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~i~ Chairman Garrett stated that the next item for discussion was T-40. The Chairman read a Resolution of Comment an T-40. She requested that an additional paragraph be added to the resolution regarding the comprehensive plan for the area connecting Dake Forest lands with the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Hillsborough communities. The Board agreed to the additional paragraph and the Resolution reads as follows= "WHEREAS, Any routing of I-40 through Orange County will cause dislocation and do violence to human and wildlife habitats therein; and WHEREAS, Orange County through its Planning Depart- ment has conducted extensive public meetings in Chapel Hill Township in order to develop a comprehensive plan for that area and that the citizens have responded with the desire for a rura,~ environment and a green belt connecting Duke Forest Lands with the Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Durham communities; and WHEREAS, Of the possible routings, Alternate 4 requires the least new construction; requires the least elisplacement of businesses and families; re- quires no new stream crossings; and causes a relatively slight loss of wildlife habitat acreage; and NOW,.T'HEREFORE, BE IT RE50LVED By the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the Board continues to appose all the I-40 Alternate routes through Orange County but-finds Alternate 4 the least objectionable of the possiblities; aril BE TT FURTHER RESOLVED That the Board continues to express its interest in the desperately needed improvements to NC High- . way 54 East and NC Highway 85. This the 28th day of June,~:1976." Mr. G. P. Sykes, a Orange County resident was present and requested permission to speak on T-40. He stated that he felt a good idea for T-40 is from the Research Triangle area to follow Highway 54 to Graham and then continue on T-85. He requested the Board to consider this suggestion. Commissioner Whitted stated that this was not one of the proposed corridors. Chairman Garrett stated that the Department of Transportation had said that there is not enough money to route through Chapel Hi11. Upon motion of Commissioner Whitted, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted that the Resolution of Comment on I-40 be approved and be presented at the Public Hearing on June 29, 1976. Chairman Garrett asked that it be entered into the record that the Energy Task Force Report and the proposed_'LandmPlan for Chapel Hill Town, the Eno River Task Force Report and the Growth Options Conference _ Report be presented at the Public Hearing. She stated that it had also been suggested that maps of the pro- . posed Y-40 alternates be erected. The meeting was then adjourned. ~~~~~~ Flora R. Garrett, Chairman Agatha Johnson, Acting Clerk