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°.~ 7 P~sE 537 "BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners urges the Federal Government to take immediate steps to resuming the program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration and to implement new means of supporting public housing. Commissioner Flora Garrett agreed to the amendment offered by Commissioner Ira A. Ward. Commissioner Richard E. Whitted seconded Commissioner Ira A. Ward's amendment. The following amended Resolution was unanimously adopted: WfivREA5, s moratorium has been imposed on subsidized housing programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Farmer's Home Administration which provide new housing for low and moderate income families, and WHEREAS, local resources are too scarce to copy by themselves with the problems of substandard housing, and trTHEREAS, Orange County has been working through the Region J Council of Governments to establish the forthcoming Research Triangle Housing Aevelopment Corporatipn, whose stated goal of producing ~,~9G0 ' units of low end moderate income housing over the next five years is dependent upon the use of federal housing programs, BE TT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners ~ urges the Federal Government to take immediate steps to resuming the program sponsored by the Federal Housing Administration and to implement new means of supporting public housing. j Chairman Walker presented a latter from W, T. Harris, Chairman of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. Said letter was trying to promote legislation for implementation of a state-wide kindergarten program. It stated that Committee Substitutes for House Bill ;;127 and Senate Bill X11 ~ ware voted upon and passed out of the Education Committee with favorable recommendations. Said letter requested the Board to contact members of the '; Joint Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education and advise them of their support of a state-wide kindergarten program. Discussion ensued, It was felt that the Board should be advised of the action taken by the County Board of Education relative to the proposed legislation. The Clerk telephoned George Williams, Superintendent of the County School Unit, and Mr, Williams advised ' that the County Board of Education had endorsed a state-wide kindergarten program at its last monthly meeting. Upon motion of Co.-nmissioner Flora Garrett, seconded by Commissioner Ira A. Ward, it was moved and adopted, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorse the general concept of a state-wide kindergarten program end that each of Orange County's representatives in the General Assembly be notified of the action taken on the matter. Chairman Walker recognized Ebert Pierce, Chairman of the County Extension Service. Mr. Pierce fited, with the Board, a report entitled "Orange County Agricultural Extension Service - A Summary of 19 f2 Activities." It was brought to the attention of the Board that there existed a vacancy on the Chapel Hi11 Board of Ad;ustments. Upon motion of Commissioner Ira A. 4Jard, seconded by Commissioner Henry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that Robert A. Mellott of Gray Bluff Trail, Chapel Hi11, North Carolina, be appointed to a full term as a member on the Chapel Hill Board of Adfustments. Chairman Walker recognized Ed Tenney, Jr., Realtor, who presented a plat containing the first phase of a proposed development entitled "Robin Woods Development". Mr. Tenney presented a detail verbal report of his plans for the proposed development. He stated that the percolation test had been completed by the Health Department and that he had now complied with ell the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and all the requests that had been received from the Board. Toe Nassif, Consulting Engineer and Architect, verified the statements made by Mr. Tenney and presented a booklet containing the types of single unit dwellings that would b® placed in the development. Upon motion of Commissioner Ira A, Ward, seconded by Commissioner Henry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the Chairman be authorized to sign the certificate of approval on the plat entitled "Robin Woods Development".