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APPROVED 10/20/98 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />May 6, 1998 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Wednesday, May 6, 1998 in the Judge F. <br />Gordon Battle Courtroom, new County Courthouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Margaret W. Brown, and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon and Stephen H. Halkiotis. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers Rod <br />Visser and Albert Kittrell and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING <br />WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. <br />1. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br />The Board agreed to delete item 9-i "Lease renewal for 103 Laurel Avenue, Carrboro". <br />The Board added to the agenda a discussion on the request from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen to form a task <br />force to develop a plan for library services in Carrboro. John Link will do a report on what has been provided to date for <br />library services in Carrboro, how it is working and public utilization. <br />The Board added a proclamation for Disability Awareness Week as item 5-e. <br />2. CITIZEN & AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br />a. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />Chair Brown stated that citizens who have indicated a desire to speak on an item that appears on <br />the printed agenda will be recognized at the appropriate time. <br />b. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />Donna Miller who lives at 4310 Old Chapel Hill-Hillsborough Road, which is part of the three mile stretch of <br />highway that was given this name, spoke in support of changing the name of this road back to Old Hwy 86. She told <br />about the problems they have in getting their mail because of the long name of their road. They also have a problem <br />with 911 calls. She said it is very confusing and she asked that it be changed back to Old Hwy 86. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis presented a petition with 54 signatures representing the residents of Old Chapel Hill- <br />Hillsborough Road in their desire to change the name of the road to Old Hwy 86. The reasons are as follows: <br />1. The address as it is currently written has too many characters to be held by many modern <br />computers. <br />2. Attempts to abbreviate the address are not standard and cause mail to be lost. <br />3. There is extreme difficulty in giving the address verbally over the phone to companies which need to <br />send information. <br />4. Only the residents of a 2 mile stretch of the road are impacted by the address, the remainder of the <br />road is called Old Hwy 86. It would seem more logical to continue the name to the city limits of Hillsborough to facilitate <br />emergency as well as personal visitors to our homes. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked that staff bring back a recommendation on what can be done. <br />Mitchell Lloyd and Don Collins both spoke in support of this request to return the name of this stretch of <br />road to Old Hwy 86.