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s RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CREATION 4 OF A RECREATION DISTRICT BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Chapel Hill.: Section 1. The Board of Aldermen has determined and does hereby find and j¢ declare: (a) That, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 1107, Session Laws of 1965, a {I copy of a petition, addressed to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, has ?f been received by this Board in the following form: ti I� "PETITION l TO: THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY WE, THE UNDERSIGNED resident freeholders all residing within the recreation t district herein petitioned for, do hereby request the Board of County Commissioners 1, 'j of Orange County to exercise the authority granted to it by the 1965 General Assembl (Chapter 1107, 1965 Session Laws) with the following action: (1) The creation of a recreation district coterminous with the present ti boundaries of the Chapel Hill School District, which district is more particularly described in Attachment A hereto, the object proposed to be jl j accomplished by the creation of such district being the providing of public recreation facilities in order to preserve and promote the public good andi general welfare, and l (2) The calling of a special election within said district for the purpose of J( voting upon: (i (a) the issuance of Recreation Facilities Bonds in the amount of i $400,000.00 for the purpose of providing funds, with any other available funds, for acquiring, improving and equipping lands and buildings for parks, playgrounds, recreation centers and other 3' recreational facilities, and a tax for the payment of the principal ( of and the interest on such bonds, and 3 (b) the levy of an annual tax of not less than three cents nor more thanij ten cents on each $100.00 of assessed valuation of the taxable property within such district for the provision, establishment, maintenance and operation of the recreational facilities, the amount of said tax to be set by the Board of County Commissioners within sai range. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands. Name Address (In the copy of the petition set forth in the minutes of the June 27, 1966 jmeeting of the Board of Aldermen, the signatures of 896 resident freeholders ; {; appear at this.point.) n �{ 'y ATTACHMENT A The boundaries of the proposed recreation district are as follows: BEGINNING in the center line of State Road #1112, where the Chapel Hill and Bingham Township line crosses said road; thence in a Southeasterly directian along the center of said road 250 feet to a point where the center line of "i (� State Road #1113 intersects with State Road #1112; thence in a Northeasterly{ j direction along State Road #1113, 1,525 feet to a concrete marker in the ji center of said road; thence South 71° 20' East 4,390 feet to a concrete marker in the East side of State Road #1179; thence South 820 30t East 5,480 feet to a concrete marker in the East side of old N. C. Highway 86; thence South 81° 09' East 8,780 feet to a point 50 feet East of the center " line of State University Railroad; thence in a Northerly direction parallel ii with the center line of State University Railroad 3,350 feet; thence North i. it 87° 151 East 23,940 feet to the Durham County line; thence in a Southerly direction along the Durham County and Orange County line 53,750 feet to i' its intersection with the Chatham County line; thence in a Westerly L; direction along the Orange County and Chatham County line 39,475 feet to the intersection of said County line with the township line between Chapel ; Hill and Bingham Township; thence in a Northerly direction along the Bingham and Chapel Hill Township line 40,425 feet to the point of BEGINNING." w, j (b) That said petition prays that a recreation district be created within the territory described in said petition, the object proposed to be accomplished by the jjcreation of such district being the providing of public recreation facilities in �? ,, order to preserve and promote the public good and general welfare. s j+i