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n~,- ~, MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OCTOBER 3, 1977 The Orange County Hoard of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, October 3, 1977, at 10:00 a. m., in the Commissioners' Room of the 'Courthouse in Hillsborough. -.. Present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker, and Donald Willhoit. Staff personnel present were 5. P4. Gattis, County Manager, Neal Evans, County Finance Officer, Agatha Johnson, Clerk to the Board, and Geoffrey Gledhill, County Attorney. Chairman Tahitted opened the meeting by referring to Ttem 1: Persons not on this agenda having business to transact with t1~e Board of Commis- sioners should make their presence known in order that an appropriate time for them to be heard might be arranged. The Chairman stated that he would like to bring to the Board's atten- tion the Governor's Conference on Balanced Growth and Economic Development and a Resolution regarding the I-40 Issue. Commissioner Gustaveson asked that a review of the proposed Human Services Conference be made and also he had a road matter to present to the Board. Mr. Whitted referred to Item 5: A Public Hearing to consider a Final Assessment Resolution implementing the Colonial Hi.11s Participating Paving project has been set at 10:00 a.m. today. He stated that this is the time for the advertised public hearing. The County Attorney presented to the Board the Final Assessment Resolu- tion which he stated defined the scope of the proposed project and the basis for assessment to property owners. One change in the Final Resolu- tion from the Preliminary Resolution is that any assessment not paid in full shall be paid in 5 equal installments viith the first such installment, due 60 days after the date that the Assessment Roll is confirmed, which will probably be April or May of 1978. The Chairman asked if there were those present who wished to speak in opposition to the paving of roads in this project. James O. Stutts, who owns property on Kennedy Circle in the Colonial Hills Subdivision, informed the Board of a drainage problem which exist on his property. He asked that this problem be worked out by the Department of Transportation before paving begins. The Clerk was instructed to contact Mx. Jones, District Engineer, and request that he and Mr. Stutts inspect this area of Kennedy Circle. Mrs. Charles King informed the Board of a conversation with Mr. Jones regarding when the paving of these roads might be started. The County Manager stated that from his conversation with Mr. Jones, he had learned that the Hoard of Transportation must approve the project before it can begin, and the next meeting of the Board is October 25, 1977. The Department of Transportation. must then go through a purchase and acc?ui- sition procedure. Paving cannot begin until these matters are taken care _ of. He stated that the normal paving season for the Department is usually between April and November, and if construction i.s started this Fall, there is a possibility that the roads may not be completed until next Sprint, thus the residents of the area would suffer dire consequence during the Winter months. Mr. Gattis added that it looked as if next Spring would be the best time to start this paving. Willie Laws, a resident of the Colonial Hills area stated that work was done on the Piney Grove Church Road last Fall and the road was stabl- ized before bad weather started. Discussion ensued as to whether or not to issue a check to Mr. Jones to begin construction of these roads. The Chairman explained that as soon as a check is sent to Mr. Jones, this would trigger an assessment of the