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~~~ IT IS FURTHE~t RESOLVED TRAT, inasmuch as the Triangle J Council of Governments is a single organization with elected officials or their designees from local governments and is capable of developing an effective areawide waste treatment management plan for the Area, the County of Orange supports the designation of the Triangle J Council of Governments as the planning agency for the Area. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the designated planning agency will submit the required planning procesa'to the Governor for review and approval within ten (10) months following approval by the khvironmental Protection Agency of the delineation and designation and within twenty-one (21) months after submission of the planning process will submit the developed elan to the Governor for review and approval. - IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all proposals for grants for construction of publicly owned treatment works within the boundaries of the designated area will be consistent with the approved plan and will be made only by the management agency or agencies as included in the mutually adopted plan. The County. Administrator stated the presented Resolution was drafted after the Public Hearing in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 21, 1974. Mr. Gattia requested Mark Burnham to comment on the Resolution. Mr. Burnham stated that the 208 Resolution ties together with the 201 ideas and that both seek solutions to land use problems as they relate to water use. They tie into a regional concept for the purpose of seeking off point sources of pollution, and that the Triangle J Council of Governments had bean designated as the Agency that would conduct the survey. Upon motion of Commissioner Richard E. Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, it was moved that the Resolution entitled "Resolution Indicating Intent to Join With Cther General Purpose Units Of Local Government In the Raleigh- Durham Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area To Develop And Implement A Plan Resulting In A Coordinated Waste Treatment Management System For The Area" be adopted. Chairman Walker recognized Howard Lee, Mayor of the Town of Chapel Hill. Mr. Lee stated he had hoped to arrive at the meeting in time for the presentation of Mayor James Hawkins, however, he was interested in pursuing the ideas that were being developed by the City of Durham. Mayor Lea stated he felt that there should be at least an eighteen (18) member Advisory Board, but that he felt the County should have time in which to evaluate the advantages and the disadvantages of the entire problems dealing with the two cities that would be involved in the proposed program. He suggested that the Board appoint persons to sit as members of a committee that would evaluate the situation and that the committee would report back to each governmental Board in the County. Mayor Lee said an over view from the study committee was needed in order that an impartial decision might be reached. I?e stated he would reaueat the Chanel Hill Board of Aldermen to also appoint members to the proposed oommittee. The County Administrator recommended that the Board accept Mayor Lee'a suggestion as he felt more study Wag needed on the Manpower Program than he could give to the matter. Upon motion of Commissioner Richard E. Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Henry S. Walker, it was moved and adopted, that the Board appoint a Manpower Advisory Committees and that, the Mayors of the Towne of Hillsborough and CYiapel Hill be advised of the action of the Board. Chairman Walker appointed Commissioner Flora Garrott, Commissioner Melvin Whitfield, and S, M. Gattia, County Administrator as the committee representatives from the County to the Manpower Advisory Committee. Chairman Walker referred the Board to Item 7 on the Agenda: (Appointments: One County Commissioner to the District Board of Health.) The Chairman advised the Board that the amended statutes governing the composition of the Distriat Health Board no longer required that the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners serve on the District Health Board and it was now time to make the appointment to said Board. Upon motion of Commissioner Henry S, Walker, seconded by Commissioner Flora Garrett, it was moved and adopted, that Chairman Norman Walker be re~appainted as a member of the District Board of Health. Chairman Walker referred the Board to Item 10 on the Agendat (Civil Preparedness Director to present Community Shelter Plan prepared by personnel of State Civil Preparedness Agency.) - The Clerk advised the Board that this item had been taken care of at a previous meeting.