamitsaioner Henry S. Walker, it wsa moved and adopted, that the three persona who had been recommended by the Town of Carrboro be appointed to the Carrboro Planning Board. ~- J The County Administrator reported on the various polioiea relative to the ', installation of water and sewer, which other counties were Fallowing. He stated , . that the situation which Orange Cow~.ty now faced only brought out the need for a region wide water and sewerage extension polioy agreement:-.end he suggested that a definite water and sewer policy agreement, for the County, is long overdue as the County oould be placed in an awkward position relative to the matter o! water and sewer inatallationa. Chairman Bennett advised the Board that he had received a letter from . Polaris ~lnterprisea inquiring as to the feasibility oS the County making ~ available a water and seweragge line to properties owned by them which is located near I-85 and N. C. B6. Chairman Bennett stated that he felt also ' that the Valley Forge Corporation and the Whittaker Corporation would want to have certain assurances that the installation of the proper facilities of water and sewer was goigg to be made by the County. The capabilities oP '-" supplying these needed facilities ware discussed by the Board. Chairman Bennett recognized Fred Cates, Mayor of the Town of Hillsborough. Mayor Cates stated that a letter mom HiTD addressed to the County Attorney had i boon received and that HUD and the Department of Natural Economio Resources needed to be assured that the Town oP Hillsborough would be granted certain considerations to the use of water being stored in Lake Orange. Discussion ensued relative to Mayor Cates request. IIpon motion oP Commissioner Ira A. Ward, seconded by Commissioner William C. Ray, it was moved and adopted that a letter oP intent relative to the use of the water in Lake Orange be forwarded to the Town oP Hillsborough to assure the Department oP Natural & Economic Resources and HIID that the waters of Lake Orange were empounded for the purpose of supplementing the stream Plow during periods of low Plow and that the control of Lake Crapge will be left to the jurisdiction oP the County Board oP Commissioners. The clerk was instructed to draft a letter to the Department oP Natural & Economic Resources advising them of the action taken by the Orange County Board oP Commissioner a. The Board agreed to meet with representatives of the Town oP Hillsborough and the Valley Forge Corporation on Tuesday, November 2, 1971, at 8 p.m. in ~ the Commissioners Room and with representatives of the Whittaker Corporation on Wednesday, November 1}, 1971, at x:30 p.ta, in the_Cnmmisaiane~s.Room. i, Chairman Bennett recognized Marshall Cates, Jr., Chairman of the Orange County Rural Fire Department, Chandler Cates, Chief of the Hillsborough Fire Department and Clarence Rosamond, member oP the Billsborough Fire Department. Marshall Cates, Jr. xas spokesman for the group and he advised the Board that i, after mush consideration repreaentativea of the various fire departments had reached the aoncluaion that it would be wiser to institute a program that would offer fire protecticn to all citizens of Orange County by virtue oP establishing taxably fire protection distriata. Dissuasion ensued relative to the i ' current capabilities of the established rural Pire departments. Ths Board authorized the representative to proceed with a feasibility study for the establishment oP County Fire Protection Districts. The Board further requested that proposals for the institution of such districts be brought beak to the Soard.