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REE 00 VIA HAND DELIVERY August 11, 1999 Ms. Susan Dovenbarger, Chair Orange County Board of Education Hillsborough, North Carolina Dr. Randy Bridges, Superintendent Orange County Schools Hillsborough, North Carolina Dear Ms. Dovenbarger and Dr. Bridges: Thank you for meeting with us concerning our research relating to the location and establishment of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District line. The Kimley-Horn and Associates' map attached to the enclosed Petition shows the location of the school district line based on our research. The enclosed Petition requests that the Board correct the location of the school district line to the position shown on the Kimley-Horn map. T~~ _xt v_~r_~~s+~axclt artd rest. by O~£t'r~y Gaedliill, the County A.ttt~~ey, it a}~p~at'~ that ~e curt~nt rrt 1~r~,4.t#~..s~hoo! d~stticf line (fransc~ibed from the Qlde,~ tax map sum) is i~t~brrect~'fieoff Oiedhiil"s research reveals that the e~li~st-viitirr- of ~ tap of Vie, '~t-t>ol district; dated'-April L, 19:3, contains "5a~r~rai ~g~nficant errors" nclug ~ in~c~rr~ct no~#ih-sQUth oMetitation. This incorrect orientation resulted in the school district line being shown in asouthwest-northeast orientation rather than east-west as is called for in the 1951 Petition, discussed below. Apparently, this map has been used as the basis for each subsequent attempt to map the school district line. :As a result of the errors in t~ 196 map, r ~e erronebt~~ly ply spool district line has b~rt perpetuat+~d for the past 36 y~ar~. As you know, the line was established in 1951 as a result of a petition from the Chapel Hill City Administrative Unit (Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education). The petition asked the Orange County Commissioners to call an election "on the question of the enlargement of the boundary lines and whether or not special taxes shall be levied therein." The election was held on November 20, 1951 and was approved by a margin of 699 votes "for" and 91 votes "against." The 1951 petition contains the legal description of where the district line is located. The line is to run with the "Durham County line to the point of intersection of the Durham County line and County Highway #552; thence directly west crossing County Highways #551 and #550 to the tracts of the Southern Railway (State University Railway)." A map from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, dated December 1950, shows the general location and numbering of roads in the area. County Road #552 is commonly known today as Erwin Road CREEK WOOD aN SBeH LLC DEVELOPMENT, P.O. Box 16007, CtrapEL HILL, NC z7g16-6007 9ig.968.7z8z Fax 9i9.9zg.o7g8