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n.~ ~.;~ The County Administrator advised the Hoard that Mr. Gobbel's term on the A. B. C. Board had expired in March, however, that in order tv make this appointment it by Statute must be done in conjuction with the Orange County Board of Education. Discussion ensued. Action was deferred on this matter until the September meeting. Item IV on the Agenda (Mark Burnham, Triangle J Council of Governments, to make a brief report on sedimentation control.) Mr. Burnham reviewed the background information leading to the adoption of state-wede legislation on sedimentation control. He filed with the Board copies of a proposed Sedimentation Control Ordinance. Mr. Burnham stated that the Ordinance required that a County Sedimentation Control Office be employed and that this official would be responsible of erosion control in all parts of the county. He recommended that the Board consider the possibilities of adopting one Ordinance for the entire County and that said Ordinance be included and made a part of each Zoning Ordinance. Discussion ensued. The Board agreed to review the matter after they had had an opportunity to read the proposed Ordinance. Chairman Walker presented the following letter from Patricia Stanford Hunt, Representative to the General Assembley from the Fourth District. The letter was addressed to Mr. I. H. Hinton, Director, Traffic Department, Utilities Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina. Tt seems we always wait until tragedy occurs before we are able to marshall our resources and move. We have had such a tragedy in Orange County last week. Raymond Andrews died because he could not see the train coming in time to stop and the train engineer could not see Raymond's truck in time tv stop h3:s train. Various groups of people in Orange County have tried for several years to have warning signals placed at railroad crossings here in what they considered dangerous areas and their efforts have been in vain. T do not intend to give the many citizens of Orange who mourn the tragic and unnecessary loss of Raymond Andrews the same answer .as has been given to them so many times. The state of North Carolina and the Southern Railway Company may not believe yet. that we have dangerous railroad crossings---but the people here in Orange now know we do: I propose to you that all railroad crossings on state maintained roads have some kind of visual flashing signals or that a brakeman be required to walk in front of the train carrying a flashing light or that trains be required to stogy at every crossing and the engineer check his clear passage before proceeding further. Obviously only one of these alternatives is practical. T am incensed that railroads have such power and authority that the safety of our citizens is the last concern of them and their supervisors. For now, I request that flashing electriv signals be placed on the following location in Orange County: (1) the Estes Drive extension at the Carrboro city limits; (2) at the Homestead Road crossing about 1 mile from Chapel Hill Senior High School; (3) on N. C. 86 halfway between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill; and (4) on the Eubanks Road at the entrance to the newly located landfill serving most of towns and county areas. Secondly, I request that the sight vision be improved at the Estes Drive crossing immediately. I do not know who is responsible for keeping this vision safe but I do not want to have a lot of correspondence on the matter that goes nowhere. Until these flashing signals are installed, the Estes Drive crossing is extremely dangerous. In fact, a young girl in Carrboro just outran this train immediately before Mr. Andrews was killed. I have numerous conversations with several people who have been frightened by the safety of this situation. Please, for once, lets show that bureaucracy and state government can move expeditiously. Discussion ensued on all the unmarked railroad crossing in the County. Commissioner Melvin Whitfield stated that he would like to se the Board enrose the contents of Representative Hunt's letter. Com.-nissioner Flora Garrett stated she felt other areas of the county should included in any action taken by the Board. Commissioner Henry S. Walker stated that he felt that the officials of Southern Railway needed to get together with the officials of the State Board of Transporation on the matter of unmarked railroad crossings. It was agreed that each member of the Board did share the concern expresed by Representative Hunt in her letter of August 14. The Clerk was instructed to write the Southern Railway Company and the State Board of Transportation.