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-~ . and Health Promotion) and authorize the Chair to sign. 4. CHARTER FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY ASSEMBLY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (Copy of the document is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office). Approve the Charter for the Orange County Assembly o£ Local Governments as presented on September 20, 1988 with the effective date 30 days after its adoption. 5. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Approve the release of $7,609.37 by the General Assembly to TJCOG to assist local governments in their economic development activities and authorize the Chair to sign. 6. PETITION FOR ADDITION OF BOULDER SLUFF ROAD TO THE STATE MAINTAINED SECONDARY ROAD SYSTEM To approve the petition from NCDOT for addition of Boulder Bluff in Wolf's Pond Subdivision to the State-maintained Secondary Road System. 7. REQUEST BY LARRY GLISSON FOR PARTIAL WIDTH RIGHT-OF-WAY Approve a partial width right-of-way for Mr. and Mrs. Larry Glisson to be built to Orange County's Class C Private road standards. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. G. ITEMS FOR DECISION r„ REGULAR AGENDA 1. ALERT CABLE TV FRANGHISE . County Attorney Geoff Gledhill questioned who would be the surviving corporation and was told by Doug Keel of Alert Cable that it is a change of ownership and that Cablevision Industries will be the surviving corporation and will own Alert Cable TV of North Carolina Inc, who will retain its identity as such. Orange County will continue to do business with Alert Cable Television of North Carolina. Gledhill referred to a letter he wrote dated August 1 which explains the status between Orange County and Alert Cable T.V. of North Carolina, Inc. Prior to June of 1987 Alert Cable T.V. was operating with a franchise under which they had been operating prior to the County awarding a franchise generally to what is now Prime. Alert requested that it be allowed to operate everywhere in Orange County and Orange County went through the process and awarded a franchise to Alert Cable T.V, of North Carolina Inc, allowing it to operate everywhere in the unincorporated areas of the County. That franchise has not been accepted. The Cable Television Ordinance of Orange County requires acceptance within thirty days. It provides however that there must be an affirmative action on the part of the Board to revoke the franchise and that Alert be given notice of any such revocation. The Board needs to make a decision in this matter. The reasan Alert has not accepted the franchise is that there has been negotiations between Alert and Prime about merging and that if they were to merge, there would be no reason far Alert to accept the new franchise because Prime would be the survivor and Prime already has a franchise. Doug Keel of Alert stated that there has been several delays since the announcement of the intent to merge Wometco and Cabelvision. The merger discussions are still continuing and he is looking at a December 1 closing. He asked that the Board leave it open ended until the first meeting in February. In answer to a question from Commissioner Hartwell about enforcing the provisions of the franchise, Gledhill explained that Alert Cable T.V. of North Carolina, Inc. is operating under an existing permitted use franchise. It has a franchise to operate where it presently operates and is operating consistent with the original franchise. It has no authority to operate under the new franchise because it