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733 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OCTOBER 23, 1978 The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, October 23, 1978, at 7:3D p.m., in the Commissioners' Room of the Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. - Members present: Commissioners Richard Whitted, Donald Willhoit, Norman Walker, Jan Pinney and Norman Gustaveson. Chairman Whitted opened the meeting by asking if any member of the Board desired to add additional items to the agenda. The following items were added to the agenda: Agenda Item 1D: ABC Fee Schedule Agenda Item 11: Legislative Resource for Public Education No member of the audience had additional items to be added to the agenda. Agenda Item 2: Violation of Erosion Control Ordinance at Boulder Run Subdivision The Erosion Control Officer reported Boulder Run Subdivision in Chanel Hill township, owned by Mr. James N. Paliouras, to be in violation of the erosion control ordinance. He said the entire tract consists of 121 acres and the area disturbed consists of about 1.75 acres. The developer is in violation of twe sections of the ordinance: 1) failure to provide a vegetative cover or take action sufficient to restrain accelerated erosion within 30 working days of the completion of. any phase of grading; and, 2) failure to take adequate measures to comply after notification of the violation by the deadline given in the letter of notification. Grading of the private road was completed on June 14, 1977. A representative of the erosion control office met with the developer on July 25, 1978 and told the developer he had 30 calendar days to establish a cover along the road. On August 25, 1978, there was no change, so on August 28, the Erosion Control Officer wrote a letter notifying the owner he was in violation of the ordinance and gave him another month to get the situation rectified. By October 12, the owner had attempted to stabiiize one-thrid of the site, but he had not brought the site to meet minimum standards and, as of 4:30 p.m. on October 23, the situation had not changed. Commissioner Gustaveson questioned the date of June 14, 1977 and Mr. Freeman told him the field notes indicated this date was correct. Mr. James N. Paliouras, owner of the subdivision, approached the Board_ He verified the information given by the Erosion Control Officer and explained he had hired a man with a hydroseeder to complete the work but he was having no luck getting the man he had hired to bring the machinery and complete the work. Mr. Paliouras asked the Board to recommend persons he could hire to complete the work. Gommissioner Whitted told Mr. Paliouras, as owner; he was responsible fior complying with the ordinance. He said the ordinance gives the Board authority to impose a civil penalty of up to $100 a day, but the Board is more interested in seeing the developer comply with the ordinance than it is in collecting revenue. Mr. Paliouras said he could get the work done in three to four hours if he could find someone with a hydroseeder. Commissioner Gustaveson asked in which water shed the area was located and he was told, the New Hope basin. Commissioner Pinney asked the developer if he could have the work completed by the first Monday in November and the developer said he hoped he could.