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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 22, 1995 Agenda Abstract Item # _Y=-IL SUBJECT: RELOCATION OF GRAVES -LOT 9 OF THE RESERVE SUBDIVISION/PHASE II DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: Bagwell 8/2/95 Letter Planning Director X2592 G.S. 65-13 PHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Mebane 227.2031 Durham 688-7331 Chapel Hill 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider the request of Marin Development Company to relocate graves found on Lot 9 in Phase II of the Reserve Subdivision. BACKGROUND: The Reserve Subdivision is a subdivision approved by the Town of Chapel Hill but located outside the corporate limits.Recently,grave sites were discovered on Lot 9 of Phase II of that development. Ken Bagwell, the attorney for Mann Development Company, has requested permission to relocate the graves in accordance with N.C. General Statute 65-13. The basic provisions of the statute which are applicable to this case are as follow: • The person,firm or corporation owning the land on which the grave sites are located must first obtain the approval of the governing board of the county. • The party effecting the removal must publish a notice of the removal at least once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, with the first notice being published not less than 30 days before removal. • Any remains must be reinterred in a suitable cemetery. • The party causing removal of such graves must, within 30 days of completion of the removal,file a certificate of removal with the Register of Deeds office. • All expenses associated with the removal shall be borne by the party effecting the removal • All removal shall be made under the supervision of the Board of County Commissioners or other appropriate official,such as the Health Director.