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'~~~ 7 F'~E 53b MLNUTF.S OF THE ORANGE COUidl'Y BOARD DF COMMISSIONERS March ~, 1973 The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County met in regular session on Monday, March 5, 1973, at 10 o'clock A.M, in the Conference Room of the Social Services Building. Members Present: Chairman C. Norman Walker and Commissioners Henry S. Walker, Tra A. Ward, Flora Garrett end Richard E. Whitted. Members Absent: None. It was moved the the Clerk could dispense with the reading of the minutes, however, it was noted from Xerox copies that there was a correction to he made in the minutes of February 26, 1973• A road petition for SR #1722 was submitted and the Clerk was authorized to forward same to the State Highway Commission. Chairman Walker recognized Lloyd Osterman, Hyconeechee Regional Librarian. Mr. Osterman stated that the prospects of securing a new library was very much alive in the views of those involved with the matter end that a Iot of wc.rk had gone into the project. He requested that a joint meeting of the Board, the Library Committee and Miss Rebecca Wall be scheduled. It was agreed that the Board would meet with Miss Wall and the Library Committee on Thursday, March 15, 1973, at 8 P.M, in the Confederate Memorial Library. Commissioner Flora Garrett presented resolution that had bean adopted by Triangle J Council of Governments concerning Housing an3 Sedimentation. It was agreed that sedimentation control data was to be forwarded to each Board member and that the resolution relative to sedimentation would be considered et the regular scheduled Tuesday night meeting. Upon motion of Commissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Richard 3. Whitted, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted: "WHEREAS, a Moratorium has been imposed upon the water-grant program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and WHEREAS, this program epnstituted a means by which county units cou13 maximize scarce local resources while providing water and sewer facilities, and WHEREAS, if programs must be suspended in order to limit federal spending, programs af~ecting areas less crucial tv counties than water-sewer grants should be cut, NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of County Commissioners urges that the federal government either resume the program or implement comparable programs." Upon motion of Commissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Richard .,. Whitted, the following Resolution was introduced: "WHEREAS, a moratorium has been imposed on subsidized housing programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Farmers Home Administration which provide new housing for low and moderate income families, and WHEREAS, local resources are too scarce to cope by themselves with the problems of substandard housing, and WH,TREAS, Orange County has been working through the Region J Council of Governments to establish the forthcoming Research Trianggle Housing Development Corporation, whose stated goal of producing 3,AD0 units of low and moderate income housing over the next five years is dependent upon the use of federal housing programs, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Hoard of Commissioners urges the federal government to take immediate steps to either resume operation of the suspended prpgrems or to implement new means of providing housing subsidies to low and moderate income families." Discussion ensued concerning the Resolution on Housing. Commissioner Ira A. Ward stated that he could support the Housing Resolution if the following amendment was made tp sai.d resolution: