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44 Chairman Garrett stated that a copy of the "Memorandum of Under- standing" that would be presented at the Triangle J Council of Governments would be made for each Board member and the Sheriff and that if the Board agreed they could defer this matter until after Triangle J' s meeting. Commissioner Pinney called attention to the fact that since Sheriff Knight was present and Tom Ward was also present that the Board might consider to defer to Item #8 : (Report concerning assigning of telephone number 942-6300) . Chairman Garrett recognized morn Turd, Director of the Social Services Department. Mr. Ward stated that the recent flooding of the Social Services Basement had cause damage to the telephone equipment and that the telephone company had not been able to adequately correct the damage and they were of the opinion that the equipment should be replaced. The County Administrator stated that due to the volume of calls from the Chapel Hill area the citizens were unable to satisfactorily reach the Sheriff ' s Department, and that the Social Services Depart- ment was willing to relinquish one of its Chapel :-fill lines and that this line could be assigned to the Sheriff ' s Department. Discussion ensued concerning the cost of new telephone equipment and the cost of transferring the Chapel Hill line to the Sheriff ' s Department. Upon motion of Commissioner Walker, seconded by Commissioner Pinney, it was moved and adopted that the Board approve the moving of one Chapel Hill line from the Social Services Department to the Sheriff ' s Department and that this line be assigned as an emergency number (942-6300) to the Sheriff 's Department and that the Social Services Deparment be authorized to procede to install new telephone equipment. Chairman Garrett referred to Item 11M on the Agenda: (Execution of Agreement between Orange County and Calvin Mellott) Chairman Garrett stated that in reporting Item # 4 on the Agenda she was not sure of the proper sequence of events , therefore, she re- quested the County Attorney to speak to the matter. The County Attorney stated that "the matter was incorrectly listed on the Agenda as there had been no formal discussion of an agreement between Orange County and Mr. Mellott. He stated that the concern of the Attorney for Mr. Mellott and the concern that I have had as the Attorney for the County has been to see to it that in the event the property is not rezoned from Industrial_ to Residential that the pro- perty owners around the property be protected as much as possible. With the use of the property being that which is in keeping with the neighborhood, for that reason the Attorney for the owner has trans- mitted to me the matter that we have reviewed in Executive Session and I have in hand a set of Restrictive Covenants that will be filed upon the property not being zoned to Residential. I have an understanding with the Attorney that should the property be zoned to Residential, he has indicated to me that he then will seek relief in the Courts and I am not to file the Restrictive Covenants. " Mr. Coleman advised that he felt it was time a decision should be made by the Board on the rezoning matter. Commissioner T,iThitted inquired as to who would oversee the enforce- ment of the provisions concerning the Restrictive Covenants . The County Attorney stated. "the Covenants would be public record and that the property owners have pledged that these covenants may be enforced by any civil enity available and specifically by an injunctive release of the County. " Discussion ensued concerning the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants.