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n.~ ., L MINUTES OI2P.NGE COUNTY BOARb OF COMMISSIONERS . JULX 24, 1978 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, July 24, 1978 at 7:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Present were Chairman Richard Whitted, Commissioners Norman Gustaveson, Jan Pinney, Norman Walker and Donald Wil.lhoit. Others present were 5. M. Gattis, County Manager; Neal Evans, County Finance Director; Jae Bradshaw, Administrative Assistant, and Agatha Johnson, Clerk. Chairman Whitted opened the meeting by asking if any member of the Board wished to add any item to the agenda. Mr. Whitted then asked ii there were pex'sons present wha wished to address the Board regarding any matter not printed on the agenda. No one came forth. Item 2: Minutes of the Board meetings held June 12 and July 3, 1978 were submitted for consideration. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adapted to approve the June 12th minutes as corrected. Upon motion of Commissioner Pinney, seconded by Commissioner Gustaveson, it was moved and adapted to approve the ,7uly 3, 197$ minutes as corrected. ' Item 3: Chairman Whitted will announce receipt of a Community Development Grant by Orange County. Chairman Whitted proceeded to read a memorandum from Joe Bradshaw which stated that the County Manager on July 20th receive.d.;a mailgram from Congressman L. H. Fountain stating that he had been advised that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the Commun- ity Development Block Grant of $499,870 to improve public facilities affecting Health such as water and sewer lines for Orange County. An official notification from the Area HUD Director arrived on July 24 and clearly spells out the status of the grant proposed. Remaining steps to be executed in this process are to submit a full application by August 30 which would include: 1) Develop Housing Assistance Plan, 2) Submit summary of a 3 year plan which identifies our community development and housing needs and describes a comprehensive .strategy for meeting those needs, 3) Community Development Program to be under- taken with Block Grant monies. A 60-day. review period by regional HUD officials will follow and it is expected that funds will be released after November 1, 1978. Bid procedures will be initiated thereafter. The memorandum stated that several supportive activities will be con- ducted simultaneously with the aforementioned timetable. The County staff will gather the appropriate data to be included in the full application, the County Manager's office will move forward on engineering studies and planning staff will. compile an environmental impact statement concerning the proposed project activities. Commissioner Gustaveson stated he felt' the Board should go on record by expressing their thanks to the County Manager's staff, the Planning Staff, the Health Board and Staff .and the Community Development Task Force far their efforts in putting together the Community Development Grant Application. The County Manager informed the Board that he had failed to mention one item that needed to be added to the agenda which is regarding a Law Enforcement Gram. This item will be item 12. Item 4: The Tax Collector recommends the Board approve a release of $100 on the tax bill of Evans Enterprises. The agenda attachment contained a letter from E & E Developers of Chapel Hill and said letter requested that a $100 penalty be removed as their records show that a check was mailed to the Tax Collector on December 29, 1977 in order for it to reach the Tax Office before the end of the year to avoid the 2~ penalty.