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~x~~ The County Administrator explained that before the Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company could enter into an agreement with the Farmers Home Administration the County of Orange must executed the Contract and Agreement with the Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company for the levying and collection of the Fire District Tax. Mr. Gattis stated that he had been contacted by an individual who owned an automobile salvage business and that this individual would pick-up all abandon cars in the County provided that the County would execute and exlusive contract with him on the removal of abandoned vihicles. Mr. Gattis said that he felt that this individual would first strip the cars of all useable parts and then sell the body to an automobile crusher. Discussion ensued. The Board adivsed the County Administrator to present the proposed Contract to the County Attorney for his opinion on the request. Chairman Walker presented the following Memorandum from Clayton Haithcock, the County Planning Officer. Whereas the North Carolina State Highway Commission has proposed construction of a segment of highway I-40 from Research Triangle Park to Hillsborough along a corridor known as "alternate IA", and "alternat 1" and Whereas the portin of Orange County through which the proposed road would pass is now in important and desirable residential, agricul- tural and scientific use, and provides aneeded open space, all of which would be adversely defected by the proposed highway, and Whereas the proposed highway will not solve the region's serious traffic problems, which are primarily local, and Whereas Orange county is already the location of several major highways and is in danger of becoming a highway cvrridorr to its long-range dettiment; while other areas to the north and south lack adequate highways, and Whereas the proposed highway would damage rare biological resources such as the Duke Forest and the New Hope Creek, and Whereas the few benefits to interstate traffic which might result from the construction of the highway are far too small to balance the large cost in dollar expense, disruption of orderly and desirable growth, and enviromental damage. Be it resolved that the Orange County .Planning Hoard apposes the construction of "Alternate IA" of highway I-40 as unnecessary and undersirable and urges that the funds be utilized in ways better planned to serve the real traffic needs of the region. Commissioner Flora Garrett presented the Following Resolution: R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS regional organizations have been formed and financed by local general purpose governments, and WHEREAS the state government and the federal government finds it more. manageable to relate with seventeen regional organizations than with 100 county governments and over 400 municipal governments, and WHEREAS THE GOVERNOR has announced the creation of the Dffice of Intergovernmental Relations to further these very relationships between state government and local general purpose governments, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Board of Aldermen Of the Town Df Chapel Hi11 petition the Office of Intergovernmental Relations to nurture carefully a "giv and take" between its office and the several governments involved in the region; in particular, we petition that no interchange be required between a Lead Regional Organization and the Office of Intergovernmental Relation unless and until adequate time is allowed for the Lead Regional Organiza- tion to confer with each local general purpose government through their elected representatives as an intefral part of the Lead Regional Organization's decision-making process. Adopted this the 22nd day of July, 1974. Commissioner Garrett stated that she was of the opinion that the Council of Governments would be requested to adopt..the Resolution, however, that prior to this or any action she wished to ask that each local governmental Board first review the proposed Resolution. There being no further business to come before the Board the meeting was adjourned. /f 7 Norman Walker, Chairman Betty June Hayes, Clerk