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X8'7 Chairman Garrett referred tq Ttem #2 on the Agenda: Unapproved minutes of January Meetings. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, the Minutes of January 5, 1976 were approved subject to certain corrections. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Whitted, the minutes of January 13, 1976, were approved, subject to certain additions. Upgn motion of Commissigner Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, the minutes of January 20, 1976.were approved. -- UPgn motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Whitted, the minutes of January 22, 1976 were approved. The Chairman referred to Item #3 on the Agenda: Mr. Willie Street has submitted a petition for the addition of an unnamed road off State Road #1729 to the State System for maintenance. The Board of Commissioners approved the Road Petition and the Clerk was instructed to forward the same to the Department of Trans- portation. Chairman Garrett referred to Item #4 on the Agenda: Residents of the Rangewood Subdivision are present to request the Board of County Commissioners consider ways to extend the boundaries of the South Orange Rural Fire Protection District in a manner that will afford them fire protection. Robert Swiger, Carrboro Fire Department's Fire Chief, presented the following petition signed by 84 persons. "We the residents of the Morgan Stare Area to the Pendergrass House on Hwy. #54 West and the same area an the new Greensboro Road to the New Bethal Church Road, hereby petition the Town of Carrboro, N. C. for Fire Protection coverage. (We are aware that we will be taxed for the coverage)." Discussion ensued concerning the requirement of the General Statutes in the establishing of a Fire District. It was agreed that all signatures must be validated. Upon motion of Commissioner Gustaveagn, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted to accept the request contained in the petition to extend the Fire District and further to submit to the County Attorney for an opinion as to the proper way to proceed with the request of the petition and to validate the signatures of the property owners. Further discussion ensued. The Board agreed that the property owner's signatures must first be validated and after this, the Board should hold a Public Hearing and if there is no adverse objection to establishing the Fire District, then the Board should proceed on the matter. Action was deferred until the third Tuesday in February. The next item for discussion was Item #5: ~n October, Dr. Charles Blake wrote the Chairman requesting the County consider enacting a local Ordinance banning the discharge of firearms within 200 feet of any dwelling and 300 feet of any public way. Chairman Garrett referred to the letter that had been recived from Dr. Blake in October, 1975. She inquired if Dr. Blake wished - to make any comments? Dr. Blake spoke in behalf of the request con- tained in his letter relative to the discharge of firearms within given limits of residents or homes. Discussion ensued. The County Attorney was requested to secure some type of proposed model Ordinance and to present the same to the Board at the first Monday's meeting in March. Chairman Garrett deferred from the Agenda to recognize Vince Jocobson, Finley Parker and Samuel Parker, residents of State Road #1368. Finley Parker inquired of the Board what had happened to the stablizat5.on of SR #1368 as part of the Road had been stablized, but