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Orange County Board of Education August 11, 1999 Page Two (now SR 1737), County Road #S51 is Turkey Farm Road (now SR 1730), and County Road #550 is NC 86. Therefore, the beginning point for the northern boundary line of the Chapel Hill school district is the intersection of Erwin Road and the Durham County line. While this point was not established with a monument in 1951, there is a considerable amount of evidence that the point of beginning was essentially the same in 1951 as it is today. Accordingly, we believe the current Orange County GIS mapping correctly shows the beginning point intended in the 1951 Petition. ~d can our rer~h, dte ~rg~i t;~'l~arM ~4~ty! lie ~+as ~t surveyed and monumentedf prUe ~,~.~=:~We d+~ k~~ fat the line was surveyed in 1968. `~~il~Off f t"~rdlina General Statutes, and, al~ovgh all ~e requirements of Statues v+~er~ ncit rr-et Cor~C~rifitig the adopti+~t~ and- r~t~rc~ of the surer; tl~e sur~y awe #m reflect the get~erhlly' aeeeptaed loeatiort of tlta Cc~u~ty life: We have spoken with a number of the individuals involved with this survey. Lucius Cheshire was the Orange County attorney at this time. He remembered the survey being done but did not recall that it was the result of a legal directive. Likewise, Sam Gattis was the Orange County manager at this time. He recalls that the survey was agreed to voluntarily by the two counties with Orange County appointing one surveyor (Jerry Strictland of Engineering Surveys, Inc.) and Durham County appointing the other surveyor (Ed Credle of Credle Engineering Company). Both surveyors recalled that the survey had been ordered voluntarily by the two Counties to reduce confusion concerning the exact location of the line. A ~Y of'~is surrey i$ available ~n the. O~ra~ge +Cout~ty Land ~ naap~i~g o#l`i~> althQ~g~+~t~e surer was never recofc~ec~µ~~Or C~urtitys The survey was recorded in Durham County on January 7, 1983 (Plat Book 102 at Pages 49-52). In the course of all this research no evidence was discovered, verbal or written, to indicate that the Orange/Durham County line near its intersection with Erwin Road either was in 1951 or is currently in a location other than the one shown on the 1968 survey. Additionally, it appears that the location of Erwin Road at the County line has not changed materially, if at all, since 1951. Aerial photography from the Orange County ASCS office that was prepared for the US Department of Agriculture dated in 1938, 1955, and 1972 shows Erwin Road in the same location and configuration. This is the same location depicted by the current Orange County GIS mapping. On the 1955 USDA map, the location of the County line is shown intersecting Erwin Road at a small bend in the road. The current GIS map shows Erwin Road and the County line intersecting at exactly the same point. We also researched recorded road easements and requested that NCDOT review their easement records relating to Erwin Road in this area. No recorded easements or other anecdotal evidence exists to indicate that Erwin Road has moved since 1951 (or for that matter since 1938).